. -- sf city.e're kind of creating a new chamber of commerce with our technology companies, both established and new ones. what i want to do is that contest. and in bringing on jane as the nation's first chief innovation officer located in the mayor's office, i want to tell everyone that as a 22-year bureaucrat, me, that i want to say to everybody else in the city, get off of dependence on the state government. get off of our false expectations that the federal government is going to save us. yes, we have got some great programs, but they are all in this kind of funky status for the cannot really help our cities. it is really going to be were the cities are across the country and across the state where we are going to innovate our ways to solutions. whether it is helping our homeless, a building housing for everybody, getting the services we need out there, getting good communications, getting better transportation. the cities there were the convergence of all these things happen. and in realizing

i get to increase these new relationships like sf city and and they're up and do marathons in the city to share the best ideas. to me, i think that is the best way our city moves forward. i am not going to just stand on the laurels of great accomplishments. i know we're one of the top five cities in the country that are great investments for clean tech, biotech. we have some 30 capital adventure -- capital venture companies in the city that have filled their portfolios with clan tech and biotech investments. that is great. we need to do more. we wanted to do more. we have to innovate our solutions. and that is why i have asked for sf city, through all of the companies that my good friend has been investing in and new companies, to encourage them to come into the city, established incubators, and its alert the city forward on better biotech, better glass that can keep warmth and still use energy in the right way, better lighting, even higher standards for our commercial buildings. even though we have had a great run, this last year i sign a commercial building organism, and we have grea

sf hire. we are focused on the residents of the city. s.f. citi has the opportunity to gain the innovative ideas that these companies have. when we announced one week ago we were working in a strategic partnership with code for america, i said we need not only are jobs, not only your philanthropic ideas, we need your innovation, your talents to help us and reinvent the delivery of servic get the fres, not sit comfortably and bureaucracies, but to invite. i am excited about this because i want it to happen quickly and want to deliver services better. and i want to instill hope in our kids, or in those people who are in their careers looking for a chance, or the hope instill in a returning veteran coming to san francisco and saying, can i give back something to the city, for the country that i worked so hard for? i wanted to believe not in what the state is doing, what the fed's are not doing, but what san francisco and is critical industry partners are doing to help improve the city. again, i am excited about jay knapf's entry to be our chief

in fact, we created sf city, the citizens' initiative for innovation and technology -- technology and innovation. it is our partnership with technology companies to create job postings and training programs that offer our young and mid-career people an opportunity to get trained in this technology skills that our companies are looking forward to. within one month of announcing that, we have over 100 technology companies that have joined in sf citi. thank you very much for those of you that have done that. we have stronger policy analysis for looking at legislation between the mayor's office and the board of supervisors that will gauge the impact on jobs and for small businesses. we have signaled very strongly that we need to have businesses at our site to evaluate all of the legislation that we do so that we can understand its impact on business. that is the level of commitment that i have made in working with the board of supervisors. i think we have signaled a new way of looking at things. finally, we have invested in the foundations of our city that ensure all of us can live here.

venture capitalist ron conway says tech companies ready to hire more through their joint efforts called sf city. >>> not done with the records, apple worth a half trillion. if you took all the shares of am, added them together and their value, a number bigger than $500 billion. now, just a couple of months ago, apple was worth $400 billion. if am were a country it would knock poland out of the top 20 largest countries in terms of gdp. 100 time morse valuable, again in terms of gdp, than vietnam. only a couple other countries have crossed the 500 billion line. microsoft, intel, ge, cisco and exxon. the blog stuff apple is worth more than points out apple is worth more than just poland but also worth more than all the highways in the united states put together in construction costs, all the aircraft carriers in the united states navy and twice the value of the apollo program that sent men to the moon. it's ten times the value of the national football league. back to you. >> incredible. it helps put it all into perspective. thank you, scott. >> very interesting numbers. speaking of interesting num

last night tech companies are ready to hire thousands of people through their joint effort called sf cityout as many tech jobs as it did during the dotcom boom and is set to eclipse that record. one wonders what can go possibly wrong there. if you're interested in the jobs, it is sfciti.com. it is a joint effort between technology companies and the city of san francisco to get people jobs and it's working really well. >> thank you. >>> is it just me or does everybody think it's cool when scott mcgrew says the new hotness. >> we saying the new hotness is the new hotness. >> in all his awesomeness. >>> 6:27 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," we'll show you a pair of overnight fires, one that may have destroyed a number of antic tiz. >>> neighbors jump in to help people out inside this burning duplex in the middle of the night. a live report next. >>> and we're trashgi itracking downpours through the south bay. we'll let you know what cities may see a rare dusting of the white stuff. >>> that rainfall current and pas past is having an effect on your commute. land o'lakes spreada

after 10 years of service to the city of sf, he crossed paths with destiny to become a businessman.is social circle and professional quinces, he came to realize there was a thirst for ethiopian cuisine. at the time, there were none in the area. he began looking for suitable property to begin the restaurant business only to find out the perfect property was being least as a harter store. after some research he found that it was a profitable venture for the time and location. with the time, effort, and resources necessary for an ethiopian restaurant, he decided to follow through with opening a hardware store and in 1984, the hardware store opened and was -- with that experience, and commitment to seeking resources to balance out his learning curve, he believed in himself and his dedication. this first business venture taught him some bible lessons. the first was the politics of race. -- the first business venture taught him some valuable lessons. without personalizing his observation hit knowledge this as a really about business and diffuse conflict or resistance by hiring a man of ge

cities. new york, along with sf, and tops out at $65. and the best cities to park illegally, st. louis and champaign, illinois. where a meter violation only costs you $10. can you imagine? >> $80. >> that's what you got. >> i was five minutes late. >> oh, well. >> price of waiting. >>> let the finger pointing begin. what happened during madonna's half time show that parked another super bowl scandal. >>> getting the run-around. coming up. >>> and finally storm clouds moving in the bay area. battening down the hatches. a gusty rainy night ahead. we will talk about that coming up. ,,,, hours chasing a runaway goat through melb >>> you ought to see this video. police in australia spent hours chasing a run away goat through melbourne suburbs. the goat ran in and out of traffic and proved very difficult to catch. look, even jumped away from the net. and jumped over the fence. no one knows where the goat came from. it is a female goat. aptly named houdini. and eventually they did catch houdini and taken to a home for stray dogs. >> quick. >>> and they beat the 49ers and completed a wil

planning organizations that selected san francisco as the winner based primarily on the sf park program and the city's pavement to parks program. sitting up on the award podium, and seeing some of the stuff that they are doing, it was quite an honor for us, for san francisco to have achieved this award. it reflects a lot of the good work of this board, the planning commission, and the mayor's office. yesterday, crests hayashi and i attended the land use committee for the first requested quarterly updates on taxi issues. we covered our intent to establish a baseline from which we can do some quantitative reporting such as electronic trip data and other performance measures. we also gave a preview of the consultant we engaged to do the best practice analysis, the convenience and necessity study, improving ramp service, dispatching improvements, driver training. it was a good discussion, relatively little public comment, but continued interest from members of the board of supervisors to see the taxi service in san francisco. there has been a lot of discussion and e-mail traffic regarding parking proposal

city. the documents included the exact specifications of the facility, which sf moma would be obliged to grant to the city. there was all for all -- also a waiver, as it would be determined by a private entity and turned over to the city. over the last year, discussions have brought a few components of the facility as identified and left out of the agreement. after discussion, it was agreed that the museum would pick up additional items and others would need to be paid for by the city. it was also agreed that it would be far more efficient to rebuild these items while they were constructing the new fire station. the estimated cost of these items is $350,000. for this reason, we asked the board to put an amendment on the ordinance, asking the city to pay $400,000 to the museum for the scope of work force contractor. before concluding, i want to set the record straight on one item. the analyst's report that you have indicates that the city agencies, namely dpw and fire, did not participate. i think that this is the result of some kind of new communication. indeed, fire and dtw did review progres

city. whether i am talking about jobs, and we have a partner on jobs, whether i am talking about creating a housing trust fund, when i am talking about hope sf, anything that is of any innovation or anything that fulfills a historic promise that the city made to our african and american community. we have to partner with our youth and african-american parents and communities and african american owned businesses. all that has to be done together. i will commit to you -- [applause] this is not to me just a celebration. although very important to recognize. it is an ongoing way that we do business and think and live in the city. we live in partnerships. we help -- to lift each other. i get that opportunity as the first asian mayor. it is my turn to help lift up the african-american community and find talent where it is and create hope and make sure we're all safe at the same time where we're becoming successful. at this time, i want to lie in partnership ask our supervisor malia cohen to come up and share this proclamation presentation. . we're going to present it well deserving proclamation proclaims this black history month but i am giving i

city hall could reveal the information. down force race willing hold events in baltimore on labor day weekend starting 2012 through 2000 sf. the vote is expected at 9:00 a.m. at the board of estimates meeting at city hall. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> same-sex marriage bill is on its way to the full senate after a judiciary proceedings committee voted 7- 4 in favor of it tuesday. mike miller expects the vote this week. last year's vote was 25-21, in favor. >>> other bills heard in annapolis include a health benefit exchange act. anthony brown will testify on behalf of the legislation today. also, ahead, a bill with cable games, heard. it would allow the hold over a video lottery operation license to offer table games throughout the state. and legislation on animal abuse registry, heard today. it would require convicted -- those convicted of crimes against animals to register. >>> pieces of glass came crashes down in downtown oklahoma >>> a live look this morning in north baltimore, parishioners will make their way to services, cathedral of mary r queen is what we are looking at. you can take part in ash wednesday without