san franciscans. last november, development was barely a topic for discussion in districts 6 and 10. it was minor to what it was compared to in the past. we have a planning department that is in the grips of regulatory capture. they do not need to be told what to do. they give developers what they want. we saw all the planning commission but reflect that. the environmental impact report, like so many that have come out of the planning department is incomplete, inaccurate, and it conceals the impact because the goal is to spur profit without a care for the impact on existing communities. what we need is real development

we as san franciscans are paying for cpmc's corporate greed while being the most profitable hospital in san francisco, cpmc is receiving property tax exemptions from san francisco every year. but in terms of services to our low-income families, cpmc is the lowest. as a tenderloin resident, i do not agree to their plan to construct a hospital facility that will not serve ordinary san franciscans. we urge the honorable members of the commission not to approve this project if cpmc will unfairly treat the poor people of our neighborhood. we cannot agree to a hospital that is not responsive to our needs. we will not allow them to continue to be disrespectful and arrogant by ignoring the community for equity and fair share. we can send our message clear to cpmc that they should be held accountable.

we are focused on hiring san franciscans. supervisor cohen: why don't we -- fred? >> just on the local hire issue, we supported as well. we had 26% last year local hire, which represented $8.1 million in earnings. we have a web-based program that allows us to hold contractors and developers accountable for our goals, which are at 50%. this year, we are looking at developing a policy, even though we're already at better than 20% that has been adopted. >> and mayor lee will be the last -- >> [unintelligible] supervisor cohen: excuse me. just a minute. i am giving everyone else and opportunity. just a minute. >> [unintelligible] you did not answer anybody else. i am asking you. 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 exc

because congress failed to act, the city partnered with local businesses to keep san franciscans working, and we call it jobsnow2. as a result, we have partnered with over 100 businesses and employed over 500 local residents, with 70 of them working in the private sector. today, we are here to announce we still have a lot of financial opportunities for private citizens to participate in the jobsnow2 program and we will continue to help put san franciscans back to work. we would like to increase and focus this jobsnow2 program on local small businesses. local businesses are missing a great opportunity to use this resource to their advantage. this increase of subsidy we are seeing today could help small and medium-sized businesses expand and reduce overhead. jobsnow2 will reimburse employers for the first $5,000 of wages paid to an employee hired from the eligible job seeker pool, which would cover two to three months of wages. a pretty good deal for participating businesses. it reduces the risk of hiring new employees, which would be a big plus for any business, and getting more san franc

i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail.hey love to meet the candidates and engage in conversations with them. i learned how important it is to build bridges between different communities, particularly communities of diversity that we have. i was incredibly honored to have been elected in november of 2008. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i consider myself someone who shares the progressive values that many sentences can hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the opposition and the responsibilities that come with being the president of the board of supervisors. >> as president, i preside over the weekly meetings we have tuesday at 2:00 here in the chamber. i also determine which legislations will go to various committees that we have. as a district supervisor, i sit on a number of legislative committees. >> what are some of

san franciscans. last november, development was barely a topic for discussion in districts 6 and 10. it was minor to what it was compared to in the past. we have a planning department that is in the grips of regulatory capture. they do not need to be told what to do. they give developers what they want. we saw all the planning commission but reflect that. the environmental impact report, like so many that have come out of the planning department is incomplete, inaccurate, and it conceals the impact because the goal is to spur profit without a care for the impact on existing communities. what we need is real development that has fewer parking spaces -- is not right on the freeway and does not meet environmental concerns. send this back to the planning commission. thank you. [applause] supervisor mar: thank you. please come forward. thank you for being here, mr. broom. >> thank you, and supervisors. sf puc is continue to work on the energy agreements freely provided to a list of the outstanding concerns

as for centuries cities, i am a proud san franciscan. i believe that immigration and the presence of the individuals who are documented or not in this community is a grave benefit to san francisco. i believe that any action to discourage them from an active participation not only creates a mistrust in the broader community but it also has a chilling effect on us individuals and who are documented. this has a chilling effect on the ability of san francisco ends to live a happy and free life. as for a century city, this is a strong doctrine. we should not be referring people to immigration because of an arrest. an arrest is by far not under any circumstances a conviction and even in cases of conviction i'm proud to say that i support supervisor campos's very well crafted compromise to allow immigration referrals once a conviction is in place foot even in such situations, and phil wants to live fully what is the underlying reason that we are referring people. seems that this questions come up under the heading of the police commission becaus

this legislation -- what it does is it takes jobs away from san franciscans in a real way, and i am here to represent that. 40 jobs will be lost. i can guarantee that. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i also own of home care business, and thank you for the opportunity to address you this evening curio -- this evening. we observe the experience of the law. we have never had a complaint about the ability to collect. we assist them with a computer in office if they needed. we roll their funds over. we use an administrator for distribution of funds, but when you talk about consequences, the third-party administrator is that way for free. before you pass on additional expenses, i would like you to look at it carefully, because there will be consequences. our administration costs will go up to keep track arafat and to submit it to the third-party administrator -- keep track of that and submitted to the third- party administrator, and when you talk about unintended consequences, it has gone and every year for three years, but my rate of service has not been able to go up, and my competitors are s

we have 40,000 unemployed san franciscans. it was time that we faced the reality of helping the city of just -- i just needed pension reforms. we're pleased to be part of this process. again, the best kind of reform is consensus reform. there are many times when you see in front of you city leaders, labor leaders, business leaders agreeing this is the right solution of the right time. thank you, mayor, again for your leadership, and we look forward to balancing the city budget and getting a raw economy back on track. thank you. [applause] mayor lee: by the way, if you are keeping count, i counted nine supervisors here. the other two who could not make it, i believe it was because they could not get here on time. we also have with us david metcalf from spur. we had a representative from the labor foundation. i also want to emphasize tim paulsen stood up for working families. that included rebecca ryan, roxanne sanchez, tom o'connor, tim paulsen, and we are joined by the fire chief joann hayes- white. i want to make sure i recog

why do seven out of 10 san franciscans get on a bicycle each year? we're going to improve that every year. it makes us a healthier and stronger and more vibrant city. the richmond district has not only great businesses like pete from green apple, which just installed the great crowd, but we hope to see many more of those all around the city, and i really will be working with the mayor and my colleagues on the board of supervisors to insure that the jfk drive dedicated improvements are instituted before the end of the year. they should have been done before, but we are going to make sure they are down by the end of the year. thank you so much to everyone for being here today and bicycle coalition for keeping us a biking friendly city. thank you. >> thanks, everyone. i want to say thank you to north dakota, mike, the entire group that came with me from district 2 -- i want to say thank you to andy. give me a call anytime. i'm happy to do it again, and thank you to the bicycle coalition and everyone here improving the infrastructure of our bike lanes, w

low-income and formerly homeless san franciscans. funding is provided for training to make that a reality. these other projects entitlement documents before the board. the underlying ones have had the fiscal impact before this community today. the tie dye agreement, but homeless development initiative, partnering with the navy to purchase the property. basically, and there has been some discussion on this, it basically give certainty to certain developers to build what we are developing today. recognizing that they will have to put hundreds of millions of dollars into cost infrastructure before they actually start getting reimbursed for those. it basically locked in the entitlements. recognizing that this will be a 15 year, 20 year project. the board still retains authority. they would interpret whether or not what is being proposed is consistent with zoning. any change to the development would have to come back to the board for approval. it is the main document that the developer as. the city will receive land from the navy in fairl

they want to be your as partners and collaborators and, as we suggest, they want to hire san franciscans. we want to meet that challenge and we want to work with them. at the beginning of this budget, made a commitment to myself that i would do my best to listen to every part of this city, to all the neighborhoods, to the supervisors, and to the corridors that we held compound meetings at. not only what i want to listen to them, ultimately, as the impact of us, my challenge was really to listen to myself, as we reflected all of the values that the city has made -- as they impacted us. as i have been chosen as interim mayor, i wanted to make a commitment that i would not make any intron decisions on this budget. that we had a big challenge to not only create a foundation for years to come, but that we would make sure that we had a budget that would reflect long-term investments and the long-term financial health of this city. we set out a course to collaborate with as many people as possible and to make sure that our budget was reflective of what san francisco knows how to do. that is col

this time says at a time when san franciscans are facing an economic crisis -- well, they are not. in san francisco, there are 18 billion is, including the heavyweight democratic party. they control san francisco. sf has the 10 highest gdp of all american cities, 18th in the world. there is extreme wealth here. go down to union square. there is 100 companies that are located here. earlier, an african man was crying here, and a latino woman was crying here. that is a crime, a travesty. that they are crying of here, and these people are pandering to larry ellison. he is worth $18 billion. right? he got the city to give him all kinds of tax breaks, property, everything else. that is who they pandered to and try to tell us we are the problem. it is a crime. these police officers should be addressing them -- for arresting them. san francisco is controlled by the white, the wealthy, and their businesses and corporations. they do not come to a town hall meeting and get two minutes to a top. larry ellison had his ear right away. they stuffed the agenda. they profit from san francisco, and i

i'm a native san franciscan and my husband is fourth generation. we have two children and live within 300 seek from the booker t. washington. i am an early childhood special educator and i have been working with underprivileged youths for 25 years. i am in full support of booker t. washington and all that the project comes with. however, i do not support the size or magnitude of this particular project in our neighborhood. i know it keeps coming up, all of these buildings that are surrounding the neighborhood that would be -- the position it would just a blur in. but this is a very boutique area. yet never been in the neighborhood, take a walk around. it is mainly victorians. our house will be impacted. the building will be a vision from our yard and house and it will be in the shade. we are in the shaded area. i urge you to consider the compromise supervisor farrell has come up with. as some other speakers have said, that's not exactly what i would want, but i am willing to meet in the middle because it is important for everybody to get their need

the latest chamber of commerce poll, homelessness is the issues that is on the top of mind of san franciscans. every citizen of san francisco would want an investment in stopping homelessness. while admirable in their cost savings and ability to reduce what they had at the beginning of the budget cycle, still these cuts will have huge impacts on individuals. i ask each and every one of you to think about what city you would in vision us have been in -- having in five years. i see a city full of full and permanent housing that gives the homeless a platform on which to rebuild their lives. everybody in low income san francisco is able to be reimbursed for medical services. i see a city that says that our biggest priority is to stop homelessness in the next five years. chicago, new york invest more per capita than we do in san francisco. i asked you to restore these needed services. [applause] >> good evening, board of supervisors. i am a patient and counselor at san francisco general hospital. i have been working there for over 10 years. police patrolled the campus, surrounded emergency room an

showcase the best, the brightest, the most colorful designs, the most creative of who we are as san franciscans -- i am just happy to be part of this, so give yourselves a hand, and thank goodness it is friday. [applause] >> thank you, president chiu. the san francisco arts commission has 15 commissioners appointed by the mayor every month -- appointed by the mayor. every week, they volunteer their time to help shape the cultural policy of the city of san francisco. tonight, we have the president of the san francisco arts commission, p.j. johnson. we also have jerry young, one of our commissioners. [applause] do we have any other commissioners? i'm not seeing you. they all work very hard on the citizens of san francisco, thank you, commissioners, for being here and for everything that you do. now, the final thank you before introducing the grandmaster. we have been fiber non-profit arts community -- we have a vibrant non-profit arts community that is part of this project, the central market community benefit district. those beautiful sculptures are brought to you by black rock arts foundation a

most san franciscans want to use a car. this city has incredible public transportation system. did you take that into account? >> even though san franciscans use their cars last, there is still -- when you do one-to-one parking on a project like this, it has a major impact. in a dream world, you can say is going to go well, but usually it does not. also, some of the major transit improvements are not yet guaranteed in this project. the extension to daley city. that is why we were looking at this. what you can do to help change that, regardless of how much parking they put in, is to encourage the developers to put a lot more car share spaces in. even if they do do the one-to- one parking, that might help mitigate the problems. commissioner torres: thank you. president vietor: and i would be comfortable doing that, encouraging the developers to put more car shares and be more aggressive with renewable energy and to bring it on-line as quickly as possible. we've been talking about this as a commission. you know, and the public power provision, especially the community source advoc