then, just to make sure that this city works right. this is keeping it really simple. all of my conversations with the mayor, the supervisors, the department heads, how do we make this city work well and keep it working? we keep this simple but this is incredibly complicated when you know that every citizen would like input. many different opinions both internal and external. we must keep our promises. there are many promises to keep, many new ones and we are not just a local city, we are an international city. that is one of the most important highlights here, to understand how the city is so international. everything we do is reflected in the new international city that we are. the leadership is looked at more and more by people of other countries as to what they can bring to their own citizenry and their neighbors. this is a wonderful job, i do this with enthusiasm. i would like to thank the supervisors and to those who work with me and are our friends. i would like to extend my thanks you to my mother, my wife, my family who has been here. they have seen the sacrif

there are so many talented people in this building and in this city. i know we can move san francisco forward together. and in the coming days, i will reach out to every member of the board of supervisors and meet with you personally to discuss my ideas and my agenda. and yes, president chiu, i will sit down with you, shortly, to work out the details of our question-and-answer session. i will seek your advice and counsel as we immediately begin to confront the challenges that lay ahead. starting with tackling our budget deficit and finding a new police chief. to the members of the board, i see you as my esteemed colleagues. and i look forward to a relationship based on mutual respect and trust. to our fellow citizens, i'm not going to change. i'm going to open up that room 200 for everybody, daily, and make sure that you know what that is. i present myself to you as a mayor for everyone. a mayor for the neighborhoods, for downtown, for business, for labor, for the powerless, and the powerful. for left, right and everyone in between. for everyone. i wil

california, an asian person that beat you for mayor of the city by five minutes -- >> a little more than five minutes! >> by five minutes by my account, this is san francisco. gene quan, the mayor of oakland, california. [applause] and the city attorney and one of my lawyers, john russo. [applause] oakland. from the board of education, emily mores. [applause] and i could go on and on with the -- mr. mayor to be of the people who are here celebrating with you on this very historic occasion. and it was all made possible by this fine collection of people to my right whom i've introduced by name and now let me ask the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, a man who chaired the historic meeting where the vote count was done without the assistance of our folk who normally count votes which is kind of the way i prefer to have votes counted in elections. you get better results. the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] president chiu: good afternoon. so mayor brown, i want to tell you the score of the game upstairs. two numbers. 11 to zero. [applause] this is an historic moment for san francisco. and i want t

this is the city that has always been other people oriented. this is a city of remarkable diversity and it's a city that is truly prideful of that diversity. on our best, we celebrate that and unite around those things that bind us together. that is the spirit of our times and it's the spirit of what makes san francisco indeed a special place in the hearts and minds of people, not only across the state and around the country for that matter, around the world. mayor lee, here is my advice. you got a year. so figure out what it is you want to accomplish and work back from there. you were put in this position by the people to my right, but the people of san francisco are the people that are counting on you. and that's -- [applause] >> do what you think is right. and remember, just because folks make their way to city hall as important and impressive as that is, there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people that do not have that privilege that also require your attention and also require your leadership. always remember that. t

this city is about culture. this city is about pride in ethnic heritage. this city is about an appreciation of the extraordinary talents of people on the arts side and to have 6000-year-old pieces that you can see no other place in the world come and to have the collection here -- you understand the brundage collection could have been dropped anywhere in the world. he chose us to be a caretaker of those 17,000 pieces -- whatever the number happens to be. we can do no less than justify that by being successful at raising what dennis tells me this summer in the neighborhood of $25 million. that is a small figure compared to what we have raised with this young museum, what a fisher family gave for the expansions of the museum of modern art, what was raised with the jewish museum. what we're trying to raise for the museum that will reflect the culture of the hispanic world of san francisco and beyond. all these institutions come together in one fashion or another and makes this part of the most wonderful place on earth in which to live. mr. mayor, i am proud,

people have taken it upon themselves to allow for this opportunity and celebrate this milestone in the history of our city and this nation. your it is a remarkable thing what just happened. not that many months ago we stood on the steps of city hall in recounting her behalf of our cities richard -- our path on behalf of the city . here we are celebrating the first chinese-american mayor in our great city. it is a remarkable thing and a very proud dana. -- thing. i spoke a little bit about this yesterday, but it is important set this reminds everybody this is the birthplace of the united nations. this is a city of remarkable diversity. we do not just tolerated. we celebrate it. that is a spirit of what makes sense and cisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people -- that makes san francisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people. mayor lee, here is my advice. you have a year, figure out what you want to accomplish. you were put in this position by the people to my right, but the people of san francisco are the people counting on you. [applause] do what you think is right, and remember

the heritage of this city. hpc historians provide technical expertise as well to maintain san francisco's status as eligible for federal and state grant funding providing enhanced roles in the nomination to the national register of historic places subject to consultation by federal and state agencies. by law state agencies rely on the determination of historic resources responsibilities. [tone] supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker? supervisor alioto-pier: i just want to make one comment. personally, i would like to focus our attention to the candidate at hand. the charter is very clear. we are not here to drafted again or make appointments ourselves. we are here to look at the appointments before us. you might like someone more, but that is not our purview. that is not what we do. it is a lay oral appointment. we take the candidates the mayor sends us and we look at them. i would like us to try to focus a bit more on left. it is clear in the charter, and/or. or is a very important word. you do n

with all of the voices in the city and make sure that they enjoy all of the benefits that the city has. thisnot just by way of jobs but by opportunities. so many opportunities are derived from the great talent that we have in the leadership of the city. i take this opportunity to not only be serious but also an appreciation of what this means to everyone. to make sure that this is balanced and to make sure that it reflects all of our traditional values. then, just to make sure that this

i have a vested interest in this city. i have a vested interest in knowing that we have timely, accessible, reliable, affordable, and save modes of transportation and services in the city. i offer the rules committee six policy areas of priority i can elaborate on a few wish. the first is accessibility. transit should be accessible in all neighborhoods and people and provide -- provided on a timely basis. affordability -- all modes of transportation and parking garages must be affordable, and not disproportionately impact low income communities. we must serve our communities in this city. reliability -- we must maintain and enhance our current levels of service. safety -- we must provide safe environments for pedestrians, bikes, buses, taxis, and traffic garages. jobs -- we must maximize local hiring with community contracts. it is important that we used muni contract as we look at the central subway and utilize and maximize mta to implement the local hiring policy that was just passed by the board of supervisors, and we m

you must do you work for everyone in this city, in this country. >> thank you, david campos, for all the help you have given me. >> we ask my family to support the mayor. this is me and my children. i have not been talking to the mayor. i have had to beg to speak to him. i have taken this to his office and never heard anything. add to come into city hall on some occasion and corner him just to speak to me. that is not right. it is not there. i said that because i have supported him. i still wait for mine son's support. i have not gotten it. he had been talking to people and that no one is prepared to say anything. hot -- i stand here in this picture with him and -- not here at all. i hope the next mayor that takes his place, do not walked by me. it could hit your doorstep. >> today, it is important. we've as making a decision. san francisco needs a person with integrity. there is some disparity. what about the members of the board? are we going to leave in 10 days or the most? there is no election. there are problems with poverty. i think we must use the talents that was for one or t

this is an incredible city. everywhere i go, i tell everyone that this is the atlantis of today. ere is no other city in the world -- i have been everywhere. there is nothing like san francisco. in fact, to me, it is not even the united states. you can see how fox network always attacks us. we do not have an inferiority complex. we just do not follow blindly. we question authority. as i said before, a person for person, there are more artists and con artists in the bay area. >> you are someone who has identified so strongly with the bay area. a lot of it reflects the values that you also identify with. i know that you have been promoting an idea for a work of public art that could be pretty transformative. could you talk about that? >> peace brother is something that i saw, i think in the 1980's there was this lady. she started back there and converted -- she went to the neighborhood and was collecting the guns from some of the gang members. she had it melted and turned into angels. we want to do the same thing and take it to the next level we want to build a boom box by his feet,

will be the first of several such events in this great city. use] >> in addition to the mayor and his great staff, we would also like to thank the board of supervisors for making this happen, particularly the board president, david chiu. [applause] >> good afternoon. on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, i want to welcome you to city hall. i want to justify saying that it is incredibly thrilling to see this trophy with the backdrop of the entrance to the board chambers. as i look on to the sea of faces here, i think about why this is such an incredible opportunity for san francisco. all of you, all of us, represent, i think, the most beautiful community in the world, the most beautiful city in the world, the most beautiful bay in the world, and with the america's cup, the entire world is going to know that about san francisco. [applause] i want to thank mayor newsom for his vision. he has already thanked the numerous city staff. i also want to mention my staffer, who like many of the city staffers, worked tirelessly without very m

from this city to serve on various commissions. this is the people's work. this is not the work of a committee. and it appears to me that what we are doing, instead of preserving our great traditions, we are tearing belem what has been established -- we are tearing down what has been established. this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. the people came today to witness your acting on the qualifications of persons who have been nominated. [applause] and not for you to play partisan politics. a game of wrangling with a particular mayor. mayors come and go. you and i come and go. [tone] i would hope that this day you would search your hard, and evaluate your motives, and raise the question -- and live for the people or for partisan politics? -- am i for the people or partisan politics? supervisor campos: thank you, a supervisor. >> your job is to get on with it the work of the city and not play partisan politics. [applause] supervisor campos: next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. before i was elected to my current pos

i'm here to say i'm just totally convinced that this city is totally out of control. now who's in control. so i'm here to bring this to the world. but i'm african-american. i'm an african-american first. and i am putting this to our current mayor, mr. gavin newsom, and he put together this action plan. and right now i want to know who's in control. >> ♪ i want to know, yeah who's in control right here in san francisco yeah i ask the mayor but he really didn't care you know why he's out the door he's tiptoeing up to sacramento and i'm going to talk about you all the board of supervisors some of you are a bunch of liars and you all are going to pick the next mayor the redevelopment i'm going foff to sue and -- to have to sue and make a settlement all the money they spent we don't know where it went and it ain't no accident and now they're gone you know what housing authority they just ignore me then we got the h.r.c. force forgs the human rights you better listen to me it ain't no mystery just check your history and look around blacks are leaving town what's going down b

a shared sense of purpose and commitment to this city that we all love. a sense of unity. i may be your interim mayor, but i intend to utilize this year and office to tackle our problems with resolve and seriousness of purpose. this is an unprecedented opportunity and perhaps it is just what san francisco needs at this time and in our moment of history. ness an opportunity to come together -- this is an opportunity to come together, to roll up our sleeves and go to work on the significant challenges we all face. for the benefit of all san franciscans. i hope to move us past the labels that have pigeonholed us at city hall or at least to not be bound by them. because if you're a so-called moderate, then i'm a moderate. i've spent the past two decades trying to make this city work, to work for all of us. for its entire history, people have flocked to san francisco with their hopes and with their dreams. they've invested in this city, not only with their money but with their sweat and with their blood. i understand that not only do people need to flourish here, but business ne

different way and i do want to stress the fact that when we are talking about transportation in this citych should have more than one or two female members for the mta. i will also ask my colleagues. i do think this is a particularly important position. i absolutely agree with supervisor dufty that we coul

city. it was affordable. we need to get back to that, and adding her on this commission will get us there -- at least it will be the start to get us there. i highly recommend, and i hope, as a former employee of the city for 35 years, that you will support her nomination, and you will not regretted. most importantly, the citizens of san francisco will not regret it. thank you. supervisor campos: 5 you very much -- thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i speak in support leona bridges. i wanted to offer something that i found when i reached out and heard that she was nominated. i wanted to know where she stood on local hiring because at the time, the m.t.a. was actually in contrast to them.t.a. was a litn i asked mrs. bridges where she stood, she said we needed to enjoy local higher. i said, "this is music to my ears." as i continued to talk with her, i would say things like, "what about the bicycle plan? as the mta commissioner, you would want to be burst on the bicycle plan." a few hours later, she would forward me the resolution passed unanimously at the board in october, saying 20% b

thank you again for making this city what it is.ithout the fans, the giants' organization would not be what it is. your enthusiasm and energy is wonderful. i think a fifth generation giants fan -- i am try to work on the math. i can only attest to my grandfather. as someone who has loved the sense of spirit and pride with the giants, it is a pretty extraordinary and powerful thing to be here today. it is wonderful to see what sports can do for a community. for those who dismiss it, do not do it so lightly. this has been a wonderful thing bringing people together, not only from all over the region and state, but as we discovered, from all over the nation, and all over the world, coming in on a moment's notice to share in the parade. thank you for the extraordinary memories. thank you for your proud past, the extraordinary present we are enjoying. here is to a great -- because you always have to look forward -- to a great 2011 season. thank you for coming out today. [applause]

say what they want to say, but if you have the intelligence to do the right thing, you will take this city to a better place. in the last administration we favor the pacific heights mafia and the developers. a good thing is that this economy has hit everybody, including this city, so soon you will have a budget deficit of about maybe 600 million. good luck to you. i will be monitoring of view. >> thank you. general public comment is closed. if we could now go to our 3:00 p.m. special item. i understand now item two has come before us. could you call item 3? >> the motion to ratify a successor mayor due to a vacancy for a term expiring january 8, 2012. >> given that only the committee as all whole took a vote last week, my understanding is that we need to amend the motion before us rather than ratifying him. if i can ask if that is the case. >> it is a. >> i understand there have been amendments regarding the motion we have considered a. >> i would recommend the following six amendments be made. line one would be the appointment of a successor mayor. line three would be the motion to apply

city. so they're invisible. to me, this is a great problem and i'm going to introduce to you that i've really think that the first stage a city like san francisco should do is to be sure to make the people visible who use the city so you know what you're talking about and can start to make a policy saying this is how it is, this is how we want it to be, how can we get from here to here instead of just having all the goodwill and traffic and engineers have all the data. this little curve i have which tells everything, and i shall try to do it very fast. hundred years ago, it tells about a fantastic change in the use of cities in our industrializedd or post industrialized society. 100 years ago all the streets were full of people and all people out there had to be there. it was -- they were out there working, walking, carrying stuff or just thrown out of overcrowded flat by the parent, whatever. so the streets were teaming with life. quality was not an issue. they had to be there anyway. this is still something you can see in

city of san francisco. we are extremely proud to be coming to this great city.e going to tell you a little bit more about what the america's cup coming to the city will really mean. i think it is right to say that we stand on the edge of an event that will provide enormous drama and theater over the next three years and add to the rich history of the america's cup. in a way, it is a gorgeous marriage between a great event and a great city. we know that the city of san francisco will embrace this america's cup like none other before. like the mayor said, it's likely to bring in something in the region of 10 million visitors from outside of the city to enjoy this event. this is something really special and really big. and this is one of the reasons why. please take a look at the screens. this is truly unique in the history of the america's cup. the ability to stage the entire race in the harbor in view of hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the shores in addition to millions of people on television all over the world. this course will be staged with these v