san francisco. i represent both san francisco and the san mateo. what i found is many individuals who used to live in san francisco do not anymore. they are in san mateo county. when you ask why, number-one, because quality of the public education that their kids were getting was not there. what did they do? they send their kids to private school. you can handle one child and public schoolone childtwo -- one child in public school, but two you cannot. the jobs were not there, so they had to move. finally, the cost of living, housing, those other variables we need to work on. we have to improve the quality of public education across the city, not just some areas or schools. you have to also provide additional money to developers to develop affordable housing. finally, we need the diversity of jobs. a variety of jobs that fit all qualifications. that is how you keep the middle class from leaving san francisco. >> thank you. [applause] >> i would do four things. at first, i would build more middle-class affordable housing in san francisco. right now we only have 21% of the affordable middle-class housing that we need and we're buildi

what is san francisco doing about it? we're supporting every new initiative weekend find to do this. beginning with kindergarten. we have our treasurer creating college funds for kids in canada earn in debt immigrant families, aimed at kids that are on the meals program so they and their parents can start college funds when the kids are and in the garden. that is innovation. that is a commitment all the way to education. we have to do that across country. that is what is going to reflect the commitment we have in education that you want to do. i want to come right we all of you for coming here -- congratulate you for coming here for joining us and the industrial leaders to challenge as to the 21st century needs of our kids. i am so excited, because i know you will come out with even better ideas, and i will be in the position as mayor of san francisco, along with carlos, to help promote the idea is you have. i will use the position of san francisco mayor to talk about what we can do across the country, the federal governme

more than anything else, as a san francisco do, that bothers me. it really grates on me. you have to get together and talk to each other. you are physically and emotionally sitting side by side. i am going to move to continue until january. commissioner sugaya: second. president olague: what date in january? >> the 12th is the first available date. vice president miguel: the 19th of january. president olague: and the public hearing will remain open. commissioner antonini: can we comment in addition to the motion for a continuance? first of all, i really appreciated the testimony from the audience and people of all ages, with particular reference to the opportunities america affords us all. i really like to hear that and appreciate it. i feel the same way. i had the same concerns that commissioner miguel had. we need this opportunity to figure out what can be done in this instance. this is somewhat an internal decision between the school and the bureau of jewish education to figure out what can be done to perhaps solve this. some of the concerns i have had mentioned is the

it is great to be in a community -- think about it. 80% of people in san francisco do not have children. yet, when there is not a single item on the ballot this last election that got more votes than this. even if you do not have children, it is good that you are good stewards of the future. the children our our future. it is great that this community has rallied behind them. we are great to have that. we are going to build a state of the art school. that is pretty darned exciting. i am excited about that. i want to congratulate our new mayor, ed lee. it is a tough campaign, but we are looking forward to the school district and the county and city. we have always had a great relationship and want to maintain that relationship area we are ready to roll up our sleeves and continue the great work that we have been doing as a city and county, together with the school district. another item i want to mention is this will be the last board meeting for our legal counsel. get that smile off your face. [laughter] we want to wish her well. she is going to a private practice down south. thank you

doing. what the mayor of san francisco was doing by way of feeding the people who had been disrupted in terms of their lives as a result of the quake and its devastating attack on the marina district of san francisco. then, of course, we moved outside of san francisco, with a stout heart, moving outside this peninsula. results were equally as incredible. his comments and conversations with each individual, evidence of a very collected and qualified group of people who were willing to be in appropriate form, working together to produce quality results. then, of course, 2001 occurred. now, the capacity of the mayor, in it i was awakened by martha:, a woman who was activating this activity. she tells me that i may not be going to new york, because something has happened to one of the world trade center towers that you should look at. looks like a small plane hit the towers. i clicked on the television, as all of you did. was just in time to see the second flight. dan at that point i knew what the mayor, the coast guard, and all of the other people who had been a part of the 89 experience had att

we have made progress on greenhouse gas reductions and our waste reduction efforts in san francisco. i do want to thiank mayor lee for his incredible leadership and support on stability. sustainability issues. i am sure all of you know the climate change threats we're facing in san francisco being a city surrounded by water on three sides. under a do nothing scenario, sea level rise could lead up to 90 miles of major bay area roadways as well as our airport as well as many businesses in the area. the impact would not only be environmental, but economic and social as well. cities could face up to $48 billion of infrastructure damage and significant public health impact could occur in san francisco. i do not need to tell all of you that we need to continue to act swiftly and take bold action to address climate change locally. i am so happy to be joining the mayor to a firm -- a firm that san francisco is taking decisive action. we have made great strides by achieving a reduction of 12% below 1990 levels just in 2010. the department of the environment city-wide assessment shows these reducti

-- and not counting shelter beds. >> moving on. >> i have already discussed the fact i do not think in san francisco we can do what mayor giuliani did in san francisco -- did it in new york. i say that as a former prosecutor who knows that would be impossible to find 12 people who would put somebody away for aggressive panhandling. this is why i support the committee justice center, moving forward with supportive housing, but i agree with john avalos, one of the real issues is expanding affordable housing. i am proud of my record of expanding affordable housing to the homeless veterans, seniors. just last night we passed a piece of legislation for transitional teenaged use. we passed legislation that we have to commit as a city to investing more, expanding all of our housing opportunities, and i am proud of the fact of the past year i have helped move forward the creation of close to 34,000 new units of housing, affordable housing. >> when i talked about housing and the model in seattle, saving $4 million in the first year getting 75 people off the streets, i am supporting the d.a. because it he wil

we need to do a lot in san francisco to encourage young people and young families to stay in san francisco. i think we are missing out on a lot of our diversity when young families leave our city. we need to do all we can to be mindful of the needs of young families in the city. we mentioned housing. schools are a big deal. but also being able to be flexible with transportation and children. >> what is happening with crime in your district? give me your thoughts on how you think the police are doing with respect to crime in your district? >> i think we are very fortunate in district two. we have a number of great police captains that oversee the stations that touched district two. richmond and northern are the two major police stations that touched the district. we do have a lot of crime in district 2. both crimes against individuals but also against merchants along our merchant corridors. chestnut. union in particular has been hit. fillmore and sacramento. it is a big deal. we also have the break-ins. we need to be very mindful that people keep their iphones and laptops out of sight. but

more than anything else, as a san francisco do, that bothers me. it really grates on me. you have to get together and talk to each other. you are physically and emotionally

reason that prop h was adopted to begin with is roughly 14,000 signatures from san francisco county voters that also, as i do passionately about children being able to attend schools near their neighborhoods. it makes sense. everyone automatically assumes that the child attends a school near their neighborhood or has that option in san francisco. as we know, from previous policies in different things with in government here, san francisco is special. san francisco is definitely special in this respect, that we have not followed suit with many of the major metropolitan cities and allow parents the right to automatically opt into their neighborhood schools. san francisco has been having issues with this policy for years. there are thousands of parents who have left the city, over 5000 since the 2000 census. since the mid-1960s, we have lost a little under half of our student population. this is one of the major reasons why. prop h is basically simply proposing that parents or children within certain neighborhood school areas are given the option of sending their children to the school in closest proximity to t

more than anything else, as a san francisco do, that bothers me. it really grates on me. you have to get together and talk to each other. you are physically and emotionally sitting side by side. i am going to move to continue until january. commissioner sugaya: second. president olague: what date in january? >> the 12th is the first available date. vice president miguel: the 19th of january. president olague: and the public hearing will remain open. commissioner antonini: can we comment in addition to the motion for a continuance? first of all, i really appreciated the

it was great to be involved with the community, to do these projects, and to come away with the great feelings they have of san francisco. if you do one good act, it has a ripple effect. i suggest to you the community relations project of fleet week are a veritable tsunami of goodwill. thank you. [applause] >> i am the gift that keeps on giving. i am sorry to come back up again, but jeff reminded me of a project we had during fleet week. that involved having military music throughout the city. one of our events was a high- school band challenge that took place in the golden gate band show at 10:00 a.m. on columbus day. six high school bands from as far south as castro bill, all the way of the peninsula to benicia, competing with the marine band. we had cash prizes for every band that competed. the winning and got $10,000. the second place that 6000. the third place cut $4,500. every other band took away $2,500. there is no money in these systems these days for instruments, uniforms, and it was the idea of the wife of our honoree co-chair, secretary shultz. shultz. she said, let's have this

also, we held businesses understand, if you want to do business with the city and county of san francisco, while we do not regulate that, that is not within our office, but we hope you through the process, and connect with the city agencies who are doing the programs, what we classify as an lbe, we are only able to classify as a small business, but not a minority or woman- owned business. to talk about what kind of contract you would be able to engage in, we also have a unique feature in that we hear some of the issues that businesses are experiencing and doing business with in san francisco, and so can help work with our policy makers, our legislature and the mayor's office to help change policy that will benefit small businesses as well. with that, i think i will turn it over to budget solutions, but just note that -- i mean, opportunity fund. excuse me. but just know that our office, we are in city hall in the tax and treasurer's office, and our office is www.sfgov.org/osb. we have some information on that. if you did not get one of our small business booklets and you want one, please

i appreciate that here in san francisco you guys at least not only do take words and say things but also take actions, and i just want to say i appreciate that. as well as giving a voice and a place for patients to speak in the medical cannabis task force, patients having a place to assemble and having their voices heard while hopefully being aggregated into something that our board of supervisors can attend to, knowing that the community does have a lot of concerns, and we appreciate them being attended to, even today. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, my name is larry. i am here to speak. i am sorry i am late. i had a statement to read. with the protest that happened on saturday, and i wanted to read a statement, please. this is a statement in support from october 24, 2011, the san francisco board of supervisors. a 21-year-old a student at san francisco city college, and a hip hop artist's, outspoken on many issues, including free bus basset -- bus passes for youth and opposing brutality. there was the san francisco killing. there was a press conference held

do you oppose this? >> san francisco neighborhoods voted to oppose prop b because we've already paid for these street repairs. payment has been in the form of property taxes and other taxes. we do not feel we should pay for them the second time. or in this case, a first time, because the board of supervisors had already passed two ordinances at the board, the law pieces of legislation that pay for exactly the street repairs. one was $40 million. another was $42 million in the past couple of years. not only that, but this is a general obligation bond. general obligation bonds are supposed to be a one-time fix. this is not a one-time fix. this is maintenance. >> proponents argue that regardless of where the funding comes from, if we do not fix our streets now, the cost to implement these fixes will go up exponentially in the next, say, 10 years. how do you respond to that assertion? >> the streets of san francisco are terrible. they are the worst i have ever driven on. i am sure the department transportation agrees. i do n

we had a time where san francisco was doing incredibly well. we had set aside a rainy day fund that has been used both by the city and county of san francisco and our school district. we have been able to weather the storm i think better than other counties and cities have. i do not know how much longer we will be able to continue doing that. at some point, that money is going to run out. >> any more questions? i want to again thank -- oh, sorry. >> hello. just curious, sort of, what is happening in san francisco with regards to policies to cope with the homeless and keep them safe. supervisor kim: that is a big question. homeless this continues to be one of the top issues at our office is working on and it is the same for my predecessors as well. we have a large portion of our homeless community in district 6. the city actually does do a lot for homeless communities. yes or not saying it is a lot, but there are a number of things that exist here that i am not sure exist in all cities in terms of services and housing and shelter care. i think we

in other words, vallejo is doing something, oakland is doing something, san francisco is doing something, san jose is doing so the, and the coast guard is doing something. i would like all of you contribute to this, what is that the group can be together to say, ok, this has happened, we know what we're going to do in the event that that kind of potential problem occurs. >> i think that that is why we began with the whole topic about communications, as was mentioned. that was already a good standard that we formed. when we joined the joint powers authority that represented seven counties and three major cities, we began the process of working and getting used to each other's jurisdictional issues. we have to have much more of an enlightened and break out, if you will, of those priorities and have a lot more conversations, not only between the denver police department, but to many different emergency coordinators, but also the highest levels, the mayor and the counties of about zero levels, where we can expect what we can do to help each other. i think we have a good start in the bay area