and share the wonderful work they are doing to run the city. this past thursday, the youth warriors and a group of leaders went to sacramento to our state capital to meet with our elected officials to talk about the community work we are doing. the warriors had an opportunity to get involved in the political process and have their voices heard on the city and state level. the department of children, youth, and their families, is proud to be working with such wonderful and inspiring youth. now i would like to introduce the director of the department of children, youth, and their families. she has been an advocate of the use or your award and fellowship. please give her a werround of applause. [applause] >> thank you. i am so honored to be here. on behalf of our departments, citizens advisory committee, all of our staff, i want to congratulate all of our youth warriors for completing disfellowship. i also wanted knowledge the staff who has worked tirelessly to make this all happen. our youth department coordinator, nadia, peter -- who am i missing

i know their dedicated and committed to the city. they want to bring what our neighborhoods and communities with like to see. this is a tremendous amount of space sitting behind us with a ton of potential to create jobs and make your neighborhood safer and more complete. i look forward to working with our mayor, to our board of supervisors, and of course our giants to hopefully bring this development home here. thank you so much for having me here. i also look forward to working with our incredible port and their commission. they have a ton of exciting developments happening here. i think that ties all of this in together. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor kim. as she was speaking, i was reminded of a conversation i had recently with an executive at a silicon valley-based firm. i will not mention the name, but it is a company that is one of the transformational companies in our world today. this individual said coming no, i understand we are in the south bay and that is where our headquarters is, but i have to give you a

city. we can all work together to engage the city so we can all succeed together. we're all investors in this town. thank you very much for all of your support and for joining us this evening. it is now my pleasure to introduce wade rose, the chair of the 2012 good government awards. wade? [applause] >> thank you, cory. appreciate it. good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 32nd annual good government awards. 32 years. finding people to give awards do because there are a lot of people who are dedicated to making sure that would we all get up in the morning, there's a road to drive on, and the water is clean, the city hums. it takes all of you, it takes all of us, to make sure that happens. that is 24/7 every day of the year. it is a huge undertaking. dignity health -- see if i can find my paper here. dignity held, as some of you know, formally known as catholic healthcare west. we've changed our name about a month ago. we have been in the city about as long as did the government. about 1854. we represent a handful of organizations which are still in san francisco

the means to the city -- what that means to the city. we ask you to vote yesterday. thank you. >> that afternoon, commissioners. -- good afternoon, commissioners. we are living the economy forward. this is our number one project. for this year, finally, after a decade, get the city to approve the reconstruction for both the economy at a public health these hospitals. a few projects have had in recent years had extensive environmental review, link the development negotiations and committee at rates that has surrounded this critically important project. what you have heard today, you have heard very little about the key need for the reconstruction of these facilities. seismic safety and continued delivery of public health services after a natural disaster. whether there disaster comes five minutes from or flat years from will, it will come. we need to move the approvals board for this project here in san francisco and under our california. i was thinking as a person born in a hospital that does not exist anymore, that hospital is gone. the hospital that was rebuilt on t

because i want to see all of you interact with the city and make sure to is reflective of what you believe the city to be. an open society, one that is inviting to new ideas, and one that our of policy-makers along with the mayor can engage with you. thank you for being here. and thank you to spur again. [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor. i think we're going to hear from supervisors scott wiener. >> thank you. this turnout, i think, shows a significant this is to the future of the city. we were with a smaller group right before this. one thing that i stress and i will stress to you is that san francisco is a city that -- sort of, we haven't economy going on where we are in many ways to cut -- we have a dichotomy going on. in many ways, we are cutting edge technology and are really ahead of the curve. we attract a lot of people here, like you, in think our forward- thinking and want to try to do things in a different and more innovative way. we're also a really old school city. and change here is really challenging. for those of us at city hall, and david chiu and i talked about this a lot

city. you have helped us after earthquakes to come back and revive the spirit of our wonderful city. you have designed the wonderful art pieces to raise funds for those who need that service. you help us to reopen. after earthquakes, you have helped us climb -- not half way, you have helped us climb all the way to the stars with the -- a nation of our cable cars. you have just -- i in your career, you have generated more love and more nostalgic for our bay area -- more nostalgia for our bay area than all the songs and all the movies and all the television shows associated with us combine. for that reason -- it is really for that reason, tony, that it is my pleasure if you would please come up, to declare today, valentine's day, february 14, 2012, as tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] and also, on behalf of all of us and with all of our love and with all of our hearts together, to present to you the key to the city of san francisco. [applause] >> would you like to say a few words? you have 45 minutes. [laughter] >> well, i would like to thank mr. ralph sharon, my great frien

and across to hall at city hall. it is my honor to welcome supervisors mark farrell and christine al-awlaki. [applause] -- olague. >> this is a major grant to make sure that people in the middle of their careers in all neighborhoods get the skills and training need to get all of the high tech jobs center coming here. i called for a hearing recently with the city and school district because i am interested in learning about how public school education prepares students to access these jobs in the growing technology industry in san francisco. it is a very important cornerstone of our economic development efforts. first, we have to attract and create the jobs, and then we have to make sure they go to san franciscans, and that is but this grand and the tech assets initiative will help us to do. i think it was harvey milk that said we have to give them hope. -- s.f. initiative will help us to do. i also want to thank the participants in the program. it takes a lot of initiative and discipline to say, i wanted take on these

now you have the key to our city. we hope to see you back here soon in your city by the bay.his wonderful gift you have given us all these years and thank you so much for letting us honor you today. tony bennett day in san francisco. once again, for the man of the hour. [applause] thank you all so much for celebrating with us today. happy valentine's day. we will see you at the ballpark.

this nation and to this great city. let us say a man. -- amen. >> thank you, reverend dyson. ok. with that, we are going to move to the next item on the agenda, which is the singing of "lift every voice and sing," the negro national anthem. it is in your program. the words in your program. we are only going to sing the first stanza. we are not going to sing all three versus of it. in your program. please stand. >> everyone join in with singing the national anthem, "lift every voice and sing," by james weldon johnson. ♪ lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring rang with the harmony of liberty let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies let it resume armed -- resound loud as the roaring sea sing a song full of the hope it has brought us sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won ♪ thank you. [applause] >> i understand that the mayor will be joining us in a minute. i have some other person's i would like to id

to a visitor. these hosts are in 19,000 cities. the use the income to afford the increasing cost of living, whether paying off your mortgage, paying rent, or expanding income. travels who use the service are looking for a different experience from a hotel. we have hosts in every single neighbor had in the city -- neighborhood in the city that offers authentic experiences. the hosts take pride in being unofficial ambassadors of their neighborhoods. the visitors enjoy the experience. the state average of five nights. that is twice the average of the hotel guests. they patronize local businesses and experience of the city has to offer. -- experience all the city has to offer. >> i am one of the founders of get around. we are a marketplace for cars sharing. we founded the company in 2009 as part of the graduate studies program where we were challenged to come up with an idea that could impact 1 billion people in 10 years. we believe we are addressing the problem of overpopulation. millions of cars sit idle 92% of the time. because conge

talking about the city has to be everybody's process and agenda. if you do your part and graduate from college, the city will be there for you. whether it is great transit, entertainment, schools. the next generation is looking to what we are saying. they will inherit a city that has to be better than when i started. thank you very much. i look forward to your questions. [applause] >> thank you to mayor lee. i am the vice president of communications for the aaa insurance exchange and your moderator today. we have a number of questions. i will start with a high level question. what is the most challenging thing you have had to do as mayor? >> wow. everything has been challenging. nothing is easy. i do not think there is any one particular thing that has been more challenging than the other. i thought i was much more of a natural at collaborating with everybody, but given the amount of things we have to get done, i find it challenging to bp high level of collaborating with everybody that needs to know what is going on before we make the decision. i am

thank you for your love letter to the city. believe we are ready to take a trip down memory lane and check out some of those san francisco landmark that you have made famous, mr. bennett, with your incredible voice and visit some of your longtime friends who also want to pay tribute to you today. >> dear tony, we are here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of your song and our son, -- song, "i left my heart in san francisco." what better place to be then the fairmont hotel in san francisco where you first sang your song, our song, in the venetian room? i'm going to meet you in places where you have helped us celebrate the city by the bay, so follow me down memory lane. >> ♪ going home to my city by the bay ♪ >> toni, you have been an integral part of my life, and i get emotional because it was a wonderfully happy time. so i want to thank you. >> hello. you are at the home of the little cable cars that climb halfway to the stars. you know that line, don't you? you remember when we had the celebration to bring bac

we reject $1 million in annual taxes to the city. we must certainly reject a $9 million to fund affordable housing. the point is this, the folks opposing the 8 washington project have never explained how preserving public land as a surface parking lot is a good deal for the city of san francisco as opposed to a privileged few. on behalf of the 70 plus members of the san francisco housing action coalition, i am asking you to pick an alternative that uses this public land to the benefit of the whole city. thank you. [bell rings] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am jay turnbull. we are architects whose practices center on historic preservation. i am speaking in support of this project. in comments to the cultural resources section of the eir, much has been made of vistas and views across the country, to and from the ferry building, a telegraph hill, and so on. some suggest that since certain views exist now, they must remain how they have been. i believe that vistas can and should change overtime and won it experience becomes more int

i used to be proud of this city. i'm beginning to think differently. there is a negative spirits in this city and it starts right here. anywhere we can get some money, let's try to get it. even if it means closing churches because the people will not be able to pay to park. thank you. [applause] >> he is the last person. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman. i am a taxi driver. i would like to support -- they are the mainstream of this city. sunday, a lot of people come to the city, they eat in restaurants, shopping. everybody feels safe for sunday parking. you are going to lose a bunch of money for the city revenue. we have 10,000 american people retiring every day in this country. they are only driving on sunday now because they still sunday is a safer day for driving. i look at your budget, $840 million. 850,000 people live here. it is about 4% of their income. thank you. chair nolan: we will declare the public hearing is closed on the budget issue. one more. >> i have been a resident for the last 44 years. i've spoken before this commission for a number

to 3000 kids. we have asked as at city to step up with the chamber of commerce. they will be meeting with us to make an announcement on how the private sector will join san francisco government to host summer jobs for as many youth as we can. when we get our youth interested in making some money for themselves, we will be that much more responsible for their lives in the summer rather than hanging around and getting into trouble. that leads to partnership and education. there was a dispute with i said, school board, while you are being cut, these millions of dollars from the state and you're asking the city to step

we want to keep this city safe and make sure it is solvent. e things we talked about last year. because in the last year things have improved a little bit, i want to let you know we have a ways to go to get out of this deficit, but we are making progress. last year, when i was talking about that budget, our unemployment rate was at about 9.5% to about one year ago. today, it hovers around 8%. we're trying to get it below 8%. what that means is 17,300 people found jobs in our city. that is a very good starting and it is my strong intention to make sure more people find that it. 8% means there are 37,000 people still without jobs who are residents of san francisco. i will be working hard. jobs is my number one focus because jobs for youth, for people looking mitt careers, returning veterans, it would be really helpful if the city did everything it can to make sure there are jobs and all kinds of areas from tourism to the medical field to the technology field with which we are partnering up with in a lot of ways. in return, we get companies who ar

we put ideas and action together to make a better city and region. please raise your hands if you are a member. one hand, actually. they keep your support. it means a lot to us. if you did not raise your hand -- thank you for your support. it means a lot to us. if you did not raise your hand, i encourage you to become a member. members receive our publication and get into all the events free or with the members' discount. tonight will be recorded for distribution on the website. this will include the audience question and answers section. i would like to invite you to two upcoming events this week. tomorrow at 12:30, the history of proposition 13. on thursday it 12:30, the city budget and regional calendar. now to our panelists and moderator. the first panelist is just gonna scorpio -- jessica scorpio of get around. it creates a marketplace for peer to peer car sharing. she completed the inaugural graduate studies at a new school that focuses on inspiring leaders to understand and fulfill [unintelligible] to adjust humanities' grand challenges. next i

city. it allows san francisco residents, by joining the authority at no cost to the city -- there will have access to the low-interest loan program. it is an alternative to tax lien financing for homemakers. in 2010, i offered an ordinance passed by the board which approved our sustainable financing programs in the city, and provided tax lien financing to residential building owners to perform energy efficiency improvements. that program was unfortunately suspended for homeowners when the federal housing finance agency in 2010 blocked the implementation of such programs around the country. by joining the rural home mortgage format -- authority, we will help bridge cost barriers when performing energy assessments and retrofits. it helps and in this recruiting new, green jobs, going after the expiration of federal stimulus funds. the city is currently using block grants to incentivize homeowners to conduct energy efficiency of grades. i urge your support. i wanted to remind people that the budget town halls are continuing throughout the city. the one from my district is coming up on wednesday

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> san francisco recreation and parks department for hosting us here today. i am the president and ceo of recology. we're here to celebrate another environmental success for the city of san francisco. in 1996, we began taking food waste and trying to figure out what to do with it and realized we could composted. we begin a collection program on a pilot basis in 1997, but by about 2006 or so that program was then offered to every resident, every business in the city. we are now taking about 600 tons a day of organic matter and turning it into compost. it is a program that everyone in the city has participated in. if you have never put anything in a green bin. every restaurant, business, resident, and school all have participated. we met at their restaurant at fisherman's wharf last november to acknowledge that we had collected 1 million tons of organic matter that could be comp

and is our honor and privilege to host you, mr. mayor, city college of san francisco, a leading companies in san francisco, and fellow community organizations. we open your bay area three years ago this past tuesday and will come to our class of 80 students. we are trying to solve two problems of the same time. the first is that companies are struggling to find talent, particularly in the field of technology. at the same time, there are thousands of talented young adults in the city and more than 5 million across the country looking for the opportunity to build a meaningful career. our students go through five months of intensive training and hard i.t. skills and the increasingly important soft skills of communication and professionalism. this is on by an internship of one of 21 companies, who are represented today. we expect the number of companies to grow because of the leadership we have been city hall. there is a buzz in the city because we have an administration that understands the importance of economic development, and one that underst

now you have the key to our city. we hope to see you back here soon in your city by the bay.hank you for this wonderful gift you have given us all these years and thank you so much for letting us honor you today. tony bennett day in san francisco. once again, for the man of the hour. [applause] thank you all so much for celebrating with us today. happy valentine's day. we will see you at the ballpark. [applause] >> this is going to be very, very embarrassing because my introduction of the elderly will be shorter than my introduction. but you are here to listen to it said lee, not me. so with that, it is an honor to introduce our 43rd mayor of san francisco. i did not know ed lee when he was appointed by gavin two years ago, but he proved himself to the tech community by keeping twitter in san francisco and passing the private company's stock option tax waiver, and this is while he was interim mayor. he announced back then his platform would be all about creating jobs, and guess what, the city of san francisco's employment rate is now outpacing that of the rest of the nation.

how we can get more folks to come and experience the wonders of the city. maybe they will make their stake here. these panel members have decided to make their stake here. they risked reputation, may be small amounts of money. if they had a lot of money, they may not have had to start this. they have also done it for the right reasons. they want to experience the city in a different way, but one that is in the tradition of san francisco and is reflective of mine, welcoming more people to share in the economy. hopefully the right reasons will create more jobs and get more entrepreneurs involved. i have often said this can be the city for the 100%. everybody can have a chance to fulfill their dreams and make sure they can have a stable income for themselves and their families. i think we are on the verge of discussing things that would invite other members of our city family, department heads, those who work in planning or land use, to be involved in an ongoing discussion that would potentially invite and open up our economy and modernize it even further. a ye