for the united states and canada, and everywhere i go, everyone wants to know about san francisco, and house san francisco has obtained 75% recycling goals that we have here. everybody from other countries visit san francisco to see the operations. my members work very hard, and i think that they deserve to finalize their careers with a good corporation supplying good wages and benefits, so i ask you today respectfully that you table this idea. thank you. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning. waste management. i wanted to clarify a couple of points that were stated this morning here when asked the question, what is the difference between san francisco and oakland, the difference is competition. there is no way that any other company could come in and try to bid work for the process. that is one glaring difference. it was asked about the flexibility in adding new services. you know, in oakland, the rate review process occurs every year. during that time, if there is an opportunity to ask for more services, they go through an amendment process overseen by the staff and city a

it is costly and difficult to do business in san francisco, to raise your children in san francisco. i would like a voice at the table to create policies that will minimize the stigma that san francisco is not a business- friendly city, minimize the stigma of that san francisco prioritizes the rights of dogs over children. we started walking down that path largely because of political ideology. it is less about politics. i want to have a positive impact on the city overall, specifically district 10, connecting it to the city. people have been left to defend for themselves. i am honored to have been elected to serve to be the next advocate for the next four years, hopefully the next eight years, to really protect, defense, and serve the residents of district 10. >> we will talk more about some of the issues facing district 10. before we do, i would like to know a little bit about what you learned campaigning for supervisor. talk to me a little about that experience. >> first, i learned that a lot of the conversations we have about our neighborhood and community happens in silos. we hav

san francisco, dune sand, colma, and the others. very simple. because san francisco is so young. -- because san francisco is so young, it is riddled by faults. i have a map that shows the faults across the bay area and san francisco. the granddaddy of all of these is the san andreas fault. it is the longest. it can generate the greatest earthquakes. >> it is just south of san francisco. it goes offshore down here. >> from my house to the fault is about 3 miles on average. >> the closest area in san francisco to the fault is this area here in the southwest part of the city. people said that the closer you are, there are conditions that exacerbate issues. >> the fault's effect on development depends on the fault type and soil component. the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years.

san francisco. this week the american conservatory theater in san francisco staged previews of a new musical based onis iconic saga. ♪ san francisco, san francisco >> more than 35 years after author armistead maupin dreamed them up, the vivid characters from "tales of the city" are making their journey from page to stage. ♪ >> thank god it's you. what's that? >> my world famous. >> with a side of pasta, something or another. >> the new musical follows the vd ten tour of marianne singleton, her gay friend michael and all of the tenet of barbary lane as they navigate the ups and downs of single life in the city. >> i had a one night stand with a married man. >> bravo! >> yeah! >> marianne singleton, the central character in "tales of the city" the new girl from ohio who comes to san francisco in 1976, grew out of a non-fiction piece i was trying to write about the heterosexual cruising scene at the maria safeway, and i went down there on a wednesday night and found a whole bunch of people trying to pick each other up around the vegetable bin and couldn't find anybody who would talk to me so i went home

san francisco. their children also rely on high-speed internet disos do homework in san francisco. the group opposed to give san francisco high-speed internet access do now represent our voices. they do not represent san francisco. san francisco wants better and more choices on high-speed internet access. vote yes for at&t to invest in san francisco and vote yes to improve the quality of our lives, and by the way, ugly san francisco is not caused by the cabinet, it's caused by social problems. we need to address the social problems. president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, my name is susan finnegan. i live in parkerside -- parkside and i suspect i'm representative of a lot of people in san francisco. i'm a single parent, renter, single income, and even with a good job, i still live paycheck to paycheck. one of the gentlemen earlier mentioned that internet and cable is a necessity these days. and it truly is, especially if you're raising children, especially if you're a giants fan. that's a necessity. and if you can't even see a home game, you know, withou

san francisco. last year, shanghai and san francisco celebrated the city's anniversary of the sister city relationship. three mayors of this city led a large delegation to shanghai and inaugurated the grand opening of the san francisco post at the world expo. they open their second office in beijing. last year, we maintained frequent exchanges and close cooperation and achieved new, substantial results. in the context of the new year, you have already had a promising beginning. as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his visit is important and will surely give new impetus to the overall development of our bilateral relations. in all 50 states, the state of california and san francisco, in particular, will benefit from this. this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the

of san francisco, the san francisco keeps different characters of its neighborhoods -- just to remind you, how many more people do you think would want to come and live in san francisco if it is not beautiful anymore? the question was where do we put more people. do you think that more people would want to live in such high density neighborhoods? supervisor mar: thank you. could the last couple of speakers please come forward? >> hello, supervisors. as i mentioned last week, the residential design guidelines approved by the planning commission in 1999, i would just like to focus on one procedural point, and that is that all of the community organizations with which i am familiar and which have opposed the current draft of the housing element all are signed off on the second draft. one hates to see expensive staff time wasted. it seems to me that the logical thing to do, especially in view of what has been done after the fact with the eir, would be simply to go back to the second draft, and that is where i would like you to consider going. thank you. >> i am a former elected member of

this intends to amend the san francisco police code, san francisco planning code and san francisco business and tax code. this legislation addresses a gap in the city permitting for limited live performances as an excessry use in restaurants, cafes and bars. and other small businesses whose primary function is not the presentation of live performances. it creates a permit for a modest level of live performance in small business where it's currently not allowed. hundreds of cafe, restaurants, bars and other small businesses cannot legal lie offer their customers -- leaguely offer their customers live performances because the only permit available is the one suitable for night clubs and those permits can be extremely cost prohibitive. currently a cafe owner wanting to offer a solo guitar performance until 10:00 p.m. would be with required to obtain a place of entertainment permit which typically requires a $1,700 nonrefundable application fee. cat fay would then have to create a security plan and make other arrangements associated with major events like a solo guitar player. in some parts of

san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> tonight, san francisco has a new interim mayor. >> a few minutes ago, city administrator now interim mayor ed lee, emerged happy but humble. >> in 2011, a temporary or interim mayor was selected by the board of supervisors, what is an interim mayor? why do we need one? is it the mayor's supposed to be elected by san francisco voters? how did this happen? let's rewind the story a little and look at the people and complicated process that led to this historic transition. the last time san francisco had an interim mayor was 30 years ago, when, in 1978, george mosconi, was assassinated by supervisor dan white. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayor at the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lie

san francisco. >>i'm on the board of trustees for city college of san francisco. my wife is a crowd city college alum. i'm claiming her because i did not grow up here. [laughter] >> good morning. i am deputy superintendent for instruction and innovation, social justice for san francisco unified, and all of you are my boss. what we do, along with our teachers and administrators every day is make it possible for you to have a lot of success. this is really special to get an opportunity to have a conversation with you. thanks for being here. >> [inaudible] >> he is a task master. my name is chris jackson. i am the vice-president of the board of trustees at city college, born and raised in bayview-hunters point, and i am a proud sf state alum. it is really great to see you guys, especially you -- you guys know about the budget cuts coming down, and this is one of those morel boosters for you guys and us inside the institution where we bring fresh energy in, talking about college, and bucking the trend is. when people say we have to close off access to higher education

the bridge to success initiative is a partnership between city college, the city of san francisco, san francisco unified, and san francisco state, and we're working together to reach an exciting goal of doubling the numbers in san francisco will get a degree or certificate. how many of you are going to get a degree? raise your hands. or a certificate? raise your hands. we should have every hand up in this room. if you are not convinced you are coming to college, you will be convinced before you leave today. i just want to tell you a little bit about myself. in the first in my family to go to college -- i am the first in my family to go to college. anyone else? for me, my first year of college was really intimidating for me. i was really overwhelmed. i did not know how to get the financial support i needed. my mother never even went to kindergarten. i could not even go to my mother for help, so i did not know where to turn. my transition was overwhelming. we want to make sure you have a smooth transition of college. that is why we have created this important day for you. that first year in colleg

san francisco residents. we will build a future san francisco. this is san francisco's future. why? because we are residents of san francisco. we are proud to be from the city by the bay. we are city build and that is what we do. [applause] >> thank you, michael. any questions? >> you mentioned the central subway project. there's been a lot of data on whether the local hiring ordinance will apply to that project. can you explain how we can get locals to work on the project? >> good afternoon. i'm the executive director of the san francisco mta. currently, there is a policy with federally funded projects that you cannot encumber them with local hiring ordinances'. however, we are in the process of talking with the federal transit administration. if you look at our cities across the country, we're all facing these challenges in terms of creating jobs in this down economy. we're looking at opportunities on how we can use federal dollars to support the local hiring ordinances. it's not clear from the fta as to their position at this juncture. i know my colleagues, as long as myself, will

i'm a community planner with the san francisco bicycle coalition. the san francisco bicycle coalition is a very proud member of the san francisco safe routes to school partnership. delivering pedestrian and bicycle safety education in our 15 schools across the city which includes sunset elementary. the sfnta's mow posal to improve pedestrians by installing calming devices will help address the school and community's concerns regarding street safety, particularly for the many children who are walking and biking to school. this project is of particular importance because there's three large schools adjacent to each other. and the proposed improvements will help to decrease traffic speeds, particularly on ortega street. this project will also help to increase driver awareness and improve pedestrian and bicycle visibility. and improve overall safety for everybody who needs to get to and from our schools every single day. so thank you very much. the san francisco bike coalition strongly approves this. chairman chu: thank you. >> hello. i work in public health i actually c

of san francisco, the san francisco keeps different characters of its neighborhoods -- just to remind you, how many more people do you think would want to come and live in san francisco if it is not beautiful anymore? the question was where do we put more people. do you think that more people would want to live in such high density neighborhoods? supervisor mar: thank you. could the last couple of speakers please come forward?

that is how they looked at san francisco. san francisco continues to be an exciting place for everyone to come. this is no less than oakland or san jose and areas, a city of great diversity, a welcoming city. i want to continue making sure that we do everything we can to make sure that you help us do all the things we wanted to add that you do our part and that we have an honest discussion with everyone here turn to of -- with everyone here. [applause] >> thahalwelcome to jim gardner. >> having been involved in moderating this for a good few years, we saw examples from the first thing this morning that both -- that mayor's can relate to. and they have sat down beside each other and they have sat down with each other and that was nice to see. what did you do to reenergize oakland as a good place to do business? >> the core of the plan was to revitalize downtown and he has this famous goal and it got to about 6000 if you include the projects and they are waiting for the economy to come up. that was critical to revitalizing downtown. san fran

san francisco foundation. she served as the director of public health for the city and county of san francisco. she is an assistant clinical professor at university of california san francisco school of medicine and she maintains an active clinical practice at san francisco general hospital in the aids clinic. we could not be more and more happy to recognize these two incredible honorees tonight. thank you. [applause] >> i just have to say these are two i my heroes. i have to take the opportunity. our next award is an award that will be presented by jonathan, the executive director of the mexican museum. [applause] >> welcome, jonathan. >> our next honoree may be the most known latino face in the u.s., and his name is benjamin bratt. [applause] >> if that ain't hyperbolic. >> i can't help it. for more than 20 years, benjamin bratt has successfully spanned a career in both film and television, including two critically acclaimed films for which he received a screen actors guild award. he is best recognized as detective ray curtis on nbc's "law and order." please welcome benjamin bratt. [applause]

number is based on companies that have stayed in san francisco and what they've been willing to pay over the past 13 years without leaving san francisco. according to the controller's office, mr. egan, who's here, can have the policy advantage of providing a tangible benefit to a few successful companies, reducing their incentive to leave san francisco, while leaving the majority of taxpayers and the city's payroll tax revenue unaffected. mr. egan has estimated that the effect on the city's general fund, with this limited stock option exclusion, would be minimal in annual tax revenue and that the loss would be more than recaptured by making sure that companies are retained and sustained in san francisco. so that we are then in the proactive business of making sure their companies are nurtured and that our employee base grows, and from that employee base, because we're not going after payroll tax and just stock option, that we be able to benefit from their contribution into the employment base increasing into either payroll tax or whatever the new business tax that would supplant that in the future. that is the legislation that is befo