we spoke about families in san francisco. this shows the migration by age in san francisco between 1990 and 2010. the bars on the left. we can see where we have lost a number of our children and we have the lowest number of children of any nation. that has enormous consequences. people have raised their children here and their adult children cannot afford to live here and raise our own families and this has a tremendous sense of isolation. you will find in san francisco, the numbers of seniors to have a relative living within 20 minutes time as about half of that the other thing we will see is the increase of young adults, particularly persons between the ages of 45-64. this is not the time when people are particularly raising children. we also have a loss starting at age 65. when people retire, that often move to more affordable to be spent when we talk about the tsunami, it is important to remember there are undercurrents there. this is likely to be the population that will be public services. >> and i just ask one question

welcome to san francisco. -- >> good morning, everyone. welcome to san francisco. i wanted to express my appreciation at being here at autodesk. not only do you have a great company here, but pretty soon, one of those models out there will be something like a three- dimensional arena for basketball or something like that. that might happen very fast. i wanted to come here and start by thanking the u.s. high-speed rail association for their good work, their collaborative work for so many years in building a forum and getting so many players together to develop coalitions and consortiums for building a high-speed rail system in america, and thank you very much, the association, for hosting this conference in san francisco. when our city's economy is going again, and most importantly, we are adding jobs, and we are ready. for those of you that are new to san francisco, you should know that we are building the very first high-speed rail project in the united states. our transbay transit center, which will be completed in 2017. tomorrow, we move forward improving the tr

we have a population in san francisco of about 800,000 -- some say 811,000. we should encourage san franciscans to take this position. recently, i attended a task force, a health task force -- espanola jackson and some of the others were there. i believe it was initiated by one of the supervisors who spoke very eloquently at that task force. what i am is saying is san franciscans -- this is a $1 billion-plus type of operation -- talking about san francisco general hospital. we need san franciscans to be a stakeholder. we also appreciate the hard work of tom ammiano. it got a lot of static, but the whole nation is looking at those type of programs. but again, supervisors, be fair, okay? i can understand one or two of the candidates having residency waivers. we need san franciscans to step up. just like earlier the students step up. we need san franciscans to step up to be stakeholders so that they participate in the deliberation of quality of life issues, and one of them that is very, very important is held -- health. thank you very much. supervisor kim: any ot

it was not my doing, it was all of the people of san francisco saying it is about time we celebrate. k you to the people of san [applause] i have a very short message. what did i have felt very strongly in my first elected year, but also during my tenure as interim mayor. we have a great deal of celebrate. we also have a great challenge in front of us. there are so many of our asian american friends, iranian friends, friends from the philippines, friends from our japanese-american community, are chinese-american community, waiting for the opportunity to come together to celebrate our diversity, but also to signal to our european friends, our latino france, we are ready to help lead this state. and helped change the conversation and not only celebrate diversity, but use diversity for our strength. that is our strength. i want to signal to you, let's come together, let's use this opportunity to make sure we can celebrate our strength throughout the state. i also want to welcome carmen chu. thank you for joining us. we can really celebrate and we can bring this state for because i know -

seven by seven magazines, the bay citizens, san francisco business times, san francisco bay guardian, in the bay area reporter. let's get our sponsors and media sponsors a round of applause. [applause] >> we are here to solicit several small businesses tonight that have gone above and -- salute several small businesses denied that have gone above and beyond to open their stores, get on the phone, turn on their websites, and stand up as mentors for small businesses. this is not an easy time, and small businesses overall, many of them are struggling to stay afloat, including many in this room. so we would like to shine the spotlight for a little while tonight on some of these small businesses that have been able to push the envelope and continue to do very well. they have been beacons of hope, and we cannot have this event tonight to really give them the recognition that they deserve without recology. recology has long been the community sponsor of small business week and small business even said throughout this city. we're thrilled to have that consistency, to have the partner in recol

has 19% and san francisco, 76%. much higher in san francisco than in alan. of the difference is fund raising is prohibited by contractor principles, and subcontractors in los angeles. they are not spelled out in the san francisco coach, while fundraising by contractors -- excuse me, contributions by contractors is prohibited. fund-raising by their principals and subcontractors is not prohibited in san francisco. there are some compliance costs that are considered qualifying expenditures in los angeles. that would work towards getting the expenditure ceiling. in san francisco, there are some exemptions to those costs. cash contributions can only be made for less than $25. for here, and his less than $100. those have less information about the contributor. in terms of education, the city of los angeles publishes a contributor that -- died. san francisco does not. it is on the website of the l.a. ethics commission, and we do not have anything comparable year. we have guides for candidates, of course, as does l.a. in terms of enforcement authority of the ethics

we surf san francisco residents and employers with job placement. -- serve san francisco residents and employers with job placement. we need this project. i also live in the mission and i have used st. luke's hospital many times. we have brought many job opportunities to the planning stage. it has also taught at the mission campus. the industry experts talk about cpmc and improving the building project from inception to implementation. most importantly, project will put our residents to work. staff supported our clients as if they were their own. it even hired our graduates. it would be great to give more residence the opportunity to build a structure that may help there families. also, we need to be provide. i also volunteer for nert. >> am going to call several mornings. thank you come everyone, for your patience. [reading names] next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you for your time. at work that -- i have worked at cpmc for years. rooms are too small. the new hospital will provide staff with a a safe work environment. jobs will be preserved if the hospital remains operational. i

i think that with san francisco -- what san francisco needs to think about, we talk about startups. if salesforce gets bigger, what are the obstacles to do that? a lot of things that we were talking about our basic quality of life challenges. that become more relevant to a larger company once that -- you look at our demographics changing. the demographics were much closer to the start-ups. we are in demographic

they set foot in san francisco.eneration upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the governance of this country. the fact that we have changed the opportunity. last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing leader

employer in san francisco. cpmc plans to build state of the art hospitals, and it would create 1100 union construction jobs. it will double the number of sick beds in san francisco. it is time to invest in making this earthquake safe. our members, our struggle -- it's time to move this project forward. with this news, san francisco has the opportunity to go forward with the plans and innovation. we need this project. thank you. >> thank you, sir. next speaker? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the executive director of apa family support services. we are able to serve denver api -- diverse api communities and families. i have been able to talk about the quality of care and safety of around the rebuild for cpmc. also want to talk about jobs. multiplier effect of the direct number of jobs, plus the jobs that will result from supplies and services is quite large. i think the trick is to keep the dollar's local. the multiplier effect was 2 to one. we are talking 16,000 jobs. that does not even include the impact

what does collection look like in san francisco? in san francisco, more bottles and cans are recycled through recycling centers than through our curbside program. this represents a total of 17 million in crv production, 6 million going to curbside and 11 million going to our recycling centers. i will note here on our recycling centers, what we tend to see is that folks are taking high value and low weight items to our recycling centers. aluminum has a higher redemption value than bottles do, so we are seeing that is the primary uptake. these numbers, around 17 million in san francisco being redeemed, it has been pretty consistent year-to-year, probably for the past five years. this gives a good snapshot of what we collect curbside and what is actually taken to crv centers. how does san francisco kind of the chief our 70% of diversion? just to give you a sense of where we collect, our commercial recycling program that includes our construction and demolition debris recovery probably represents 60% of our recycling and diversion effor

we represent all the hospitals in san francisco. for the sake of all hospitals, every hospital supports the rebuild of cpmc. it is our largest hospital. we do not understand how residents will be cared for without cpmc. i want to bring up another issue. why every hospital is rushing to rebuild right now is we are worried. the earthquake is coming, it could be tonight, it could be five years from now, but a delay in two weeks in approval could mean nothing. or it could be that the big one hits and that hospital has to care for many of the people of san francisco. we have to have all of our hospitals open as soon as possible. let me quickly go to the point that san francisco hospitals employ 99 -- are responsible for over 99,000 jobs. we bring an $11.3 billion into the city. that is almost twice what tourism does. when the economy was tanking, hospitals increased employment by 10%. we are a steady employer for the city. we have 22% higher salary than any other business. we are not -- we hire far more women. we are vital to the city. b

. -- in the innovation capital of the world, san francisco. [applause] i am thankful every single day for the opportunity to serve san francisco. is a privilege to wake up each morning and go to city hall and work for the people of this city to do everything i can to help you succeed in your lives. class of 2012, that is what today is about. succeeding and growing your lives, for yourselves, your families, and as mayor, i will state selfishly, your city, were ever you go from here. i just turned 60 a few days ago, and i was thinking, maybe we did a few things in celebration. we blaze new trails for social justice and pushed the rest of america to embrace people rights for all people -- women, african-americans, asian- americans, latinos, gays, lesbians, people with disabilities. [cheering] we are a leader in protecting our environment, and we were the first city to adopt universal health care. [applause] and this university and this student body have been and always will be the vanguard of excellence. when i was not much older than you, i came

we are taking an historic step here in san francisco. we are now the second city to put into ordinands that racial profiling is something that we do not do. for the sake of national security. this is already something that our police chief, our elected and community leaders have said and sat again. but we have now put this into ordinands. it has been a really long passage. i do not want to gloss over it. this has been a really challenging process for all of us. our community leaders, our office, the mayor's office, and many of our elected officials. we had many conversations. i know the chief and i have engaged a lot in what it means to keep our communities safe, but also how to create trust. i am proud to be standing here today. to the effort of so many people like those that want to recognize who helped push this along to the end. we have the department of public works. and standing behind one of our small business leaders here in san francisco that helped us get to the point that we should compromise around a solution that will work f

the san francisco education fund. and all of our amazing sponsors for joining me tonight to honor the mayor's teacher of the month award winners. it is my pleasure to a knowledge and honor the dedication of our superb public school teachers in san francisco. the 10 teachers being honored here tonight are standing behind me and were nominated by parents, students, peers, and community members to understand the value of an excellent teacher. the 10 teachers standing here have exceeded all standards. they have dedicated themselves to creating a classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity, and character development. these teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better world. they have one of the most important jobs in america and this award is our symbol of our immense gratitude for all of their tireless work. in collaboration with the san francisco education fund, thank a teacher campaign, it is my privilege to present this month's -- this year's teacher of the month award

san francisco bay ferry. that's one way if get to work this morning. >> for the other ways let's check in with frances. >>> luckily, the stall on the bay bridge has been cleared. we had an earlier injury crash at the bay bridge toll. metering lights were turned on at around 5:50 that's a good half hour earlier than usual. here's the live shot of the bay bridge toll, backed up into the maze. i asked peter taylor in our transmission group to show me a shot of the oakland maze. it is just backed up already this is westbound 80 coming out of emeryville and -- sorry let me just show you if you heard that. westbound 80 emeryville towards the bay bridge this is westbound -- westbound 580 backed up through the maze heading towards the bay bridge. when i see a back up this bad it usually means a half hour wait getting to the toll plaza and metering lights which were turned on early. this is what you can expect if you have to drive. do consider ac transit you can get on one of the oakland stations the west oakland stat

i think that with san francisco -- what san francisco needs to think about, we talk about startups. if salesforce gets bigger, what are the obstacles to do that? a lot of things that we were talking about our basic quality of life challenges. that become more relevant to a larger company once that -- you look at our demographics changing. the demographics were much closer to the start-ups. we are in demographic mohde whee will hearing people, the head of to do with the daily commute. these are things that basically, education is a huge issue. these are the kind of court challenges the chamber is tackling. these are the things that will make or break whether salesforce.com will hire the talent. that can make or break whether we can be successful in that vision. >> i will ask you one last question for twitter. you worked in the obama administration. you must have witnessed how legislation can positively or negatively impact business prosperity. you also ran from government and back into the private sector. what do you think the city can do to help companies other than saying, pass mon

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

let us all work together for the betterment of san francisco. let's forget the eagles and ourselves, what we personally want. i have always said i am very proud to be a san franciscan. i was born at that time in a society, francis -- it still exists, i say. -- i think. i have known many people in my day, most of them are gone. but i have the memories of good memories. i'm not going to stand here forever saying the same thing over and over. i want to thank everybody of san francisco for honoring me. i think it's wonderful that you honor me while i'm still alive and can appreciate it. [applause] don't wait until i'm dead. i want to thank you all. you are all very different. at the time i ran, it was italian people and irish people that sat in your chairs. and they ran the city. is there any italians left? is there any irish left? they did this. -- thank goodness. i want to thank you all very, very much. i know that my husband, joshua norton also thank you. thank you very much. [applause] supervisor campos: supervised britt wanted to say a few words

it was members of the san francisco board of supervisors who came to ask them to open san francisco general hospital, which they did. they ran it for four years until a very familiar thing happened, and that was the county board of supervisors had a dispute about how to pay health care bills. the sisters said we've had enough of that and went on to create st. mary's hospital. as you can see, very familiar with how the city works. even then, over 150 years. it is an important issue. we're glad to be able to provide it. we're glad to be able to be here and to recognize some super creative people and the super creative programs. the committee which reviewed folks and review projects had a tough time picking who should be chosen and who should be recognized. the list is fantastic. spur, of course, has worked for years and sponsor of this good government awards for a long time to make sure that the folks that work so hard that do not get recognized every day -- you do get recognized. firstly, from the business community, i want to say how proud we are to have you and how proud we are for the wor

we as building trades, already to make -- are ready to make hospitals in san francisco seismic safe. please put our members back to work, and i ask you to support this project and moving forward. thank you. >> up the. mr. san, we already called your name. so i'm going to read the last cards and if anyone else can come forward -- [reading names] next speaker? ma'am? >> i would hike to start by thanking the members of the board of supervisors for sticking around to make sure we all got to get our comments in. my name is emily. i'm a joranman wireman and a business representative for the international brother hood of electrical workers, local six. i was born and raised in san francisco. i live in twin peeks. for the people i love and all the people that come to san francisco for medical care, it is of the utmost importance to begin construction on a seismically sound hospital now. on monday, a group returned to install a new generator at a hospital that they rewired a year and a half ago. it's an amazing display of kindness, doing right by those in need and having a skilled trailed you l

in san francisco, we consider caltrain to be the transit spine that connects the city to san jose and san francisco to silicon valley and all of our partner cities. caltrain electrification has had a broad regional support for many years. caltrain is the most important thing we can do for generations to come. here in san francisco, i am working hard to make sure we continue to be the innovation capital of the world. cities across this country and other nations are looking at its cities for solutions to everyday problems. transit is our number one concern because we are a growing economy. we cannot increase roadways and airport runways there. that will not be a part of solutions for the future. you have a good solution. it is going to be affordable, it will be faster, and it will be better. i want to welcome you. as i came here this morning, i ran into a lot of great people. i know they represent a lot of generations of people. i hope, as i think many of you do, i hope to see the trains pulled through all the way from los angeles to our valley, through our peninsula all the way to our