elect gavin newsom played his delight card and was not sworn in. some saw humor in in his delight. >> i am proud, from your the tenant governorship, if and when it begins -- >> others disagreed with the decision. i think he should have been sworn in on monday. that seems to be in the spirit of the state of constitution of california. >> the next day, the board had one last chance to nominate their twice for interim mayor on january 4. >> when the board finally got around to actually nominating people for, and taking up the issue of inter mayorship, the first thing people should know is it was late at night. the board really put this off as light as they could. people were tired and cranky. that is the first thing people should know about this meeting. >> they said they would take nominations according to who was on the roster first. so it became a game of jeopardy where the question was, who could press the button first? then it became this sort of strategy. >> having run out of time, board members began the first round of nominations. >> i would n

on behalf of mayor gavin newsom, thank you for being here tonight. it is a great honor for me to be here tonight to celebrate with all of you our local heroes. i just want to recognize tosean elsbernd and supervisor ross mirkarimi. thank you for being here to celebrate with us tonight. on to our next local hero. it is my pleasure to introduce our second honoree, michael durant. michael joined the indian health center as a substance abuse prevention counselor. he was promoted in -- to department director. he earned his master's degree at san jose state university. he completed his undergraduate work in history with an emphasis on native american studies at the university of california at santa cruz. he was previously employed at the center for training and careers as a center for youth services, and after 18 years of substance abuse and several years of incarceration, michael decided to dedicate his life to helping youth and adults find alternative ways to deal with substance use. michael is of apache-chicano and dissent and said this very thing -- "u

as you know, former mayor newsom was sworn in as the lieutenant governor in january to 10 -- 2010.ayor lee is the first asian- american mayor in the city's history. 2010, mayor lee was appointed to a second term by mayor newsom. his appointment at the time was confirmed unanimously by the board of supervisors. as city administrator, he spearheaded reform that would be reduced the size and cost of government, from reducing the vehicle fleet, to consolidating departments, to saving tax dollars. he implemented the city's move to cleaner vehicles and infrastructure to support electric vehicles. mayor lee also developed and oversaw implementation of his first 10-year capital plan, to guide our capital and infrastructure investment. mayor lee has a long and distinguished career in san francisco. since 1989, has held a number of senior leadership positions. he is a fellow cal graduate. as you probably all know, last tuesday, november 8, the people of san francisco elected edwin lee in his own right, to serve as mayor of san francisco. let me say, on a personal note, the day before the ele

most advanced progress that we made in the city, something that began with my predecessor, gavin newsom, when he was mayor did of the last time he made an announcement about the car been emissions reductions that we had, he was able to announce last year, in 2010, that we had reached the kyoto protocol levels of 7% below our 1990 levels. well, today, after updated analysis and a recognition of the efforts that have been made, we have now reached 12% below the 1990 levels. that is a tremendous, tremendous accomplishment for our city. [applause] thank you very much to all of our partners for doing that. we set a goal, and gavin newsom, again, i really thank him, to get -- because he had this wonderful vision that i got to adopt and visualize with him as city administrator in prior years, to help create, with the department of environment and all of our partners, a way forward with our communities to get to a larger goal. and that goal for next year is 20% below the 1990 levels. certainly we can achieve that. with today's announcement, going to 12%, knowing what we can do, that gap is defi

on behalf of mayor newsom, the city and county of san francisco, we proclaim november 2010 as american indian heritage month in san vances go. -- san francisco. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are asking the four honorees to come on up. photo-op. it's not really over yet. until i say so. we give thanks this day, the opportunity to gather and honor our own today. blessings upon all those as they travel home >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shoppi

that success for that organization that has been so collaborative, one that gavin newsom started and i get to continue, called china sf, an ambitious initiative focused on attracting the north american headquarters of chinese companies entering the u.s. market. tioga energy, its solar development company, moved their headquarters from silicon valley to our financial district. their main reasons included the city's strained in financial- services, the robust talent, and of course our cities and matched policy leadership on sustainability issues. and the reasons for this success is clear. san francisco has led the way, with all the environmental policies and aggressively seeking to address the environmental problems of our age. people are taking note of this. san francisco was recently named the greenest city in north america by vehemence corporation an economist. we leave this corporation in carbon reduction, recycling and composting, the adoption of solar, energy efficiency, and vehicle technologies. water conservation in green building. if that is not enough happening in our financi

newsom said he fully supported the students. after the meeting was halted newsom stayed and talked with many protesters. he said the state budget cuts have led to the doubling of tuition since 2008. >>> the san jose police department is in shock after one of their own took his life and the life of his wife. this happened in gilroy. officers discovered the bodies of 51-year-old christopher shymeek and his wife 43-year-old lynn after friends and family called police saying they could not get ahold of them. police say increase to have died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. they have not said how his wife died. the san jose police department is in disbelief. >> he was well-liked. he was well-respected. and nobody saw this coming. it was a complete shock. and it's very difficult for these officers. >> the couple's two children were not at home at the time of the murder/suicide. a search of phone records dating back a year show no calls to police relating to domestic violence. yis to have shymeek had been with the san jose p

back in 2005, mayor newsom enthusiastically supported the idea of a celebration each year that wouldlude all apa communities in the city and county of san francisco, where -- get this. more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. our next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebra

i think many of us met gavin newsom and was impressed by his leadership. it is good to have the newly- elected mayor with us, it elected a few days ago as the first chinese-american mayor of the city. a great city. many of us do not get here as often as we like. we are often in awe of this place. i think what he brings to the city is an important thing in the time of this city's growth, and as sean said, as all big city in america does, we have pockets of poverty, pockets of trouble, and i think the mayor is really looking at this with fresh eyes, and it is terrific to welcome you. [applause] >> thank you. well, thank you very much. it is my pleasure to be here. philip, thank you for that introduction, and as many of you may have heard, we just had a recent election here, the voters have asked us to step up for another four years. i do not know if you know this -- i have been a very reluctant politician. i think the real story is that i would never have been in the position i am in today of my cell phone had not worked in hong kong. [laughter] literally a

i also want to thank gavin newsom, because he has such a vision for this city. got to work with the men inherit this wonderful effort that is going on, and then put my own little color in a scheme in blessings on and so many other things to get things done. i am going to talk a little bit this morning about business growth, a central market, development projects before john mack those you in with a lot of the details, and get you involved in the wonderful environmental impact plans that we all have. then a little bit about our payroll tax. before i do that, i do want to say that we are going to need all of you to be part of a little miracle prayer for our giants this next week. [laughter] you know, obviously it is something we're all watching. but they are going to need a little bit of a miracle. that says to me that when it comes to our economy and job creation, we cannot depend upon any miracles at all. we have to stay focused, the professional, and stay engaged in our business community. we have to make right decisions every day. yesterday i was at a very suc

so our formula that began there, and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it's attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in that very same time. i think the companies here, from what i can interview, they're very excited to be here. they really feel the cross fertilization of talent that's coming in within the building. that, again, reflects not on the consistent policy we've had here about technology companies as well as bio, life science, and clean tech industries starting here, staying here, and growing here all at the same time. one of the reasons they can continue to grow is they do have a lot of openness to their interaction between the different companies so they get that kind of innovation going on. that's why we call it the mission bay center. i'm glad to announc

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mayor gavin newsom is on that board. newsom says regents probably deserve to get an earful from students and one grad student says the wealthy need to pitch in. >> i don't think taxes are the only way, but the way they've been doing it so far, which is cutting down on budgets and also, you know, relying on various revenue streams that do not touch the people that, you know -- who very manifestly cause the problem, institutions and the super wealthy. >> cheerily, folks up in sacramento don't value higher education. you can dispense with the niceties. they don't value it, because they don't invest in it. regents are left with having to make cuts. >> reporter: ucla, u.c. mercid and u.c. davis. instead of the usual 20 minutes alotted for public speaking, regents gave students at least an hour to vent their frustrations. again, about three dozen police officers here, preparing for the mass protests that they were expecting. some from the city of san francisco pd, but they far outnumber the protesters. live in san francisco, i

when mayor newsom and the office of economic development went to everyone of those corporations to ask them if they would please consider opening up a store on third street in the bayview, they all said no. this guy said yes. i want to thank mr. mason for your vision, for your commitment to this neighborhood, understanding -- as sophie knows so well. we have had many hours of discussion about neglect and not caring. today, what i feel with this store opening, with the commitment that has been made, i feel it is all about health, neighborhood vitality, it is all about jobs, and it is about fulfiling old promises in this city. this is what this store represents. it is such a wonder that we can all collaborate in this effort to fulfill a promise to this neighborhood. we are with you every step and we will continue to work along first street and the bayview to make sure that this neighborhood never feels neglected. you are part of this city and the poll service of this grocery store represents fulfilling that promise. in those years that i was city administrator, we had a lot of discussion

it was previously mayor newsom's seat and supervisor alioto- pier's seat. i did not get into politics because i had a lifelong ambition of being a politician. that is not me. i came from a private sector, and looking at honestly answering the question -- did i have something different to offer that i thought would be valuable to sanford's is go right now? i do think a large part of our problems in the city are financial, economic. with my background, i did think i would be able to add a lot of value, and that is why i decided to get into politics. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i have to say, i'm one that has been trying to get away from the political spectrum dialogue in san francisco. i would just say, generically, i think i am in the middle. i'm a moderate person. nationally, i think we are a little bit left in san francisco, but i think i am a socially liberal person. that is what i tend to practice what i preach. >> what did you learn campaigning for supervisor, and was there anything that surprised you? >> that is a great

many believe newsom made the move to run for congress. a spokesperson for the lt.d no plans to run for waols buy's see the. >>> powerful -- winds later today and tomorrow. sfo says wind gusts could cause flight delays. oakland international officials are asking owners of smaller plans to secure them. >>> pg&e crews will be out today trimming tree s that might break and knock down power -- lines. the city of santa rosa is warning residents to be prepared for power outages if the winds pick up. >>> possible delays at sfo because of the winds i think when those winds pick up if your flight is on time you will wish you were delayed. >> could be a bumpy ride. >> delays probably at san jose as there has been the last couple of days definitely sfo because of the fog oakland okay but we'll keep an eye on that. got people working on that as we speak. high wind warning until 6:00 thursday for areas in original north bay mountains east bay hills. winds pick up and strongest tonight when we could reach 70 mile per hour gusts with downed trees, powerlines and high profile vehic

newsom was then invited to join protestors. for more than 45 minutes they conducted a meeting at the mission bay campus. the regents decided to move to another room to allow finance committee members to vote on whether to ask the state legislature for more funding for the system. governor brown has asked the department of finance to negotiate with uc president mark udoff, udoff trying to avoid increasing tuition. >> everything is on the table. we're going to pair the budgets back. going to try to raise money privately. we'll look at everything. >> they decided not to confront uc police and left the building. tuition has gone up from 8300ses today 13200s thdz year, udoff says 40% of the students receive financial aid. with regard to clash with protestors, udoff asked justice krus reynoso to be part of the task force investigating charges of excessive force by police. and he has accepted. >> thank you very much. and org mizers called for a campus-wide strike to coincide with the regents meeting. saying the 13 protestors required

you know, i was sent over by former mayor gavin newsom to new orleans a few years ago, and we study what had happened there, and we realized that one of the things that had occurred in new orleans was a breakdown between city government and the neighborhoods, and such that when the hurricane hit and the flooding happened, so many people left the city, and then they did not come back. because there was no relationship between local government and many of the neighborhoods and many of the residence. that lesson burned in my mind for a very long time. so it is that much more important, general, that when you put this fleet we together, that you made a disaster preparedness a thing -- the inme vision to the celebration of our armed forces. you have not only touch our city government, but you have helped me touch every neighborhood in this city. that is what we need to do in all of our cities. so thank you very much, general, for your leadership on this. thank you. [applause] i also wanted again our honorary chair, former secretary schulz. you have been such a great leader here. i want to tha

i have the privilege of having worked with mayor newsom when he announced back in 2007 the creation of this experiment with bio and life sciences in mission bay. it began in 2009 when there were five companies that started in this building. today there 23 of these micro businesses that are doing biotechnology research and clinical, laboratory research, as well as applications for they do have a lot of openness to their research and to the interaction between the different companies, so they can get that kind of innovation going on. that is why we call this the mission bay innovative center. i am glad to announce this today and announce that this has been huge milestone, thanks to all of you for consistently being here. thank you to the company. he can explain how this happened. but i know the city has done right. the evidence is right here. our policy is about our technology. we started with some good pro- business sense. whether it was attracting this company or others, some of the research companies that started here five years ago and then started saying we can attract other busines

all because of the support that we've had both from the city through mayor lee, previously mayor newsom, and todd ruffo, as well as through fibrogen. i'd like to thank tom and katherine and jenny for fully supporting our organic group. we continue to grow and develop this innovation in partnership with the fibrogen incubator exunety here. >> so now we've heard from the clean tech side. now we'd like to welcome the c.e.o. of lexus. >> we are genetically energying a mouse for human therapeutic antibodies. they have proven to be one of the richest sources of innovative breakthrough drugs to treat human disease. a little company down the road has been built entirely on its breakthrough drugs to treat cancer and auto immune diseases. to license this mouse to companies doing antibody drug discovery so they can use it to discover the next generation of breakthrough drugs. we've licensed our platform to five of the world's top 15 pharmaceutical companies. we believe this provides a very strong vote of confidence in what we're doing. lexus was founded in 2009. originally we were located in pasad

. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor'srts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayor's part award? >> i am very grateful, moved. i always want to be in the company of illuminaries like cesar chavez. people making a difference, but to people's hearts. giving people a sense of tangible hope. one thing is to be famous, it is quite another for people to like you. i am grateful for this award. it is another blessing. i do not take it for granted. this is an incredible city. everywhere i go, i tell everyone that this is the atlantis of today. there is no other city in the world -- i have been everywhere. there is nothing like san francisco. in fact, to me, it is not even the united states. you can see how fox network always attacks us. we do not have