program dates back to 2006, was prompted by a report commissioned by our film commission here in san francisco neshoba employment in motion picture and video production in san francisco had dropped by nearly 50% from 2000 to 2006. it revealed that the city's high cost of production was its greatest competitive weakness. since the program was enacted in 2006, approximately 1,135 san francisco residents have been employed,

program dates back to 2006, was prompted by a report commissioned by our film commission here in san francisco neshoba employment in motion picture and video production in san francisco had dropped by nearly 50% from 2000 to 2006. it revealed that the city's high cost of production was its greatest competitive weakness. since the program was enacted in 2006, approximately 1,135 san francisco residents have been employed, bringing over $12.5 million in wages to their households. in 2010-2011, film production spent over $56 million here in san francisco on a hotel, laborers, supplies, and other services. i will talk more in detail about it, but i wanted to introduce it briefly. i will ask, through the chair, suzanne robinson, executive director of the film commission, to come up and speak about the program itself. >> thank you. could we turn on the powerpoint presentation? thank you. my new film office coordinator is going to help me with the powerpoint. thank you, supervisors, for having me speak today. as executive director of the san francisco film commission, i strongly support the extension of the