america skeekdz not only in san francisco (clapping) and let me and by talking about one other pill last year of self-sufficiencies i would be remiss there's one person in the room that played a big effort that's the issue of health care security how is it that in a nation as wealthy as ours it was once the case that you couldn't get access to basic health insurance i spoke to one person in the midwest his employer told him at a fast food restaurant i'm going to fire you if you can't get to work yesterday. he explained you know the restaurant industry if you're sick i prefer you to stay home putting that aside he teld told his employer how can i afford to get a doctor's note if i can't afford to get to a doctor that's why nancy pelosi and the president put their remunerations on the line for the most important piece of public policy the affordable health care we're on the are the side of history (clapping) millions of americans now have hope many for the first time every because you'll see more and more people signed up 8 million on the challenges and others 8 million on their famil

skeekdz san francisco skeekdz yes (clapping) and you can see it's true in the leadership of our city i'm proud to nominate carmen chu the assessor recorder she's going to deserve that i've appointed katie tang to our board of supervisors you'll find women in the highest levels of local government and fire cheer chief joanne haynes-white our health director and port director and other and our naivety department head appointed last week debbie so many more critical leaders in position that direct policy and function for our city. i'm proud to have as my council nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein and congresswoman spear joins us in making sure we're strong and we have a strong fight for our san franciscans and here in san francisco and washington, d.c. so joining with others congress members honda and hoffman and spear and nancy pelosi we're going to move forward and advance workers rights and equality for all of us in san francisco and across the country i know there's a lot of work ahead i remain committed for all residents i commend you and people in the audience and those i've just m

america skeekdz it's not just the title of our economic agenda for women and families it is a statement of fact. women success is very important. let me talk about that briefly beginning of this congress a year and a half ago jackie and i came together and we said we want to go around the country and hear from women to see what they need to unbe leash their power in the workplace and jack i didn't say been a champion and violence against women and sexual assault in the military and you'll have that this slice was women in the workplace how they ged get paid etc. we went for about 6 months and we learned there were those 3 things when women succeed america succeed equal pay for equal work as the mayor and the secretary suggested and raising the minimum wage over 60 percent of people making minimum wage in the country s are women it's about praying pay the legislation was the ledbetter act but we have to do more and two pay sick leave. we pass when some of us are in the congress when i was there we when president clinton became wanting we handed him the first bill leaf and over one hundre

raise the minimum wage you lift everyone up that's why we proudly say when women skeeblgdz america skeekdz thank you for being here and what you do i want to thank jackie spear and other for their leadership for all we are talking about here today and again proud to represent this great city lead by this great mayor, mayor ed lee thank you all very much (clapping) >> are you as energized as i am i, push that button to california. it's my pleasure to introduce mr. tan dumb and the courage for the action fund she's served in the clinton and president obama administration. he expertise in domestic policy and health care make her a very sought after guest on programs like nbc meet the press and abc this week and cbs face the nation she's a frequent xharpt on fox she's named one of the most influential woman in journal and she's on the washington power list and received the india power award in 2011 she's been recognized as one of the fortunes magazines powerful woman in politics she graduated from ucla and received her lay degree and personally it's a a been a wonderful experience getting to k

to build women leaders thank you for caring the message to washington when women succeed america skeekdz today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hea

to build women leaders thank you for caring the message to washington when women succeed america skeekdz (clapping.) >> we are thrilled thrilled thrilled to be here so good morning and thanks for your patience and so we're here to kickoff our 2014 summer jobs plus program say yeah. (clapping) so i'm eric mcdonald the chief of police operating officer we're thrilled to be partnering with mayor ed lee it takes each one of us to effect the kind of changes in our community across our country we're thrilled our here your presence here represents we create a community and environment with our young people have the opportunity to grow and thrive and become their own leader in our community so we know that a summer job is more than a custodial kind of babysitting opportunity i was told you two weeks ago by a national fund we're not name who actually has a general disdain for the mayors youth program across the country they believe they're only custodian but those 0 transitional opportunity i know i have one of the jobs so we know it is possible and so again in addition to joining with the mayor

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to build women leaders thank you for caring the message to washington when women succeed america skeekdz >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make

to build women leaders thank you for caring the message to washington when women succeed america skeekdz >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they may have to go to shelters or leave entirely and we don't want that to happen. >> we want a building stock to encourage them to stay in the homes and encourage the

to build women leaders thank you for caring the message to washington when women succeed america skeekdz >> the first item on the agenda is roll call. >> commissioner mar. >> here. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner mcray. >> present. >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> commissioner mccarthy is expected. we have a quorum. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony is the truth to the best of your knowledge? you may be seated. >>> mr. and mrs. access, 219 whitney street and to waive the assessment. >> staff recommends order of abatement and to [inaudible]. >> just a quick question. so the stairs are still missing, front stairs? >> yes. >> how do they access the building? >> not clear to me. >> okay, thank you. appellant? >> good morning board members. may i distribute some information to you? >> you can begin. >> good morning, i'm the own er of 219 whitney street, san francisco. i disrespectfully disagree with that statement. i have submitted photographs to you. except for the missing stairs and port coin the front

san francisco skeekdz yes (clapping) and you can see it's true in the leadership of our city i'm proud to nominate carmen chu the assessor recorder she's going to deserve that i've appointed katie tang to our board of supervisors you'll find women in the highest levels of local government and fire cheer chief joanne haynes-white our health director and port director and other and our naivety department head appointed last week debbie so many more critical leaders in position that direct policy and function for our city. i'm