of the decision we're taking and in attracting new jobs we continue to be that strong city. and whether it's been questions about our business tax reform or believe and infrastructure structure our city is strong because of the way we work hard together and putting people's priorities first. i want to continue that and wish our success in 2013 >> let's turn to the first question. >> thank you, mayor lee. i saw you on our bike during the clean up day and i want to address that. the maintenance mount or transportation agency recently rapidly it's plan on bicycle facilities. it supports everyone, however, i'm hearing growing concerns in district 1 and the citywide for better bicycling and publicity reality. currently we have less than one percent of the budget that is addressed for bicycling. how will i address the san francisco to be the leader in bicycling use >> thank you supervisor mar. i want to assure that the streets will save for all san franciscans especially for those who are on bicycle >> and this weekend i made my bicycle trip on the market south neighborhoods and i

my fellow san franciscans i would smut to you our city a vital and strong. this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated highly for losing weight. in the case of san francisco i believe we're so burglarized. the progress of our city is no accident. indeed we're vital, we're strong city because of the fiscally responsible direction we've teen, deliberate choice we've made to attract people into our city. whether it's a reform of our housing or infrastructure on the significant challenges we've faced we put the people's priorities head of city hall. and on this course my fellow san franciscans i believe with all my heart we mus

of the decision we're taking and in attracting new jobs we continue to be that strong city. and whether it's been questions about our business tax reform or believe and infrastructure structure our city is strong because of the way we work hard together and putting people's priorities first. i want to continue that and wish our success in 2013 >> let's turn to the first question. >> thank you, mayor lee. i saw you on our bike during the clean up day and i want to address that. the maintenance mount or tranta

place on earth based on takes in free markets ideas the new city will charge no taxes on salary or love hong kong is honduras developer mike strong's inspiration the city had african style poverty he says now is free market philosophy makes it the brute just place on a road block with plans to bring that to the states detroit's about to be america's biggest city to go bust but his project makes the island of oil between detroit and the canadian border a tax haven creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs raised i'm strongly support the plan road could you break down the concept for us that there would be no cherrix on anything we want to encourage so we would not have tax on labor income and investment income or and build it you know nice buildings well urge them to work what urgent to invest you know why choose detroit detroit. will have an emergency manager within the next few weeks probably by the end of march and that means it's to be taken over by the states and the emergency manager will then make a decision whether to declare bankruptcy in one thousand nine hundred fifty detroit had about two million people and among cities

and it's clear to me the only way our city will continue to be strong is if we support the improvement of our city schools. in many cities they choose to address the keegs challenges by picking fights and appointing fingers but once again not in 90 san francisco. together we strive for excellence in our public schools not excused. last year, i met with our community leaders the first time in our memories the mayor and others and we all agree that technology, expediting our kids earlier with the expectation for college and seth them to in our economies is the keys key to success and we're making progress. san francisco unified continues to be the hive urban development are hi

and it's clear to me the only way our city will continue to be strong is if we support the improvement of our city schools. in many cities they choose to address the keegs challenges by picking fights and appointing fingers but once again not in 90 san francisco. together we strive for excellence in our public schools not excused. last year, i met with our community leaders the first time in our memories the mayor and others and we all agree that technology, expediting our kids earlier with the expectation for college and seth them to in our economies is the keys key to success and we're making progress. san francisco unified continues to be the hive urban development are high. we've seen double digit high-grades among our latin and africa kids >> results are being recognized for our achievement we received a federal grab the to bring job training in our mission neighborhood. the supervisor knows about this. these gains are possible because reforms are underway the partnership are in place. for our kids to succeed in this economy we must do more. that's why this year i will propose in

nobody is going to want to do, thatmen a strong union city. that is the problem.re isn't really any major attraction to bring outside industry there because of the crumbling infrastructure. >> andrea: what about the administration, bob, as well? they have championed detroit. we bailed them out before. we're not going to help them again. >> bob: this may be the first city where we see the first test of the long-term unfunded map dates where a court, not politicians but a court says the city cannot pay this. i think this will be the first of many. if those who are expecting to have the retirement will find out that judge will rule, bankruptcy rule this cannot be paid. therefore you are going to cut you back to 80%. >> dana: you know who suffer from that is the younger workers. the pension they had before, the retirement packages are not available to younger workers. they will have to pay more in the previous generations retirement packages. they are squeezed again. generation in their 20s is the one that i think about a lot. because they're under a lot of stress. >>

we now find ourselves as one of the most diverse cities in the whole world. and this makes us so strongany other city in the country and perhaps the world. because we invite unity in once place. and in san francisco our diversity has been our strength in so many ways. whether diversity of culture. diversity of entertainment. the diversity in our approach to life. in the way that we communicate with each other. and you know growing up in san francisco what makes it challenging, in order to really be a citizen of the city. you got to speak more than one language. in fact anita and i made sure that our kids spoke at least two additional languages. because we wanted them to be citizens of the world. and they have done right, now they are happier as a result. this is a standard of life we have in our city. one that we created out of our struggles. and that's why i am happy to be here with the counsel general gao and with the counsel of philippines and vietnam. so many of the countries that are looking towards hope and light in america see san francisco as the gateway. for ideas to happen and

abandoned homes and empty lots still scar the area, but tourism, trade and oil have given the city a strong economic foothold. sales tax collections are up 15 percent in the last two years, six percent higher than before katrina. louisiana is one of only six states with more people employed now than before the great recession, and new orleans is the fastest growing city in america. >> bruce godfrey loves the idea of the city's first post katrina super bowl but says they don't need a football game here to tell them what they already know. >> everything has been rebuilt. our lives have been restored. and we are just looking towards the future. >> if you are going to use the iconic new orleans streetcars as a symbol consider this, construction on another line begins next year an 87 percent of the riders are locals. mostly on their way to work, scott, or to school. >> pelley: nice story jim. tell me what does being on this national stage mean for the folks in this town. >> reporter: i think bruce godfrey a mechanic says it best we have been recovering for a couple of years, it is only because o

is caused will give the homeowner a sense of net worth appreciation but the average bank strong wasser the city of london can borrow a thousand times their income and they get paid based on that multi hundred billion trillion dollar leverage that they're floating in the game and over the past twenty or thirty years or forty years as going off the gold standard this is meant hollowing out of the economy to the banks and leaving the poor suckers who can only borrow ten times or income high and dry because the asset values crashed and of course what's happening now is that private equity funds like black rock are buying out all the homeowners in america that went bankrupt during the blast controlled demolition of the economy in two thousand and eight now those people are living like service in their own homes paying rent to black rock black rock of course you know this guy schwartz who runs black rocky's a terrorist he's a financial terrorist and of course he's cherise in the people in america who are now suffering as a result so back to this chart here that they lost their power their negotiating

city. we're big and strong. >> he means business. that was anthony batts. it features offices all over the city sending messages to the team. how will you be watching the big game? i need a chicken wings in one hand. >> one family takes superstitions to a new level. deborah weiner delivers the traditional dominance. >> i have the donuts. but see what i got. >>no. >> what's wrong? >> they are in the wrong order. >> this is all wrong? >> all wrong. this >> is a tough crowd. they do the same thing every sunday. it has worked so far. no reason to stop now. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. kim dacey checking on your morning commute. we have some spots where flooding is reported. 648 at nursery road. looking good on the west side of the beltway at liberty road. 11 minutes on the outer loop in the rthwest corner. 80 minutes between the 95's on 895. 65 on 70 down to the beltway. things are looking good east and westbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> no snow here on tv hill. it is kind of scattered around the area. 30 de

city of boston. as of the latest. to show you how strong the winds were across many cities in parts of new england and also into areas further off to the south, take a look at some of these gusts that were reported from the storm system. in the 80s. 81 mile-an-hour winds in portland, connecticut and massachusetts, 83 mile-per-hour winds. so we're talking hurricane-force winds out here in portions of new england and even in areas further off to the south. snow reports again, some places picking up three feet of snow across portions of connecticut, incredible stuff. portions along long island, 30 inches and in boston 24.9 inches of snow. incredible stuff from the storm system. the center is pulling away from the area. it's not over yet. what we have strong winds in parts of maine and massachusetts are dealing with wind and snow coming down heavily at times across eastern portions of maine. still some more snow to talk about portions of maine. snow is pretty much over in portions of connecticut and new york city and also across new jersey. it

oakland is a city that is definitely on the rise and has stabilizessed a really strong financial base. probably in the strongest position that we have been in in a decade, and that is due to my new management leadership team and i want to give a shout out to santa ana city mr. and pat johnson who's the assistant to the managerial financeses and i'm going to intros them a little later. we have basically and you nerve can tell because of the surprises from the other government and is the feds and the elimination of redevelopment and et cetera but we have got an 80 million-dollar revival in five years and in case we have to ref development -- all of our economic indicators are up and they are above rejection and up $11 million above our projection and that is every revenue and income source and standard business source and is tour restaurant tax and is most of the rest of the city has holt new restaurants and? jack land and still a heart in the center of the bay area [name?] who was just one of the chef's award warded of the year and oakland is a city boomings and we are tryinged and par

city. i strongly support stronger youth discount passes and supporting the bus system so that younger people have strong access. we are trying to work with the school district right now and city agencies to ensure that young people get more support. we want them to be lifelong transit riders as well, so we are trying to look at different issues of transit equity for younger people in our population as well. >> what is happening with crime in your district, and how do you think our police department is doing? supervisor mar: we are extremely lucky to have a great police captain with great officers within our police department on six and geary -- sixth and geary. a lot of issues in our neighborhood tend to be graffiti, carbos thing. sometimes, there are robberies, and on occasion the occasional killing happens. but it is nowhere near the other problems that other districts have. i often what the district with the police captain and look at the data that comes out to look at where crimes happen within the district. there is often different types of criminal activity that happen, but the police, i think, ar