- to help the san francisco, 7% to -- to healthy san francisco? >> that is one option they have to meet this requirement. that is what this figure shows. with that, there is another way to look at this. we were able to determine the way each given employer makes the requirement. many employers choose a combination of factors. they provide health insurance to a number of their workers and pay into the city option for some of them. with respect to that, 80% of the employers have chosen health insurance as the primary way of complying with the law. 7% make contributions to help the san francisco -- healthy san francisco, and 13% choose these reimbursement plans as the primary way in which they meet the spending requirements. that is a slight trend we have seen. we have done this for three years. we have collected the data. the primary allocations have stayed consistent at 7%. we have seen applications to health insurance dropped a little bit, from 84% down to 80%, and an increase in using reimbursement plans. that is laid out in table 8 in your chart

>> no one can be enrolled in healthy san francisco and be a non-san francisco resident. commissioner clyde: employed outside of san francisco. i thought all san francisco residents who do not have insurance -- if they are employed in alameda county, san mateo county -- as residents, they are eligible for the program. is that correct? how many people are employed by employers outside of the city and county of san francisco? >> we do not maintain that information. employment status is not relevant. we do not care about your employment status or immigration status. we do not ask that information. >> for me, as a resident of san francisco and a san francisco taxpayer -- if one of the goals of this program is to protect the san francisco taxpayer, i would like to know how many employers are being defective subsidized by our taxpayer dollars. -- being de facto subsidized by our taxpayer dollars. when we look at shifting this $52 million relatively quickly, and people starting to shift their game plan around, it would not be good to continue the exodus of opportunity outside of

in san francisco has received. we have, indeed, become a model for the rest of the country in how to address this very complicated issue of healthcare. during the debate around national healthcare reform in the white house itself, san francisco was looked upon as a model of how to do this right. having been a legislator for 2 1/2 years and having represented as an attorney the board of education, i can tell you that legislation sometimes has unintended consequences and needs tweaking from time to time and that's the tweaking we're doing today. we are here to address a loophole that essentially allows employees to meet their obligations under healthy san francisco through the use of what i call health reimbursement accounts. these are accounts that are use-it-or-lose it account. the money required to be spent by law is put into these accounts with the idea that somehow eventually that money will be spent on the healthcare provided to that employee. and i have here and i want to share with you copies of receipts that

shared san francisco values.so proud to represent the board of supervisors of harvey milk once served on. i am so proud to be part of the city that comes together all the time, but in particular comes together in the month of june to celebrate our specialness as a community. like many of you here, i did not grow up in san francisco. i grew up in another part of the country that was not quite as tolerant or reverse. san francisco drew me as it your all of us because we live in a very special place. i want to say on behalf of the board of supervisors, we have a special responsibility and leadership role in the world. as we come together, we symbolize all of the space -- this faith we have inhumanity, civil rights, as a common family. -- we have the spacfaith in humanity, civil-rights, and as a common family. i want to congratulate our grand marshals not just for being lgbt leaders, but for representing what is truly the best of what it means to the sentences in -- a san franciscan. i also have the pleasure to bring

san francisco ballet, san francisco performances, san francisco jazz, odc dance, san francisco film society, san francisco symphony, and san francisco opera. we are also joined by members of the sentences for unified school district visualize performing arts office. we represent over 200 grantees. we ask that you please protect the proposed budget for the arts. everyone need to sacrifice, but the arts community has taken a disproportionately significant cut in the past. we ask to stop being unfair to the arts. we have done the best we can to cut our budgets and be creative in ways to generate revenue in this very difficult economic time. more cuts to our funding would result in cutbacks on staff and a reducing programming. please nknow, our 200 members, e benefit san francisco in many ways, including educational programming to tens of thousands of schoolchildren. almost every public school in the city receives programming with us. the programs are with children who need it the most. they tend to be the more low income, disadvantage, and emotionally-scarred youth. we have ways to reach them

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

san francisco is more safe than before these projects were done. there are a lot of projects that happened in district 11. the first was a tank replacement project that started a number of years ago. it is fitting we are in district 11 because we're finishing the major work on our program in district 11. we're happy to be joined by supervisor john avalos. he has been supportive of all of our programs and was a leader on having local jobs for people who need them. the work is happening to provide those jobs. in fact, at the end of this week, we will have six kids out worth $18 million that will help the new local hire ordinance legislation. we are certain the pilots for how to expand local hire. supervisor avalos? [applause] >> thank you. i want to congratulate you and the public utility commission, san francisco water, power, so were for your great work on this project and throughout the head ceci -- throughout the improvement program. we have projects being done across northern california and it speaks volumes about the puc staff, being able to br

there are many individuals who work in san francisco who do not live in san francisco. many of those employers would not be eligible. in addition, because healthy san francisco is for individuals who are not insured, there are employers who use it to make supplemental expenditures above and beyond what they may choose for their employees. that individual would be ineligible for healthy san francisco. they would get an mra. finally, because it is for individuals between 18 and 64, if that employer was making contributions on behalf of someone under the age of 18 or over the age of 64, irrespective of their county of residents, they would also get an mra. those are the principal factors we would use to decide whether they would get healthy san francisco. commissioner yee riley: are their standards in terms of access? >> we use the guidelines that are set out by the internal revenue service, the tax code. we use that guideline in reference for the range of expenditures that are held related that are eligible for reimbursement. we provide a listing of that two employees. th

of power here in san francisco. i am so happy the board of supervisors came together to select an outstanding choice along many outstanding candidates to lead us over the next several years. >> over the past several months when this issue has come up, it had been agonizing. the board has been put into a difficult situation. there are a lot of differences of opinion on how to run the city, how to mass make a decision, who should be in place, 11 people to agree on that is a challenging thing. i think we have done the best we can do in the process, considering the difference of opinions. >> the people of san francisco can now choose their mayor, the direction they want to go. that is why this decision was so appropriate. >> the other big shock is that the moderates seem to have won this round. people thought, progressives have themselves on the board. there is no reason that they will not get together and take a noted leader who is a progressive to be interim mayor, and then stayed there for another term. the great thi

we're eager to continue to work with the city and county of san francisco to facilitate san francisco'sstrategy. bentley prince street. blue shield of california. cole hardware. gap inning, google, inc., hilton san francisco union square, the new resource bank, pacific gas & electric, wells fargo and yahoo inc. [applause] so on behalf of the department of environment i wanted to, first of all, thank our staff, who did a fantastic job of pulling together the panels as well as all of the advisory panel members. i know it was quite a time commitment over a number of months to have these discussions and make these recommendations, but we really truly appreciate your commitment and your time. now it is my pleasure and honor to introduce to all of you mayor ed lee, who's going to make a few remarks. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. first of all, i think that elephants and sharks are probably not going to be on the cuisine this year. [laughter] but i am very happy to be here, and i wanted to, first of all, thank you for these papers. i do take this very seriously, as you know. i know that joha

i have a map that shows the faults across the bay area and san francisco. 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. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9. the 1957 earthquake was 5.7 on the san andreas. the loma prieta was 7.1. it wa

san francisco is our home. as you see from my application, i have dedicated my professional life to working in the community with a variety of backgrounds working directly in social- service programs, to education, women's rights, advocacy and policy. i am the director of community relations at chinese affirmative-action and i'm proud of our work last year around the census. we were one of the leading organizations binding and that yes we count coalition which brought together 13 organizations looking to having deep roots in the community and injuring an accurate count in hard to count communities. in just a short amount of time, 13 organizations were able to reach 50,000 residents and i am proud that in san francisco, we were seen challenging trends and we saw an increase in our ability from 2000-2010, saving the city tens of millions of dollars over the next 10 years. from that process, i was able to demonstrate collaboration between community, the city of san francisco, and working with the u.s. census burea

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 ha

san francisco. we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we'll be presenting the findings. [applause] >> welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city's climate action plan. and these panels consist of businesses, community organizations, advocates and nonprofits. so they're going to come up and each one of them is going to introduce themselves, read you their short recommendations and hand it t

i am director of postal affairs for the san francisco art commission. it is my pleasure to welcome you and the artists, the community partners, the vendors, and folks in san francisco for this launch. [applause] i want to start by thanking -- we had a long list because this has been a great production, so you have to bear with me. we want to start by thanking the john's brothers piano company -- the johns brothers piano company. we want to thank the d.c. piano company from berkeley for providing the piano for tonight's launch. [applause] last year, we got a fabulous grant to help make a really significant investment throughout the year, and we launched what is called the artery project. it is a pun for all the different ways that market street works for us. it is a major summer program for the city, and at the same time, we have been using the arts to reinvigorate and reconnect people with this fabulous commercial and civic thoroughfare, so the artery project launched this year. today's are in store fronts is part of that initiative -- art in storefront

i ran for office because i wanted to serve the city and protect all that is so special about san francisco>> what lessons did you learn after campaigning for supervisor? >> san franciscans are incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making sure that we remain the most amazing city in the world. i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail. they 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 t

outside san francisco. hayward taking care of things at 19th and folsom streets. this is something that no one has seen before and are praying that we never see it again. >> under a flag, they came to help. firefighters from fremont, oakland, san jose and el cerrito vallejo, cal fire and elsewhere. dozens of men and women folks that understand what their brothers and sisters are going through today. >> we can't imagine what it's like to lose one of your own. any chance we can get to help out san francisco fire department we're all about it. >> in the streets of san francisco today, you can find fire trucks and crews that have never worked here before, like this hayward fire crew, their briefing was eye-opening. >> this mission district, one of the toughest areas as far as i'm concerned in the nation to ladder. we have overhead wires and buildings set back. >> it's not like the visiting firefighters are being told to fend for themselves. some city firefighters are staffing the stations to provide critical lo

from his years of living in san francisco. hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, and whilst dahlias in rich, deep shades as they make their way to the baggage area. they can access behind-the- scenes information and interviews with the artist through an audio to work. it features archival audio as well as interviews with living artists. he can be accessed on site by dialing the telephone numbers located near the artwork or by visiting the commission's web site. the public art speaks volumes of san francisco as a world-class city with world-class art and culture. for more information, visit >> as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we'll be presenting the findings. [applause] >> welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community

like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it

we represent the city of san francisco, the city of oakland, the city of san jose, the county of alameda and the county of santa clara. we request you authorize us to go forward with that second exception. supervisor campos: we have a second extension. i don't know if you have any question or comment, colleagues. thank you very much. why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing a nun, the public, disclosed. i have a motion to -- can you call item no. 3? >> a motion designating the examiner to be the newspaper of the city and county of san francisco for all official advertising. >> good morning. i'm from the office of contract and attrition. the situation with official advertising this year is the same as that has been for the past several. we went out for a bit and we got to bids, one from the "chronicle" and one from the "examiner." the bid from the "examiner" was responsive and the "chronicle" was not. we could only recommend "the examiner" in that resolution. what the board has done in the last several years is to awar

mary's cathedral in san francisco.stly it's going to be city streets in san francisco in the western addition that will be affected this morning. but then rolling closures on southbound 280 once the funeral wraps up about 4:00, so until 6 p.m. this evening just in time for the evening commute expect rolling closures along southbound 280 from 101 towards serramonte boulevard. they are heading towards the cemetery in colma. so some of these street closures we are talking about, geary closed near giovanni ramirez, webster near ellis, lane closures on gunfire and expect delays for the f-market, j-church and 38-geary among others. samtrans also expect delays on suffer bus routes including the 112, 120, 122, 123, 130. so again, traffic going to be a major issue throughout the day from 9 a.m. to likely well into the evening commute. you may want to consider using mass transit. let's go to our maps. elsewhere across the bay area, live look at conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza, so far no metering lights so we are doing we

options that was the bulk of the difference in the cost twitter would pay between a location in san francisco and a location in san mateo county when you consider rent and transportation and the rest of the payroll tax and everything else, it was really the tax on stock options that made the difference. in our report, we recommended that the city take a look at a more general modification of the payroll tax out of awareness of the fact the central market tax exclusion solved a problem for twitter, but there were other companies out there that faced a similar issue and there likely will be in the future. and that recommendation was the genesis for this legislation. what i've done here is i should say from the outset is for supervisor mirkarimi's legislation that we have reported on and for supervisor farrell's legislation that we will report on, we do not have detailed information on what companies have paid in the way of payroll tax on stock options. the city does not require businesses to say here's your compensation, tell us your compensation for wages and salaries and then tell us your com

you are not going to be able to sell them at $111 in san francisco. we have 50 people signed up for a healthy seven francisco. they are all over -- all over 18. most of our employees has been with us a decade full-time common so they comply -- full time, so we complied. and really we have to enforce the laws we have, get everyone involved and make sure the city spends money to make sure everyone is getting the right to notifications and the right dollars a. if you get sick in january, we are fronting employees who need money. there are ways to help your employees. people who care health their employees. let's not punish people. you cannot take an industry like us that is 3% to 5% net profit and imposed a 10% to 15% wage increase. >> if you can state your name clearly so we can have it for the record. some speakers were not here, and we need to keep track. >> i will not echo the same things my colleagues mentioned, but i see how the san francisco wants to make employers as a last resort, and we are ok with that, but to make san francisco healthy, you ne