for the united states, but compared to our six dozen best practice cities, it is nowhere near where it could go to be more sustainable. our goal is to bring the cars down to 30%, bring transit up to 30%, and bring in walking and bicycling to 40%. that is more in line with cities abroad in europe that are the same size as us geographically and density whys. they have met these goals. it is not out of left field. it is doable. but it takes a concerted policy changes to make this happen. what is our role within the transportation system? again, we tend to be labeled as muni, with a focus on transit. you can see these other modes that really need attention to make a complete transportation network work. some corridors work better with public transit. some work as bicycle corridors. some will never use -- will never work unless we get land use tools correct. transit is not a be all, and all for the city. in some quarters, it makes sense. others have a better value for other strategies. we are not paid enough attention to commercial vehicles. as we have better transit, more stores pop up. but they are entitled to delivery

it is essential that the city employs sustainable and environmentally sound transportation principlesonly for our city's economic and environmental sustainability, but also to may important and viable options for our residents. we're committed to doing our part for our nation's independence from oil, just starting our grain economy, eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels, eliminate a significant portion of our co2 emissions, and in sharing our sustainable future. again, thank you, and welcome to san francisco. [applause] >> thank you, mayor lee. we will now hear from secretary ray lahood. >> good morning. my year, thank you so much. the mayor is this particular job, but he certainly is not new to running the city of san francisco and has shown extraordinary leadership. he and i had an opportunity to meet and talk about some of the key issues and key problems that need to be solved. and for those of you that are interested in politics, you'll be interested to know that the mayor is standing for election in november, and there are 37 people that want the job that he has. so for thos

san francisco was recently named the most sustainable city in north america after an extensive study by siemens. the area where the city was ranked first was in its commitment to zero waste. rec and park contributes to that effort by partnering with the department of environment. our department has improved management of waste and eliminated 50% of our dumpsters in the late marced area. with respect to our efforts of fostering community loyalty, rec and park hosted a number of city family events. we are up to fight even spurrier. we have annual free events in our parks. we took advantage of world cup madness and offered free women's world cup viewing. numerous other smaller community events. we provided 55,000 permits for a variety of events and free community space is provided to the public every week for meetings and other events. the department continues to work on its communications strategies. we've implemented a variety of social media tools to improve communication with the public, including a weekly e-newsletter, regular facebook and put your updates, and we've begun micro- b

launching these young folks into an educational process as well that will help them to be sustainable such cities- sustainable citizens in san francisco. we all know it takes a master's degree to realize the true level of economic stability, but i would also like to say it is important that the young people have a chance to take courses at city college, not necessarily for free, but perhaps some of these developers, some of the folks that will really benefit are able to underwrite some of these young people for their tuition. also, i'd like to just say that in terms of a question you asked supervisor mar about the connectivity with the america's cup, i have had conversations with mr. martin and mr. ellison, but i do not get the sense there will be this strength and my capability of having their attention versus the attention of folks down in other parts of the committee. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. >> good afternoon. i want to bring to your attention when i hear presentations made, i only hear workforce and city bill. i hear a little bit about wyc, but ycb, but i do not hear about th

community and i am concerned that we will not be able to process it >> city leaders processed an award and focused on sustainability. solar city said a pull back on loan guarantees will slow the progress of solar in the u.s. wunot stop it. >> we raised 1.4 billion from google and morgan stanly and citibank. >> growth is never higher and we have hired over 500 people in the last 12 months. >> the solar strong project is one of nine loans worth 7 billion being reviewed by the department of energy. doe spokesperson said the questions surrounding solyndra are not impacting the loan process right now. they are scrutinized for legal and technical and financial reasons. >> karina thank you very much. state treasurer lockyear is taking step to tighten up a tax break for energy companies in california. solyndra is the biggest recipient. and 15 other bay area firms have taken advantage of it. nano solor and alter devices andical solar and all of sunnyvale. no more are approved? >> not accepted right now. we are here in straight treasury's office and he's leading the charge to suspend the tax breaks that three dozen companies

city buildings. chairperson mar: johanna parton is here from the mayor's office. this will strengthen and rename our existing green building task force and create more sustainable buildings in the city. let me ask if ms. parton can give the presentation. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, chairman and committee members. thank you for your leadership on green building, and for your diplomacy at the sunday streets. chairperson mar: you were very good. >> you are very generous. thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the mayor on this item. the ordinance before you will update the municipal green building code to require leed gold certification for major municipal projects over 5,000 feet. currently, only silver is required. we currently require gold for all commercial projects. this would update the code to require the same things for our municipal projects as well. this ordinance will continue to secure san francisco's leadership and the good work and we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint and foster the green economy. the mayor is very supportive. he introduced this ordinance. he is very supportive of this. we hope you will be supported as well. a c

. >> they focus on sustainabilit sustainability. solar city says a pull back on loan guarantee will slow the progress of solar in the u.s. but will not stop itth. >> raised over 1.4 bill in project finance from google, morgan stanley u.s. bank and citigroup. so demand has never been higher. gross is never higher. we have hired over 500 people in the last 12 months. >>reporter: solar strong project is one of 9 loan worth about 7 billion dollars being rae viewed by the department of energy. now a d o e spokesperson told me that the question surrounding solyndra are not impacting the loan application process right now. that they are all being scrutinized for legal technical and financial reasons. in san jose, abc 7 news. >>> state treasurer wants california to suspend tax brea breaks for renewable energy companies. the request today follows the bankruptcy of fremont solyndra. tax exemption program is now essentially suspended but a state board will take a formal vote next month. industry supporters say stopping the program is going to hurt the gr

habitats throughout the city, educating and making people aware about the habitats of the city, and environmental, sustainable design for the parks. objectify focuses on the community and engaging the community in giving it tools and methods to be involved in their parks, with how they maintain the parks and how they actively stay engaged. we have heard a lot from the community that this partnership is critical to the success of open space, to make certain that the community is involved in the planning process and to what the life of the open space. objective 6 is -- there was a lot of emphasis throughout the task force and the focus groups, thinking about how we find all of this stuff that we want to find. we're working on how this exactly will work because this is a new objective but thinking about the different tools and different objectives that we may be able to implement, with all the things we want to do throughout the element. and as i mentioned, we will have this series of hearings, working in august and september with getting public comment and different groups to make certain that everything is rig

cities like san francisco to create those jobs. the best jobs being created right now are in the clean technology and bio technology life sciences. those are so well paid for, and they have sustainability. especially when you keep the innovation spirit that we started here in san francisco. in addition to the technology jobs in tourism jobs in the city, i think the companies that want to move here want to make sure that they can sustain themselves with all of the incentives that local government and federal government can provide. i think the federal government is doing what the local governments are attempting to do, provide those incentives that were to create and sustain jobs, especially in these new industries or i think a lot of students and young kids are looking for the jobs. they want something that is sustainable. they also want to be attached to something that proves our environment. that is what i hear every day. high-school kids from public schools was something that will be proud of. associating themselves with a company like method will make them very proud. there will be good citizens as well, and they will be volunteers this saturday, i am sure. >> thank you. [applause]

working on and making sure that, at least through stronger growth, more equitable and sustainable growth for the city for the future. i am optimistic. and i think i would like to ask you all in -- you all to join a sign that optimism in the future. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. and we appreciate the connecting of all these dots for us. we asked charlie to talk about the twittery fact on market street and why shorenstein has made such a significant that on midmarket with its purchase of the former san francisco furniture mart that is now going to have twitter headquarters. he has been with shorenstein since 1995 and manages of the company's acquisition activity in the investment performance of all of the assets throughout the united states. big job, bigger than i am describing, but he is really looking at the whole investment performance of all properties for shorenstein. great to have his perspective on midmarket and the real-estate market two please welcome charlie from shorenstein. [applause] >> well, thank you. i am glad i am speaking ahead of the america's cup, because i imagine there prese

city's strained in financial- services, the robust talent, and of course our cities and matched policy leadership on sustainability issues. and the reasons for this success is clear. san francisco has led the way, with all the environmental policies and aggressively seeking to address the environmental problems of our age. people are taking note of this. san francisco was recently named the greenest city in north america by vehemence corporation an economist. we leave this corporation in carbon reduction, recycling and composting, the adoption of solar, energy efficiency, and vehicle technologies. water conservation in green building. if that is not enough happening in our financial district, i also want to let you know that we're going to rebuild that all u.s. mint right there it fit than mission, to make sure we have our san francisco historic museum alive and well, so we can connect our history to where we're going as a city. let me speak a moment about our transbay terminal. the transbay terminal and the surrounding district are setting the stage for the next generation of clean, sustainable transportation, an

integration of diverse populations and affordability and quality of life issues in cities and regions and also -- and sustainabilityin which encompasses a broad range of things. it's primarily environmental sustainability. the overarching theme which i think is particularly pertinent here in the bay area is regional governance and cooperation where we try to emphasize move each of our cities that they really need to figure out in their broader economic region, not just within their city limits. so how do you coordinate with the communities around you to advance some of these policy issues, whether it's transportation, environmental improvements, economic development, education systems, workforce training, etc. these are some of the issues that we really want to publicize the best practices so that practitioners such as ourselves can bring these ideas back home and really move an issue forward. i think here in the bay area, bringing this group of four european experts here has really been an interesting exercise for me, not knowing the city of oakland very much at all, having been to san francisco a few times, but i

face a tough resistance from exactly forces with heavy fighting reportedly heard in the city it's been under sustained attack for the past few days with hundreds the civilians forced to flee the ongoing war has claimed an estimated thirty thousand lives. brutal but beautiful for residents of the icy arctic island of spitzbergen polar bears are common size so their obvious dangers that they prevent a huge attraction visitors there are these are not going to reports now on days taking a walk on the wild side to meet the region's most famous inhabitants. bear watching and fearing being watched and the moment you arrive any longer be an airport the king of the arctic never lets you out of his sight he watches you collecting your backs from the belt and browsing in the souvenir shop enjoying spitzbergen spectacular scenery or simply doing the crusher is people are very cult of personality here it makes some dictators down south look like team affairs even they are called. to him polar bear is. a good picture of. promoting small. restricted us to you can hope. for. it has become a symbol for this world. but

latest on lee right now. 50 miles west of morgan city, louisiana. sustainedinds at 40 miles per hour, moving at a snail's pace at 3 miles per hour. the view on the radar showing you where we have all of the rain. the bands still coming on in here, right along the gulf coast, the panhandle of florida, again, these bands, they tend to rotate at times and you get brief tornadoes spinning up. a large area where we have tornado watch in place, all the way through 4:00 this afternoon. including the panhandle of florida and into southeastern louisiana, this is something that is typically what we find when we have a landfalling tropical cyclone. heads up for brief tornadoes spinning up. tend to be on the weaker side of things, but still can be quite damaging. heed the warnings. where is lee heading? working its way on off toward the north and east. very slowly and picking up speed as we get to the middle portions of the week, end of the week as well. winds start to subside a bit. it will bring in rain. you can see the areas shaded in yellow. this goes all the way thr

sustainable farmers food to our communities in need. it keeps us healthy. we know that is at the center of a healthy city, to have a relationship with the farms around our bay area and throughout california, to make sure the fresh produce is made available in the freshest and most immediate way to our residents who do not want to have to drive to the market to get the groceries. they want to have it right here in the heart of the city. i understand that. i want to make sure that you know that the people in need, 75% of people who use food stamps use those right here at this part of the city farmers' market. thank you very much for having a trust. you have fresh food and clean food right here. this is part of a general effort we have for the city. supervisor kim and i are working hard with our neighborhood associations to make sure that the mid market is alive, safe, full of the arts. we are making central market revived with arts, burning man, the great arts foundation, all of the performing arts. we will make sure the storefronts are alive with things to do and see. when we worked on the twitter deal to

sustain themselves. from my work experience in working for the city in the mayor's office as well as in the non-profit, i had a good sense as to what some of the challenges were. when i look in the future, i could see more challenges coming. i thought i had a set of experiences and more importantly a passion and desire to serve. >> i understand that no one wants to have their programs cut. of course not. i also want everyone here to understand that no one up here wants to cut programs because they don't care about the population being served. there are no value ains here. we are all on the same team. it is a tough situation, as we are here so that we can begin the work together. >> i am actually more forward thinking. for me it is less about being left or right, or in this town, moderate or progressive. it is really about the issues and about creating policies that will have a sustainable and lasting positive impact on the families that live here. it is very costly and difficult to do business in sfrinls, to raise your children in san francisco, and i would like to have a voice at that table to really cr

it has, as you mentioned, moved onshore, 50 miles to the west of morgan city, louisiana, sustained winds around 45 miles per hour. it hasn't changed a lot within the last several hours out there. except for the movement, moving more to the north and the east. starting to take more of a jog in this general direction. that's what we anticipate here, as we head through time out there for us. here's how the radar looks. you can see, heavy rain, heavy downpours to contend with. even over towards the western portions of florida seeing some outer bands stretching in. we do have that risk as we often see with tropical storms making landfall. a tornado watch out there for us until 4:00, panhandle of florida, all the way towards southeastern portions of louisiana, including new orleans. heads up out there. we have seen occasional tornado warnings this morning. here's the projected path of lee, as we head through time. early in the week, we'll be following it here. very slow movement with the system. we'll be dealing with this throughout the southeast. by the time we get towards the mid and end of

sustainability. it values and social equity. we are cities that understand the benefit of the greater good , and are places where sometimes we are out lyras for the rest of our country. there are places that can be models for the rest of our country. in our cities, i can't talk about it without addressing the flat this issue. as flat as amsterdam is, when you are riding on a really heavy by with no barriers over countless little bridges, he really start to feel that on your knees. it is not as flat as i expected. of what we have going for us, we have years. thank you to the bike makers in the room. we also have great public transit to accommodate bicycles. we also have great routes to get us around the hills. as we showed our dutch friends, most of us know how to get around those hills. the weather is another major difference. this one we have going in our favor. they do not slow down with the snow. with howard gorges temperate climate, we are several steps ahead of the netherlands and where we can go when bicycling. what i learned most of al