the program by six months.o, but we are doing there is we are transferring some of the service that was previously provided by parsons in the pre- construction program management program to this contract. i am sure that some of you may recall, that is an early 2009 joint venture. a decision was made to split that cost into two separate contracts to avoid conflict of interest issues. now that most of the program is almost all in construction, it is much more efficient to phase parsons out of our program and transfer some of these services that are still applicable in construction to the ae com contract. these functions, such as risk management, dispute resolution, and quality surveillance are needed for us to be successful with our construction management services. that concludes my presentation. supervisor chu: thank you for the two explanation. let's go to the budget analyst report. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on page 7 on the report, we point out that it is shown on table 3. that is on page 7. t

and look at our grooming program and volunteer program and many say, hey, this

, otherwise known as reality programming. the main thrust of this is we want to bring more jobs to the city and more jobs to the local economy. what happens is when these productions are shooting here, they do have a certain amount of people that stay in hotels. they use local production services, and they ultimately bring or exposure to san francisco, which helps bring more tourists. we would really like to expand this to documentary and unscripted television programming in order to attract more of the productions. we have recently had a number of documentary series that have called us and son are we eligible for your rebate program? at this point we have not been. that was one of the reasons for considering adding documentary's to the rebate. we also have had more and more very high-budget reality programs interested in shooting in san francisco, some of which we got of some of which we have lost. one thing i wanted to point out for the unscripted reality programs, in 2008/2009 we had 26 unscripted tv productions with $720,

every few years, the california transportation commission adopted a program that is a five-year program of projects. there are a number of different state and federal funds programs that funneled through. 75% are programmed by agencies like this entity. that work is done for the approval of the metropolitan transportation commission. they will approve bay area regional transportation improvement programs. they are all compiled together and caltrans sets the priorities. collectively, all of that stuff is in the state transportation improvement program. we are hoping that with the budget year, we will have more stable funding for it. importantly, there are two piles of money that we are dealing with today, the first being the regional improvement program, the other being the transportation enhancement program. we have about $10 million in the program. readily funding large projects, whether they be transit or highway. last year the authority board took action to commit regional improvement authority project to plan, downtown extension in the transit terminal, and the central subway transi

program. our job is to pretty much make sure the residents feel safe and informed with what is going on with the community. i am going to pass it back over to ashley who will introduce her team. >> let me introduce my six wonderful crewmembers. cindy, and elena, have your, sue, and terry. they will be working with me to help make this a safer neighborhood. thank you very much. [applause] >> on the tea line, we are going to have jessica, leo, theresa, and will. [applause] we are already to serve the community and we look forward to working with the residents here in the bayview and district 10. thank you. [applause] >> two short thank you and then we are done. the mta has been a key city partner for the city embassadors program. i just want to recognize deborah johnson. she has been invaluable to connecting our program to muni operations, helping us in countless ways, big and small. she is currently the acting executive director and ceo of the mta. happy to call her a friend and colleague. than

program. that apprentice ship program has been one in that opportunity to work with. the local labor unions have always found a way to work with the city. they have found it this way, and working with us and freeing up their resources to help establish a mission neighborhood district center and having a nonprofit host their pre-apprenticeship program, they are providing financial resources as well as their apprenticeships rules directed program. we have done this the right way. i know everyone put a lot of valuable time into making this sunrise and putting all the funding together with the various departments coming together. what we have in store will cover 175 blocks in the city. the most gritty, i get the most sensitive ones that are commercial -- the most ready, yet the most sensitive ones that are commercial corridors in the city. they have already been through the hiring process. these individuals a proven they want to show up to work. it is a world-class economy, and to let folks know t

program. it needs to go away. extending it any wonder, spending any more money on this would be just a waste. >> i think the district has always been home to a voice of passionate common sense. that is how i like to phrase it. and it has been for decades. it is the voicecenter to bring to the board of supervisors. >> three ballot measures were placed on the ballot at the very last minute by four members of the board of supervisors. i think in the last 48 hours, we have seen that those ballot measures were written rather hastily. they're all kinds of unintended consequences. this charter amendment fixes that problem. frankly, it gives it a bit of a lifeline to those four supervisors and to the mayor if they ever descending like this again. -- if they ever go through this again. >> the fact that we're taxing employers on how many jobs they create scenes of the counterproductive. we want to encourage people to create jobs. i do not think asking employers to pay a tax on how many they create makes

i am very committed to this program. i know the potential it could have on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. it could be a huge player driving the market. as far as what we need to be doing as a city to reduce and comply with the state mandate that we are all scrambling to comply with. so i really want to see this program succeed. i would move to continue this item until september. any other comments from the commissioner? >> what percludes us from having a hearing in august? >> we could have a special meeting on this item. but i don't know. maybe i will take that off-line with the general manager and we can talk about that. >> thank you. it would be interest to see what they come up with in their further thoughts as well. are there public comments on this item? >> eric brooks, i am here representing san francisco green party. i was glad to hear a lot of commissioners raise a lot of concerns about financials of the potential for this program rolling out. you can potentially continue it or you can send it on to t

there's a lot of great programs. i noticed these programs are sporadic. there's a couple at this school and this school. maybe a year, 2 years. there's maybe one program. not that many programs that we invest in long term. i was looking at this the other day with the contents. if you look at the back. there's a charter of the usfd. violence prevention chart. the most important part for me is the school wide behavior program. what's been found to be the best way to prevent violence is have a school wide program. it has to be embedded in your curriculum. the different ways you create different rules in class and how do deal with that. there's an entire school investment that has to be involved in this. there are tribes chants. is one method. but you notice. it's some schools. 3 or 4. maybe they had it for a year. it's not a consistent thing across the school district. it's frustrating. the elementary schools have some sort of program, which is an entire positive school climate that includes curriculum. what i would suggest or advocate for. for everyone inve

this program has been successful.ian has reports on 22,000 transactions sharing information over the past year that we declared to be the pilot first year. because it has been so successful, david chiu and malia cohen protected some funding in the budget for that, but we combine that smartly with funding from lennar corp., who is also making a big investment in district 10 as well. i want to thank both supervisors for their support, and also the office of civic engagement. we are realizing this program as a permanent launch, one that will embrace the community but one that will continue this important public-private relationship we have bill it -- between our police department, first responders, and also with residents of san francisco, residents coming from the baby you and poured a lot area now engaged with us in a multi legal way, creating conversations, directing people, and making sure they feel safe, as well as our safe along these lines. so thank you. [applause] >> thank you. the next speaker is cheap greg cert

the program by six months.o, but we are doing there is we are transferring some of the service that was previously provided by parsons in the pre- construction program management program to this contract. i am

in addition to the san francisco home improvement program, there's a program called the energy agreed california program, and it is designed to help all want -- homeowners make energy efficiency improvements to the home and offset the cost. up to four thousand dollars for pg&e utility customers available for doing things that you might want to do already, adding insulation or reducing traps in your home, replacing the water europe -- water healeheater. not only do you save energy and money and reduce your current footprint, but you'll be much more comfortable in your home. >> grade, thank you. again, in san francisco, we're actually a prime target for this program, because the folks who should consider this program the most are folks who are owning older homes. margaret's home was built in the 1880's. we have a lot of homes built in the 1920's and in 1930's. those homes are prime targets for this program in terms of having a leaky windows and older furnaces and water heaters, all the upgrades we would normally do. in addition to this program, we're also going to be working on a green

to help support our programs. we were able to submit a budget that for the first time in a decade included no layoffs, no service cuts, and no fee increases. our public-private partnerships are also contributing to our success. they help provide broadbased support and a sustainable financial model. i am very proud of our partnership units. this year they generated $932,000 in phalanger before our operating programs. that is significant. to put that in context, one year ago, the same team generated $141,000 and philanthropic support. we have quadrupled the number in 12 months. some of the gifts we received were a generous gift from coca- cola. we got a gift to help with the golden gate park irrigation of great britain mercedes-benz donated $15,000 for our youth scholarship program. we got a gift from the u.s. soccer foundation for mission soccer field lighting. improving our environmental stewardship. we are committed to being stored of our parks -- being stewards of our parks in many ways. we implemented and they

so this is a jobs program. i say to the gentleman from pennsylvania, we want to take care of those people with disasters. we want to take care of them. we also want to provide jobs for americans who are unemployed. if i were in your shoes, i would support jobs for workers and also take care of those people who are suffering because of the disasters. these are republican-leaning organizations. they get it. just vote no and let's get a clean bill and do the right thing for the country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield three minutes to the chairman of the interior appropriations subcommittee, mr. simpson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. simpson: i love listening to the gentleman from washington's debate. if the gentleman wants to create jobs in this country, we can create hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs if we'll start getting oil drilling back in the gu

this is a program in our own back yard. we need the city coordination to insure we're having the coordination. >> can't we have a meeting, call it whatever you want, maybe your organization. you can coordinate. is that something that can be done? we are talking about community input. doing thing for a particular community. >> i think there are opportunities to do that. i think we have to be methodical. given the scope and size of the bureaucracy. it's easier said than done. we have to do that incrementally and in a way we have clear wins so that people can both at the city level and community level coming together to do the collective work. it's been fragmented. we need a city and organization >> we have to start somewhere. in baby steps. i want to talk a little bit about pilot programs. what's this called. i know not everybody agrees with you. >> no. they don't. i am in shock. >> go ahead. >> first of all. thanks for the invitation. as we all know. the juvenile probation has a pistol role. our responsibility to provide a s

the army programs are at the other schools. s.i.s., as you all know, is less than 100% accurate, all i can tell you is that i called and got the numbers. as i was leaving the school, changed by two. the drill labs and leadership labs traditionally are sort of -- they are sort of hand loaded after the regular classes get put in place. some students come in to do those that may not be in another class. and some may go on and do that other drill lab as well. so once the hard enrollment for the school day gets established then we sort of hand enroll the other ones. lists are provided to counselors, the counselors take care of it. it's not something that is automatic as the regular class loading is. so it takes some time. and it's just the way it's been over the course of the 17 years i've been here. commissioner maufas: so i just want to respond to commissioner fewer's sort of question. you had recalled what when he done previously. no, you're correct. i just wanted to reassure you that what you recall is correct. because i recall

i have been involved in reentry programs, youth deterrent programs, substance abuse programs, alternative to violence programs. i am very familiar and intimate with the struggles that come with reentry. i am also in northwest committed a response network outreach worker. at the core of why i want to be on this council is because i want to break the cycle. i want to break the cycle of a person going to prison, getting out, and coming back to prison, because i understand the misery and the damage that comes with this process, the damage not only to the individual but to the community, the government resources that are allotted to go to prison, and institutions, instead of going to better programs. but mostly, i want to be on this council because i work with kids. i know that a parent who is incarcerated, their kids are more likely to be incarcerated, and i want to break the cycle. i work with kids. i see what happens to them. i see the misery and suffering that comes with family members of the incarcerated. thank you for giving me this opportunity. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. ngo. were y

we hired -- for that program. he is early every day and stays late and works harder than anyone else to serve the inmates. he runs the program and has been trained in the prison project in san quentin. he is the sort of person that the city needs on this council. the other is kim courtney. kim i can say has placed more people in residential treatment than any other program in the county jails and i would say all those other programs combined. she dead -- does that with brad's support and help. jamie, i i have worked with jimmy. we partner with his program. it is one of the best partnerships we have. the passion he brings to his work is incredible. we have a lot of great candidates. thank you. supervisor kim: they give for being here. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to reiterate it was an honor to read your applications and to read about the incredible work you have done and the challenges you have confronted and addressed and a willingness to work with

housing programs for youth. so this staffing pattern probably matches more consistently with our transitional living programs. you heard reference to avenues of independence. we have a house located in richmond. we have a number have a number f housing programs, and there are congress get sites where the use are living on site. this is generally a 24-hour staffing pattern. and in one program, we have the support of house and model. there is only one house manager and limited staff space. we have been operating this program since 2000. we took the lessons from that program to this project to increase staffing for a common space for young people, to not have a house in the tenderloin. and so i would say that this staffing pattern is what you would see in most of the programs. >> thank you both. >> i have a question for the city attorney. the appeal that was filed on friday, that is timely -- with the city attorney? >> we found that the appeal was filed in a timely fashion. the board has to have approval over this

broader than this program is informed. so we have been raising the kind of questions and issues you raised to the staff and haven't really seen those being addressed. i am hoping those will be addressed. we are ok with this moving forward to the board and the different issues addressed. there is a lot of desire ability in this program. we are ok with it moving to the board is that other work is released. for you taking the time and to be responsive with these questions. thank you. >> think you. -- thank-you. >> obviously, there is great importance in the program that is an important piece of the entire scheme. the basic question about local jobs generated by this program is not the answer. i applied for item 12 to be approved. this would create union jobs, jobs that would create participation in this program. >> thank you. >> miss miller is our executive officer and she asked me to speak on delaying sending this to the board. there is a lot of procedural items that need to occur. we know that the entire program is not avai

the program. -- we want customers that want to stick with the program. it might be more receptive. >> commissioner moran: in a market survey we went over, some parts of town for more inclined to stay in. are you -- is it to equalize? >> my goal would be those who have the most chance. >> the issue i am concerned about here is as we go through this, there is several risks that are monetized and put into a reserve fund and that is how we deal with them. this is one that cannot be monetized. this cannot be dealt with as a reserve funding and the structure we're looking at is we by the power first and without customers, and try to get rid of it. this is an area where there is unreserved risk. i am concerned that we're too aggressive here. i could hold this in abeyance but i wanted to identify this as an issue. especially if we are oriented to the most successful people first. the remaining 111,000 customers will be those who are least inclined to stay in the program. it is not an equally fertile back

some programs that are taught and they're not a textbook program. they're used -- using what they already have. it's just how we teach it. it's not about, you know, a script and those types of issues, it's actually making learning relevant and fun for kids. so that they can lurn faster. that's what these programs do. vice president yee: maybe i'm just requesting it, every so often i hear about the new programs and old programs and whether it's in mathematics or in language arts. it would be really helpful for me who just can't remember everything unless i see it on a piece of paper, the list of maybe the top five approaches that our schools are using so that i get a better idea. and if you can get a summary of each approach, how it's different. for the curriculum committee. and even the reading approach that we have. you know, again, different schools are using different approaches so it would be helpful for me to keep track of all the different things. anything else on this? ok. all three. roll call please. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner mau

, programs that would help youth do that and make sure that it was led by youth and youth advocacy programs. we did that in the budget and today, with the opening of this office, is yet another reflection that we made those right decisions. i want to thank our supervisors. i want to thank the community that's have been here for many, many years. sharing their concerns that youth want to go in a different direction in the city. i just came from, by the way, a technology center called rocket space. and that was a center where we had a lot of new technology coming out, creating new jobs. but they also said, what about the youth of san francisco? i looked to hide ra -- hydra every single week to advise me what programs to support and increasing with our school district, whether it's anti-truancy programs, whether it's ending violence, whether it's increasing educational opportunities and getting all of the gaps covered. and we know i did -- we did a very, very good move, we found several hundred thousand dollars to make sure there was summer school for kids that weren't able to pass math and sc

tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago.ur founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the mat

if we don't have any program, we have no customers. thinking that there is a program that you could build out local generations without a source of funding does not really work. i think that some of the stakeholders have understood which took us several years to explain that they're not free. if you issue bonds, someone must pay them back. if you're going to issue bonds, you have to of customers to pay them back or have some revenue stream to pay them back. that is not a clear concept that is in this scope. this scope says that you should be building. that is not something that works for me. there is a lot problems to try to go out and see how you might do a pro forma so that you could build something, be happy to work on that. if you would do solar, how you would afford to pay for it, all the regulations that you deal with, that would be a great scope of work. you have to go out and change the permits or two different things to be able to do these build ounce, happy to work on that. if you want to pick out the sites and figure out whe

i think the tiger program. maybe we can get the new program into a more multimodal structure. there is a critical federal role here for major facilities. we had to rebuild that a number of years ago. it cut through three states. it carries a lot of traffic within this region but it carries a lot of thru-traffic. it is a critical link in the entire northeast corridor. clear case for a federal role. we ended up with 100% federal funding to rebuild that bridge. we were able to pull that off and get it rebuilt and you'll see a very nice structure out there now and i was involved right from the beginning of the thinking about that all the way through. i can give you a lot of war stories about what it took to get that done. so those are the two major categories. the third category, which is near and dear to my heart is metropolitan mobility. i think we need to focus on metropolitan areas in the federal program. i think we consolidate a loft small categories we have now and put them into a metropolitan package, formula allocation by urbanized area population. the way the transit prog

program. north for grumman really supported me. if you want a decent program you have a program manager that can be the liaison that understand the veterans or can be a liaison between the veteran and the corporation but also the corporation needs to give their program manager the support like we were trained in recruit training as an officer, it listed as an officer you go through basic training and you go -- just like we do college graduates out of school with no military experience. put them on a rotation. if you can implement those programs, that veteran will take the shareholder back to do anything for you and continue to accomplish anything you put in front of them. operation and packed, if the veteran is too severely disabled they will hire family members. that was a tough chorale because if the veteran or spouse or parent is taking care of someone severely disabled is tough on the individual to work and perform. it is the tough crowd to try to hire. that is part of our program as well.

we have looked at ways to adjust the program. the first, one key change that just happened over time, and we have talked about this in the past, the pg&e rates in 2012, july 2012, are going to change to be a flat generation rate, said that is one where usage increases, the rate charged for generation does not change. that will be modified so that there will still be the same conservation incentives, but that actually ties into how we would design our rates, that we would not a flat rate. we also are considering working on maintaining a great benefit for low-income customers. they would be eligible for the same program. rate stability. we're looking at a 4.5 your program, contract, rather, what show. and this is to assure that the rates stay stable over time. we're being prudent and doing a reserve. the cfo taught to -- talked about that a bit. this is for each year of the contract. i do not mean the same number over 4.5 years. but we do know what that is for each year of the contract. we know that at the outset. president vietor:

what is fantastic about this program is it is a collaborative program. is not just the cdbcd that is contributing to it. we have reached out to other businesses and property owners to contrary to that program. jim crsupervisor kim: thank you. i am excited about reaching out to sro the alerts to make them better neighbors. we also have our ambassadors and tour guides. one of our small business owners here. i want to recognize they're here today. >> i wanted to thank the board president and steve barton who is the honor and operator of fashion cafe and also acknowledged the incredible work that elmer does in the neighborhood. a lot of what i am talking about is elmer's work, so i want to thank him for his contribution. supervisor kim: thank you. we will open up for public comment. i am sorry. i thought you present -- presented already. >> i am atrintrina villanova. cbbds are governed by a management plan approved by the board of supervisors. our goal is to ensure that they are meeting their city requirements and that we work with them. oewd is charged with