-- >> the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. >> -- against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> -- against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> -- that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. >> -- that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. mayor lee: without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. mayor lee: and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> that i will well and faithfully discharge. mayor lee: . >> the duties i am about to enter and during such time that i hold the office of. >> historic preservation. >> historic preservation. >> relocation appeals. >> relocation. [inaudible] mayor lee: for the city and county of san francisco. >> for the city and county of san francisco. thank you very

support and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states -- >> the constitution of the united states >> and the constitution of the state of california -- >> and the constitution of the state of california >> against allen miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and domestic -- >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens. >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens >> to the constitution of the united states. >> to the constitution of the united states. >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> to the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. >> discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter -- >> and during such time -- >> and during such time -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> mayor for the city and county of sa

do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of california, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of assessor- recorder. congratulations. [applause] >> it is perfect when you have kids. they have an alarm clock when they tell you that you have gone on too long. you want to say hello too? first of all, i want to say thank you, first and foremost, to my wife susan, my daughters, and thank you for the wonderful introduction and all the love that you gave to my family. thank you very much. i want to also thank our elected officials, commissioners, department heads, community leaders, friends and family for joining us in our office. it is an honor to have your support and share with you this great day. most im

where is the tobacco money from the state of california? it was much larger amounts of money because it was a whole state. do any of you know? it is just part of the hole in the state's budget. it went into the general fund. what do we have because of luis? we have this beautiful building. [applause] >> unfortunately, those were my real words. i will tell you the aftermath of that story. it is even worse with the state of california. they securitized their tobacco money. it is already pissed away. there you go. today is a great celebration not only for the entire laguna honda community but for the city of san francisco. i know that many of you know from its very beginning laguna honda and san francisco have been intertwined. back in the days of the gold rush, it was started as an alms house and evolved over the years to where we are today. today, we have a new chapter where a quality of care will be constantly given as it has always been given so well in the past, and where community will be even more deeply engaged. it has been said that no

do solemnly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states in the constitution of the state of california. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and the duties that i am about to enter, [unintelligible] for the city and county of san francisco. thank you and congratulations. [applause]

and the state of california maintains its leading position in exports to china. in the fourth quarter of last year, california exported x 0.8 billion u.s. dollars to china, which is 28% more than the same period of last year. 35% is from the bay area. the year 2010 is also a very remarkable in the relationship between china and san francisco. last year, shanghai and san francisco celebrated the city's anniversary of the sister city relationship. three mayors of this city led a large delegation to shanghai and inaugurated the grand opening of the san francisco post at the world expo. they open their second office in beijing. last year, we maintained frequent exchanges and close cooperation and achieved new, substantial results. in the context of the new year, you have already had a promising beginning. as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his

he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan that just arrived. thank you very much. i want to echo what miss leyall said, welcome everyone to this historic summit here in san francisco. the next couple days we're going to tackle very tough issues, the issues of global warming, issues of waste water, hydropower, the electric

san jaquin valley or whether in the east bay, and to see only one municipality so far in the state of california really begin to flourish at best out of an incubation stage, that being marin, there are no other examples that are i think striving in the state of california. so we are creating as we go along, and i think that that creativity and the mechanics of those economics have got to be well explained so that p.u.c. doesn't continue to come to lafco into p.u.y. commission meetings -- p.u.c. commission meetings, disappointing people because there might have been a different set of expectations, hopes and dreams to what it is we expect to see happen. and lafco's staff i think is obligated to do the exact same thing. that's why i think that this next six-month period is going to be an absolutely critical period about locking in what the plan is going to look like based on what the potential vendor, service provider, is going to be able to do to implement that plan. and the city government, especially p.u.c., going to be able to feel that relaxation on the question of risk liability since it see

she we could have the first on sale in the state of california. these have not been used in the state. this would be a first. in november, 2010, a key -- were used to pursue this. that set a date for a hearing. this was posted on the web site. this was released on december 2nd. if requires that the draft is available to the public for two months and we have met that statutory requirement. the package includes seven revolution -- resolutions. the resolution introduced on january 11th was actually the draft policies. that is first on the agenda. it makes sense because this is a larger framework for the pilot. there is the adoption of the pilot as well as allowing up to $22 million of bond issuances not actually of rising individuals but setting a debt ceiling. supervisor kim was kind enough to carry some amendments which for by the planning committee. these are to clarify the legal and technical requirements and i will quickly run through them. there is a cap on the total amount collected be spent over the life of the -- which is a fixed nominal cap.

when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked atd, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here. i get to call you john, because this was before he became speaker. i first met john in 2008. bill said to me, my college friend is in town running for a board office in l.a.. we found ourselves having breakfast one morning. i thought, we are going to spend the entire breakfast talking about his candidacy, who was going to win. this is too much for a saturday morning. but sure enough, at one point, he stopped talking about the campaign and just started playing with our daughter isabella, who was two at the time. at the pinnacle of their relationship, she spilled and ice cold glass of water all over his pants. i am thinking in my head, he hates us. should i buy hi

giants fans on this day especially, and we are honored to have the number one giants fan in the state of california pay tribute to this ball club. please welcome the great governor of the great state of california, the honorable arnold schwarzenegger. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to say on behalf of the people in california, congratulations to the giants, the giants fans for this great victory. san francisco is not only known as the most beautiful city in the most beautiful state, in the most extraordinary country in the world, but now it is also the home of the world champion baseball team. so congratulations to the giants for this great performance for showing that the impossible can be made possible, for showing the fire in your belly. thank you also to everyone who got you here in the first place, your family members and so on. that may also say congratulations to the beard. now every team in baseball knows how to feear the beard. there is a machine in this team. congratulations. thank you very much. [applause] >> again, many thanks to governor schwarzenegger. there is much pressing bu