with a survey in people city- wide -- were they surveying people city-wide. it marks there were more serving the neighbors of the redevelopment areas. supervisor avalos: we're now looking at serving citywide, probably with a focus on those neighborhoods. >> the priority is not to have about ends to programs that are important in those neighborhoods. this allows us the ability to work city-wide and leverage of the dollar's to expand the jri program. supervisor avalos: thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. supervisor kim. >> i also appreciate the overview. you have $10.8 million in general fund allocation. i have that there is $0 11.3 million increase in general fund request from last year. 153% increase, the second- largest increase forgot after the city planning department. to give some relativity, the third largest was from rec and park at 29%. there is a large increase. i know a lot of it has to do with the mayor's 17-point plan. i am curious about what is not included in the $10.8 million of the $11.3. >> some of that is things we agree to as cuts. supervi

city. with job creation and job training, i would like to emphasize there are many people in this city who grow hungry and the growing of the food is not to be overlooked as a great benefit. thank you. >> i am a physician working for a community clinic. i'm not reduce -- representing the clinic, but i am representing the fact that i work with politicians that one of their primary problems is improper nutrition, namely obesity. the lack of knowing about food, not having land to grow food, however when i bring up community gardens and so forth, they always seem interested. i'm asking for your support on this wonderful legislation and i agree with the amendments for all of the communities in san francisco, but especially the mission district. thank you. >> my name is j. rosenberg. i have worked and volunteered with many of you throughout the city. i am one of the co-founders of hayes valley farms, i teach agriculture and farming culture, incorporating the landscape with human habitat and finding ways for all to work together. in the past two and a half years, i've had the opportunity to meet

to open an office, you need to go to where the talent is, and there is not a city in the world that has more talented peoplen the city of san francisco. we are thrilled to be here and to have your leadership. i do not know if we will be at 3000 employees, but if the warriors win the championship, we will be there to celebrate and to help in any way we can. we look forward to being a long- term partner of yours and the city's for years to come. of course, the third group to thank here it is it is great to have a beautiful office, but what's most important it are the people who come in every day. i feel phenomenally blessed to have such wonderful colleagues. we started two of us at a desk five years ago. there are now 250 of us that the company. 50 people worked out of this office. we plan to double that in the next 12 months. the mayor already met our lead recruiter are here. when president obama came to visit our offices in virginia, we were 60 people. we told him we would double the company in 12 months, and he went to donny and said, "i understand you are the job czar." and she was, and we did. it is real

the people's city hall, san francisco.ant you all to note that that was such a wonderful rendition of our national anthem. please give another applause to the millennium -- melanie and her daughter. i am so excited about all of you and seen so many of you from all over our state. come to city hall anin san francisco, welcome. i would like to welcome the former secretary of transportation. [applause] thank you for being here. thank you, john, thank you. our board of supervisors comment david chiu, thank you very much. david campos, thank you for being here. he is our adopted asian brother. we have so many of our state representatives here. so many of you are here. i have spent all night announcing your names, but they did not give me the full list. i will say thank you on behalf of our city. from sacramento, los angeles, from all the communities in between, thank you for coming to our fantastic city to celebrate our asian-pacific heritage month. it is my pleasure to also provide you with a warm welcome and thank you for som

this is a community of more than 100 people. city officials have start td clearing out the brush. ty official it is say they are ready to help and provide housing to people so they are not forced to go back to encampments and return possessions to people who own them. >> people need to retrieve it lost belongings must go to where the housing consortium is. >> the number is posted on the screen. and it is on the web links section of the home page. >>> channel 2 news at five. we are following the ruling tonight not to rehear proposition 8 case. what is next in the fight for marriage equality. coming up. channel 2 news at five. >> thank you for trusting. we will see you the next time news breaks. we will hear from you always. and have a great day. [ male announcer ] what if we told you the 100% electric nissan leaf was the perfect car for you... that you can charge it at home like your smartphone... that you'll never have to buy another tank of gas? [ brian ] really looking forward to not having to put 75 bucks in the tank twice a week just to go back and forth to work. [ shannon ] i

people who are here. obviously we have a rich diversity and the city. i am glad we can get people who speak different languages and tell us what they need as well. thank you, everybody, for being here, and giants. -- go giants. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ok. that was really beautiful. we would like to welcome you to the third annual statewide celebration and recognition of asian-pacific islander american heritage month. this event is hosted by the mayor. i will tell you a little bit more. it is a non-profit, non- partisan. since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on public policy. and fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. the mission is to empower patients and pacific islander americans in civic and public affairs to education, active participation, and leadership development. >> civic engagement, leadership development, and community servthe theme of tonight's evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asian-americans in the state of california and our

people of san francisco. we think the best and brightest should be in city government. the people here tonight are proof that they are. finally, i want to mention a very meaningful thing for me to be here tonight on the night we are giving a lifetime of work to ed harrington. [applause] when i arrived in san francisco coming out of state employment some six years ago or so, ed was very generous in giving me advice. to say -- i will call. why are we doing this? who can i ask this question of? if i think it may have political implications or just to bounce it off him, he always has great devicadvice. personal thanks to ed harrington, as well. i will turn it back over to r m our emcee. >> a big round of applause. [applause] >> all right. thank you also my pleasure to introduce president of our board of supervisors, supervisor david chu. >> good government. evening. it's my honor to welcome you to our local version of the academy awards for city government. yes, please give it up. i think our awardees look absolutely stunning tonight. i want to welcome you all to city hall.

liberty and justice 24 hours, and people need to be able to get a cab. be like other american cities. people can take different types of transportation. you have to -- things are coming out of the closet. let's let the protest -- thank you. >> thank you. >> that is the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. we will move to the consent calendar. >> item 10.2e has been severed from the consent calendar. that is the only request. thank you have a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> second. >> all in favor? >> thank you. we will hear 10.2e, and this has to do with establishing a shuttle bus zone. >> thank you. >> good evening. i want to thank you for scheduling all of these items in one special meeting. i severed this item, although it pertains to a lot of what is your that relates to the new hospital going in at the cathedral hill. i want to say that i do not have kids, but i know some of the best times in people's lives is when they witness the birth of a child. one of the best times in my life was june 30, 2010, when i witness the bir

support farmers and gardeners throughout san francisco and allow the city to better capture the benefits of urban agriculture. well people growing food in the city benefit themselves when they get the food, the city benefits from urban agriculture in a number of ways. that includes providing people with awareness and a connection to the broader food system, green space and recreation, savings to public agencies when volunteers manage public land, ecological benefits and the green infrastructure in terms of waste water and heat island effects. it is a place where many people find to build community in these spaces. our urban agriculture has potential to it address sued access and public health and we are waiting to see but may have some economic development potential in terms of job training and in terms of employment. the urban agriculture program proposed in this legislation and the duties and goals set for the program will address a number of issues and opportunities identified in the report we published in april. first and foremost, we have an ad hoc approach in terms of how it -- [tone] supervisor mar: i would like t

we've been focused on people heading into the city but but there are people trying to head out of the city and of course there's the u.s. open going on and a giant's day game. this start with a huge overnight fire. pam cook is here with the emotional reaction from the scene. pam. >> yeah, it was quite a scene. the fire is at mandella park way right near that west oakland bart station so of course bart affected right away, but people could see the flames from the bay bridge. we have some exclusive video. take a look. this was taken by the first responders on the scene. this was shortly after 2:15 this morning. the building was under construction at the time. it it it was said to be finished many october. the supervisor says he was awakened by someone pounding on his hotel room door to say his building was on fire. >> gone, it's just somebody pounded on my door at the hotel down the street about an hour ago and said your building's on fire. i raced down here, and it was already burned to the ground, so it's gone. >> he does say that the building was going to be a beautiful housing compl

people. that is the best way to learn about the neighborhood, the city, and what people want and what their concerns are. i feel i can do so much more than before and started campaigning. -- i feel like i know so much more than before i started campaigning. we're all part of the left on the national standard. i am a good liberal democrat. in the san francisco spectrum, and probably considered more middle of the road. -- i am probably considered more middle-of-the-road. i am very independently comes to the issues. i do not vote the party line. a judge each issue on its merits. that is how i am. >> what do you feel are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco now? >> the budget is the most imminent issue. we do have a structural budget deficit in the city. we need to deal with the short- term balancing of the budget in a way that does not decimate basic city services that people rely on but also to address our long term structural budget deficit. that means implementing budget reforms that will smooth out the budget process so that it is not a boom-bust process. that means reforming our pension

cities. more and more people living in cities. 70% of the people live in the cities in a decade or so. cities are where things happen. if you look, federal and state government seems to be paralyzed and they work at a policy level. cities who are all having economic problems, have to do things better and cities where mayors workday in and day out and they know what works, what the people want. we're trying to find out what's the best ideas. each mayor can have a different idea that may be transferable to another city. we're all in this together. hopefully, with this prize, people will focus on coming up with new innovative ideas that improve efficiency, improve the services, make government more responsive. and if the idea is best, the city that wins will get $5 million and there will be 4runner-ups of a million dollars apiece. cities across the country, anybody with 30,000 people or more can apply and be picked into the fall or the beginning of next year. those ideas, hopefully, will be, if appropriate, adopted elsewhere. new york, which can't enter because of the obvious conflict wil

city. that's why people are moving to the city. by 2050, you know, a huge population, huge proportion of the world will live in cities. >> rose: which already other people have written about this. >> edmond glazer, brilliant book called the triumph of the city. the key thing is to make sure that these places are pleasant to live in. and that you deal with problems. >> rose: make sure the cities with all the good things that are happening to them and what they represent in terms of the center of culture. >> you fight crime. >> rose: you've got to make sure -- >> you've got to keep crime coming down. you've got to invest in the transport system so people can move around freely and you got to make the air sweeter and you got to put in bicycles and stuff. people love the idea of a village but you dough want to live in a village. >> rose: you as the mayor what did he do and as a list of top tens they would say he brought bicycles to life in london. >> i'm afraid they will say he flooded the streets with bicycles. i'm a passionate cyclis