san francisco and paris. but what would be a cooperation between san francisco and paris without culture? in san francisco, there's so much talent, so much genius, so much creation of cultural events that i want to open my doors of paris to them, [inaudible] that's an emblem that i created for the creative arts that come from new technology, i know there are fwraet creators in music and classic art, they are home in paris, that is where i will welcome them. you have beautiful dancers and the director of the [inaudible] is here with us today, there are dancers from san francisco that i would love to welcome at the [inaudible] vil in paris, but we too, we have talent, we have some talent, we have a lot of passion for artistic creation so it may be in music and theatre and painting, we are ready to share a lot here in san francisco and i'm happy to have my trip be with the first visit of a french company in the united states, the great artist had its head in [inaudible] that was in los angeles a couple of days ago, will be in berkeley tomorrow and then after that in new york of course, so the

rate of 1.1691 on each 100 dollars valuation of taxable property for the city and county of san francisco, san francisco unified school district, san francisco community college district, bay area rapid transit district and bay area air quality management district and establishing pass-through rate at 0.0810 cents per 100 dollars of assessed value for residential tenants pursuant to chapter 37 of the administrative code for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2013. >> thank you, i believe for this item we have jamie whit >> mr. witikur. >> this is for fiscal year 2012-2013 to a combined rate of 1.1691%, this was lower than fiscal year 2011-2012. since california voters approved proposition 13 in 1978, the base property tax rate has been set at 1% of the assessed property values, i have a slide on the computer that shows the historical property tax rates for san francisco on the overhead. >> would you plead display the overhead. yes, the tv will provide it. i believe it's a computer display? there we go. >> thank you. >> so, you see the prop 13 base tax rate is 1%, and the 1% base property taxes be

san francisco." phenomenal. lot of sanig part of their hearts with you, and one of those is the man who leads our world champion san francisco giants. that is championships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new ball park, it has been played a total of 573 times after giants wins, including playoff wins and including world series wins. [applause] importantly, you

san francisco." phenomenal. lot of sane left a big part of their hearts with you, and one of those is the man who leads our world champion san francisco giants. that is championships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new ball park, it has been played a total of 573 times after giants wins, including playoff wins and including world series wins. [applause] importantly, you know, we almost lost the giants. in 1993, we made some desperate calls to tony when the team was saved, and we asked tony -- there is only one person that could kick off the new generation, the new era of giants baseball on opening day in 1993, and that was tony bennett. he sang "god bless america" and "i left my heart in san francisco" on that date. it was an unbeliev

san francisco." phenomenal. lot of sanig part of their hearts with you, and one of those is the man who leads our world champion san francisco giants. that is championships' problem -- championship bling right there. i want to bring up to the stage now my boss, the man who leads your san francisco giants, and your biggest fan, mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's recording is a huge part of not just the city tradition but the

we asked san franciscans a lot of questions about tourist and hospitality and what makes san francisco tick? 98% of san franciscos of believe it's very important. 94% say tourism has a positive impact on the budget of san francisco's city government. 78% say tourism makes san francisco a better place to live. 80% say that san francisco has a healthy balance of tourists and resident activity and 78% believe it's important to update and modernize the moscone center. that 78% is similar to the numbers that we heard for support of the arena. why expand? interestingly moscone is probably the most successful convention center in the united states. it's not the largest. but persquare foot, it's the most utilized. per square foot it generated the most hotel nights and most revenue of any convention center in the united states. so it's very significant in terms of economic impact. it's basically full-year round. a lost our groups are outgrowing it and need more space in order to stay in town and this benefits not only the tourist sector, but the business sector. it's no coincide that the apple 5 was unveiled th

this is not my san francisco. i expect my san francisco to be a san francisco that values families, that helps families, that provides services and interventions to families. my san francisco values a process that is fair and equitable and a process that is the same and consistent across the board. this is not what i'm saying. this is not how these kinds of cases play out. my san francisco treats everyone equally. please, please this is up to you guys. please let this be our san francisco. please let this be a san francisco that we are proud of that values families that does not allow for political games to get in the way of small children's lives. thank you so much for your time. >> ok, we're going to stop right now. this is it. >> i want to say one thing for commissioners. the court reporter has been going for three hours which as someone who is familiar with court reporters, that is not ok. this is not evidence and does not have to be included in the official record. is there an oto the court reporter not taking public comment

[applause] san francisco chronicle, sf gate, kgo, knbr, kfso, san francisco magazine, san francisco travels, telemundo, and because it is the 21st century, twitter. and of course, we are grateful to our business and individual contributors, through our joseph strauss legacy circle. we welcome all of them here today. for the lead car predict we thank bank of america foundation. thank you. [applause]

san francisco and paris are two world capitals. our cultural exchanges are often, live the highest quality. many san francisco cultural institutions of every size perform frequently in paris. san francisco's symphony presents every year in paris and the new president of their board of directors is here today, so also deshanty clear, a smaller men's choral group, a member of our committee is here today as well. and parisian artists are often in san francisco in the region and they're always warmly welcomed. at this very moment as the mayor said earl ye, we are pleased to welcome to the bay area e man yell, director of st vil de la paris who will be presenting tomorrow the and the next niekt the masterpiece of the absurd rhinoceros. the ties between our two cities are strong, now with this new agreement, we assure they will continue and remain strong and beneficial for the great cities of paris and san francisco. [applause]. >> do you think he interpreted himself well? so, you can see why he is our chairman, now the moment has come, mayors, to sign the memorandum of understanding. yes, sign it. [appla

livermore 90 napa same at 82, san jose where you should be at 80, oakland, redwood city and san francisco cooler, san francisco 72 the warmest high we have throughout the year not there today, tomorrow more likely. cloud cover surging from now through 9:00 all the around the bay noon back to the coast few pockets of sunshine probably not as much as yesterday. 70s and 80s south bay upper 70s to mid 80s up the peninsula mid to upper 70s millbrae 71 half moon bay 62 daly city 60 mid 60s downtown south san francisco low to mid 80s north bay valleys upper 50s beaches along the east bay shore 69 berkeley low to mid 70s everybody else. mid 80s to mid 90s. monterey bay mid to upper 60s 80s inland. big story this weekend near 100 inland, 90 bay, mid 70s coast. >>> happy friday, live shot of 80 as you drive past golden gate fields into berkeley. traffic light, not seeing slow downs into the macarthur maze. once you get to the bay bridge toll, metering lights on, sluggish on the upper deck into san francisco now backing into the macarthur maze past the over passes. we have slow traffic out of antioch again spee

puc s*efszs chlg alameda, san francisco ap ri. san francisco count i city build acadly, san juak=quin, san mateo s job trainnig program. this is for you. [applause] >> thank you. i don't get by with without a shake: >> [inaudible]. >> i puc stead build, almost 3 years ago, city build brought me over, and american ... i had the great privilege of working on the puc buildings. we put a great number of san francisco red dents to work. it was very, very, gratifying for the individuals here in san francisco who needed that work. in the last 2 years or last year, i i have been working in the regent, and over this period of time, city build academy, over 500 graduates. and they eighth ifr started careers with the projects or worked with the projected. my es steels colleagues say this is a life changer, and we aappreciate your leadership, we look forward to working with your predecessor. [laughter] i mean, successor. >> mr. harrington, puc is a great place to work for. economy had a downturn, you gave the direction to the department, let's pu

. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go >> thank you, everyone, for coming. i welcome to the opening of scoots san francisco network. [applause]. >> thanks. today, we are opening our beta program to the san francisco public and with that, we are opening the world's first network of shared electric scooters. [applause]. >> there we go, we're back, okay, so before i tell you about our s*frs for san francisco, i want to introduce someone who has already made san francisco an even better place to live, mayor ed lee. there are two things about the mayor's work and his administration that are particularly important to scoot, the first is that mayor lee is working hard to make this city an even better place to start and grow a new business, and second, he's been a toothless support of electric vehicles to improve san francisco's environment and the global environment as a whole so please welcome mayor ed lee. >> michael, matt, congratulations to scoot, yes. scoot and san francisco, well, let me first of all put this in some little perspective that i know, i know that we just announced last week, eb week

the biggest gift that the tech community in san francisco today can ever give san francisco is passing prop e, which creates jobs in san francisco, and helps small business. it's the longest legacy gift we can give and that is why i'm working so hard on it. 100 years from now, san francisco will continue to be the innovation capital of the world, because we made these concessions. >> okay. i'm not too concerned about 100 years from now. that is awesome, but i'm concerned with five years from now. let's go it sf city for a second. i know a lot of companies have benefited from the payroll tax changes that have happened. not all of them seem to be giving back as much. let's focus on the positive. who is really, really helping to give back and giving you the time and money you need to make these things work? let's call them out for doing well. >> funny enough it's the same companies that are on the sign at the airport. >> all of them? >> most of them. >> so which ones aren't helping out so much? i mean they are taking the benefit -- i mean, it was a tough road to get to lowering their payr

her husband, to establish and run a pr firm that served clients such as the san francisco fisherman's wharf association, san francisco firefighters union and san francisco police association. she was active in the northeast neighborhoods and throughout san francisco, helping to establish the fisherman and seaman's memory chapel, south beach museum and over a dozen other museums. it is because of her dedication of museums that we can enjoy the history of many of our city's neighborhoods. kathy will be dearly missed. also today i'd like to mention that i will be introducing legislation, trailing legislation, that we had mentioned in the context of the affordable housing trust fund to ensure the board of supervisors reviews every five years the status and implementation of the affordable housing trust fund heading to the november ballot and to ensure that there are both evaluations of programs funded through the fund as well as recommendations for improvements to the programs and to the charter amendment. with that, the rest of the items i will submit. >> the clerk: thank you. supervisor a olague. supervisor c

san francisco. let me say something about heritage month in san francisco and your mayor. he old days, you remember san francisco was known for passing all of these anti- chinese ordinances to limit the movement, the productivity of chinese in the city. we know two things. change happens. maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chinese-american mayor of san francisco. 35 years ago, congress members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 days of may as asian-pacific heritage week. one year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an entire month. you know and i know that our mothers say that every day is asian pacific american day. i want to recognize all of the milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire country. the caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. one of their very first

she says her people can learn a lot from san francisco. >> this is chi's first trip to san francisco in more than 40 years. from here she will head to los angeles for the final leg of her u.s. tour. in san francisco, ann rubin. >>> police stations across the bay area collected old prescription drugs today as part of the national drug take back day. this bin was at the san francisco hall of justice on bryan street. drug enforcement says expired drugs cause a threat. >>> the world health organization is monitoring a new respiratory virus similar to sars, the sars outbreak you may recall killed hundreds of people mostly in asian. there are now two confirmed cases of this new virus. the who says a man from cutter is in critical condition at a london hospital. he had recently traveled to saudi arabia where another man died of the same virus earlier this year. >>> u.s. health officials are reminding people it's time to get their annual flu shots. kaiser opened up drive through flu clinics in union city and fremont for its members. this year's vaccine contains the same strains as last year's

you are a golden boy we love to have you here in our great towner of -- town of san francisco open your golden gates sanco here is your wondering words singing other places only make me love you better you are the heart of all the gold in the world san francisco welcome me home again i'm coming home ♪ [applause] >> keep the applause going for the fabulous lisa malone. that was just terrific. [applause] i almost wore the same thing today. [laughter] would have been so awkward. [laughter] no, she was fantastic. now, everyone, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our host, the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san been cisco, the honorable edwin m. lee -- the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: wow, welcome to city hall. and thank you, beach blanket babylon. what a wonderful performance. let's give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, "you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to als

we're dieted that mel knee muter, the director of the san francisco department of the environment is here with us in our opening of public beta in san francisco. >> good morning, everyone, it is an honor to be here for scoot's public announcement. this really does have great promise for helping to reduce carbon emissions in the city and county of san francisco. as some of you may know, about 40% of our carbon emissions in the city come from cars and trucks so we need to find alternatives for getting people out of their fossil fuel powered cars, this is going to be a great option for residences and businesses in san francisco to find an al -- an tern t*if, we're rolling out the electric vehicle infrastructure for cars so this is another electric vehicle option that we're happy to support. we also implement the commuter benefits program and help employers provide options to their employees for getting out of their cars, we're happy to add scoot and electric plug in scooters for people to community in the city and county of san francisco, so i'm here to be in support, we look forward to expanding the options for individuals and residen

san francisco's number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. a beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to -- all -- lagoon, an ideal place to walk with a loved one. reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark.org. discarding contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. welcome to the shakespeare garden here in the famous golden gate park. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the california spring blossom and wildfilower association. here is a truly enchanting and tranquil garden along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. stroll around and appreciate its unique setting. the gorgeous brick walkway and a brick wall, the stone benches, the rustic sundial. chaired the part -- share the bard's word hundred famous verses from a shakespearean plays. this