sf-city is really the embodiment of a collaboration across the sectors. for us to address some of the biggest social challenges about face today in this city and across the nation, it is critical for us to cut across sectors, and this is a perfect example of doing that. ron, thank you and congratulations for bricking together the partnership and making it possible 0 for us to turn this vision of the chief into reality. when sf-city approached hfment p. for this opportunity, we were delighted about this idea. really, bringing our technology, our straight-of-the-art projects and the power of that technology into the happened of the sfpd officers and what that could do to mike our city safer as we talked about. we are excited to announce today that h.p. is donating over 60 ultrabooks to this

i represent sf-city, which is an organization that i founded in january. it is kind of a product of the election of ed leigh as mayor of san francisco and more specific engagement in the city. sf-city has approaching 300 member companies in the city of san francisco. these are all tech companies that now represent well over 90% of the tech population in san francisco. so we are very representative of the tech commont. we adopted five pillars where we are going to be involved in san francisco. the first pillar is jobs. the second pillar is transportation. the third pillar is philanthropy. the fourth pillar is policy, and the fifth pillar, which we are here to talk about today, is public safety. sf-city got involved last week with the future grads program, which is going to take kids off the street and give them internships during the summer. this is a program founded by greg sur and the sfpd. but we thought it would be very appropriate for sf-city to get involved in helping san francisco's police department leap row frog -- leapfrog technology and be a natio

and i'm thrilled because the formation that ron conway led with the creation of sf-city and the promise that not only would it be a voice for technology and innovative companies to tell us what we could do to help the industry succeed in our city, but there was also a promise that we mutually made together, which was how could we help our technology companies help us become a better city to help us serve our residents, smarter and more efficiently. we identified quite a number of projects in our city. some of them are being baked, if you will. this is one we wanted to put out front and center. six months into this new administration, we are ready to announce today that in partnership with sf-city and one of the key members, arc-touch, and h.p., hewlett packard, we have formed a two-phase project that will address something that we have identified for many years that has hampered our police department's efficient use of time. one of the things that the street officers do on a daly basis is they have to write instant reports and get the data to do their job. most of that is done by the of

we have a majority sf city member companies which represent 90% of the tech population in san francisco. there are posting all their new jobs on hire sf. we're using the existing infrastructure. we want to get more companies in san francisco to hire san franciscans. and so we're going to develop initiatives around that. there is a big mismatch in the qualifications of those who are not employed in san francisco versus the jobs the tech community wants to hire and we will job that -- bridge that with job training. we have a plan around that. we think employment will solve a lot of the social ills in san francisco. we're focused on jobs. later this year, sf city will dip its toe in policy initiatives. we're watching closely the proposals that will be coming out of the mayor's office around tax reform. twitter stays in san francisco. it was not a bluff. i am the one who ran to city hall and said, it are going to lose this company if you do not do something. that is how i started the friendship with adlai. i did not know this person at all. -- that is how i started the friendship with ed le

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we would like to thank ron and sf-city for bringing technology companies together so they can do great things for the city and its citizens. and most of all we would like to thank the chief for having the forward-thinking to start this program and make this field recording app, which we believe is going to be a great thing not just for the city, but set the standard for mobile app field reporting for the nation. i would like to now invite scack -- zach gottlieb up here to walk you through some of our product designs. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. so i just want to say how excited we are to have the opportunity to work on a product like this that could have such a huge impact for the people of san francisco. imagine if you will the officer has this mobile device on their dashboard while they are driving. a call comes in. we know by their g.p.s. where in the vicinity they are, so we are able to direct to this particular officer and device a call. so it is a code 4-2-1, which is a stolen vehicle, we know it is at 251 bush, and my other information that may be attached. to melissa

so that is where the significance of what sf-city has done and what h.p. has done. we actually have an h.p. ultrabook sitting here. it is cool, weighs two pounds, titanium enclosed. i keep thinking we should hold it up to see if it would withstand a bullet, but i don't think it does. that allows our officers to have access to the crime data warehouse, but also acksdz to the 24 other criminal justice systems, such as mug shots, f.b.i. most wanted, d.m.v. and all that. essentially they are carrying around a district station in their hand. it was a very important step for us. i want to mention arc-tech's contribution. they can do a better job of mobile distribution. by the way, there are many people. i would like to recognize the whole team involved. the project director was leo solomon. he is here today, and he is going to work with the inspector who is responsible for training more than 1,300 officers on the system. [applause] >> thank you. what we are going to show you this morning is a couple of screen shots of the crime data warehouse system which will allow you t

that is what started the conversation on sf city. they have an ongoing program to create the curriculum for hiring kids or our public schools and aimed at returning veterans, career folks that want to get into technology-based industries, and then the snowball effect has really helped. twitter, not even moving in -- there are four companies that have moved into the market because of this. san disk, zoosk, allie pincus started an on-line returned as an company. hundreds of square feet of space that had been vacant for many years. revitalizing our city of the same time, doing job creation, creating the conditions for hiring and training local 7 siskins to get into the workforce. as andy is saying, that has caused other industries, particularly the construction industry, to get revitalized immediately. you have heard sales force had 18 acres in mission bay. they got excited about just being downtown, so they went ahead and did 400,000 square feet, now looking at an even larger space to continue their growth downtown. >> i want to direct

[applause] then of monday, with the mayor support, the commission support, sf city and hewlett-packard, we were offered 60 laptop computer so that our new academy class will be issued so they need never know a desktop computer, and it goes towards the vision of this commission when we went through the interview process that our officers stay in the field, and only time they come back to the station to prepare anything, it will be to book property or issue a citation. it harkens back to the days when all of the reports were done in coffeeshops in restaurants and starbucks that did not even exist back then. it keeps everyone out. we gained 3-4 hours per day for officers coming back and forth to the station just across as it on the computer. this will all be on the new web- based data warehouse. everything is just faster and better. i do not know they will all be hewlett-packard as donated. there were very nice computers and there were available in the price is right, but we will be as responsible as we can be to find the best computers and mobile devices fastest for the best price. with

we will develop a strong working relationship with sf city, i promise you. now we're glad to end our program this morning with the man who has been the architect of putting tech on the map in san francisco and that is our mayor. please welcome back to the stage john mcnedo. john. [applause] >> thank you. it is now my pleasure to introduce our mayor. edwin m. lee was sworn in on january 8, 2012 as the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. ed lee is the first asian- american mayor in san francisco history. [applause] mayor lee was elected on november 8, 2011 by the people of san francisco while he was serving as interim mayor. appointed unanimously as successor mayor by the board of supervisors on january 11, 2011. while serving as interim mayor, mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep san francisco safe, solvent, and successful. reforming city pensions, economic developments, a job creation, and public safety as his top priorities. mayor lee has worked hard to keep the economy and economic recovery on track, create jobs for residents,

so we formed sf city, a citizen's initiative for technology and innovation, which was aimed at the new developing companies to give us a constant dialogue about their ongoing needs. anything we have done is they have also embraced the needs of our city. it is a two-way conversation. that led to us revising our stock options. we were one of the few cities in the country that was taxing stock options. again, not understanding how the ipo was working for the startup companies, realizing that we would be punishing them for their growth and turnaround, so we gave them another six-year exemption on that. by the way, if we

everybody to please turn off your cell phones or put them we appreciate all the work that sf governor tv and city hall and management do for us. roll call. commissioner adams? >> here. commis commissioner dooley? >> here? >> admissioner ortiz-cartagena? >> here. >> commissioner white? >> here. commissioner reilly? >> hereby. we have all commissioners here. general comment. this allows members of the public to comment generally. president adams: do we have anyone from the public wishing to make a comment on anything that is nod on today's agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item? >> commissioner, we're at number three, approval of the june 25, 2012 meeting minutes. explanatory documents -- draft june 25, 2012 meeting minutes. president adams: do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> i move. >> second. president adams: all in favor? >> aye. president adams: next item, please? >> commissioners, that motion passes 5-0. commissioners, you're on the regular calendar. items four and five will be continued until the conclusion of item number eight, in which case they'll be called to

from small neighborhood retailers to larger wholesalers, some of the largest retailers in the2]:q city to sftries i see represented here. ii think everyone continues to hear one of the sharpest increases when compared to their current tax burden is for real- estate, generally. an industry and the old growth receipts system that were payers. when that was repealed 12 years ago, effectively the real-estate industry saw a reduction in their ratesul but the rate that was in place before was higher than the rate that we have recommended in both versions. i think we, like you, have heard from both residential and commercial real-estate companies that is proposed is sharp. i think that is very much a policy called for the mayor as we close this. i think that is at