how helpful it be to have this ability and will ultimately be cheaper for us as a city, if we're want to talk about what kind of interest that we will pay on a police revenue bonds? >> and can use a little bit more? is there any other factor besides timing about when you go through this revenue route? >> on this slide, we have open public space and in response to your question, we have a debt policy. we itemize the conditions on these issues where we have success, that have been beneficial to us. and conditions from under which we issue -- >> i will talk about this to give you a breakdown, the certificate of participation in the portfolio. this is 26% of the portfolio. this requires we do the analysis that demonstrates that this is beneficial for the city to homebuilding. in this instance, this is the savings of the general fund, with tens of millions of dollars. and we have the other big items. these are in the portfolio, a true general fund. the self supporting office space is revenue neutral, because the department's otherwise would have been renting. this really impact of the gene

provide some context as to why we have called this hearing and why i believe is important for the government of the city and county of san francisco to focus on this issue. as many of us know, over the past decade, the amount of money that the city and county of san francisco is paying for employee and retiree health-care costs has grown tremendously. 10 years ago, the city was subsidizing employees' health care costs at the level of $176 million during the fiscal year. today, during this fiscal year, fiscal year 2011-2012, the city projects to spend about 500 million -- exactly $491 million -- to subsidize the city health inch -- the health insurance of city employees. as we face a deficit that at this point exceeds $300 million, it is really important for us as city government to understand why health care costs are escalating. we cannot put our fiscal house in order unless we have a better grasp of that issue. in thinking about that issue and talking to a number of experts and people who are involved in this issue, it became clear that health care costs in san francisco do not happen in a vacuum. for us to understand why it is that health care costs have increased

the big picture for us -- it has been a tough couple of years for the city, as you all know. it has been a tough couple of years for all of us individually in the city, struggling with the economy. we are starting to see some signs of hope and good news out there in the economy, but we are in the very early stages. the city government is, of course, depended on tax revenues, which are driven by economic activity. when we look out into the economy, we are starting to see things stabilize. we are not seeing the big losses that we have over the past couple of years, but it is the beginning of a slow recovery, so there is some good news out there, but it looks like it is going to be a slow recovery that is going to happen over the next couple of years. also, while our local tax revenues are recovering and while our economy is recovering, we also are taking a loss from the state and federal governments, as the mayor said. they are cutting revenue to local governments as they try to balance their own budget and deal with their issues in washington and sacramento, so that is taking a

get to in the second, but the other part that is missing is what it does for the city of san francisco to bring us together as a community, as a city. what happened when the 49ers won those super bowls year after year? that was a huge deal for our city and our community in san francisco. what happened with the world series this year when the giants won for the first time in over 50 years? incredible. everybody was celebrating. and that is a huge deal for our community in san francisco, but i think, economically, not only jobs in terms of construction of stadiums and what have you. economically, you know, for those people who do not believe or do not really fully appreciate what type of economic drivers the sporting events and teams are, go down to soma during a giants game. come to the marina when the blue angels fly in town. what it does to the local streets and bridges. come to district 3 and district two and districts 6 and 10 when the america's cup comes to town and see what type of influx of economic activity these events drive to us. i think that is something that is not talk about enough. both the comm

it is really important for us as a city to make sure that we work with small businesses in particular, and with certain communities that perhaps might be disconnected from city hall, to make sure they understand what this legislation means. some people may think this legislation impacts them directly when infected may not. so i think education is key. the last piece is that there is a technology divide within our population. there are people who simply do not have access to the internet, who do not have the means to access information the way that others have. i think it is really imperative for government to make sure that we play a role in closing that technological divide. i will be supporting this notwithstanding those reservations. i think that when a group like turn comes out against the legislation, a body like the board of supervisors have to pay close attention to that. the work they do emphasizes the importance of protecting the rights of consumers, especially most disadvantaged consumers. it is with a spirit of hoping that we are going to do something to address those conce

here to say to you that with all the budget cuts and all the constraints that are being placed on us as a city, remember we want to keep public diversity in our communities. we need to be very alert and aware of the fact that most african american, latino, and asia and teachers are the last hired when we have situations like this. they are the first to go out the door. we wanted to come to this meeting to ask you to consider those factors. we try to maintain continuity in terms of the ethnic diversity of our teaching staff. we implore you to really look hard at those issues. we need good african americans. we need good hispanic and asian teachers to stay in our schools. i just want you to be very aware of that when you are sitting down and cutting the budgets, and reconfiguring things. think of that. i think it is horrible that the governor has pitted the poor and the school district against each other with this proposal. i think we should answer by doing the best we can to maintain our ethnic diversity. thank you very much. [applause] >> i am minister sisk. good morning. we need -- black, whi

i will sit down with jeff and i will say, you want city b or do you want to work with us as one city? i want you to be un-confused in november. you will be confused if you have more than one ballot measure whfment we come forward with you, we will be able to explain in no uncertain terms how our proposals will correct our system. that's what i want for you for your consideration in november and we will absolutely need your help. we will vote on this and we will make sure we've done the right thing. and i have everybody so far. the next three weeks some might peel out. they'll try to get more out of it or less obligation. we'll do our best to keep everybody in play. but our obligation ultimately is to present the board of supervisors with a proposal so that six f. not more of them agree, can put it on the ballot and we think we will have the united family with us and it will be spreving a dignified pension and one that we could afford and one that will not hurt her general fund as we've been doing. that's what we have is our goal. [applause] >> so the next three -- tina moreland, barry

that would then help us as a city to be better prepared to meet those expectations, whether in the hospitality, restaurant, hotel -- it cetera. since you are the master planner here. what about hot air balloons over the bay watching the race? i am just saying. also, people coming from overseas, and all this distance, they do not mind paying. that is not to say that you want to discriminate against, and we certainly want the public to be able to view this and have access to it, but i do not see any issue of people who want to have better service paying for a covered stand. i have tickets that allow me to be here. and somebody could still come in for free. people are willing to pay. for good service. and corporation will pay to host customer is watching this as well. there are other things and you could do on the private side in addition to making sure the public has access to watch this great the event. >> we are looking at a lot of different areas, including shuttle access, taxi access. i think finding a different price points is something that we want to do to allow people to strategize in a

tonight and what the challenges are that are facing us collectively over the next three months as we need to balance our budget. so as you know, the city charter requires us to have a balanced budget every year. unlike the federal government, we cannot borrow money and operate at a deficit. this is an ironclad requirement. it requires us to ensure that our sources and the money coming into the city are equal to our users, and that is the expenditures we make. when we look ahead at next year, we do a projection of what our revenues look like and what our expenditures look like, and what we're seeing for next year is that we are going to have a little bit of good news on revenues -- about $37.7 million, but offsetting that is an expenditure growth. it is getting more expensive to operate our city at the same level, and we're going to have about $344 million worth of cost increases. much of the do, as mayor lee noted, to increases in employee benefit costs. that will be one of the issues that i think we will all have to tackle over the next several months. the bottom line is that we have a $306 million deficit projected for the coming yea

city as far as housing and energy efficiency and the whole green movement. it would be a wonderful opportunity for other communities and cities to look at us as an example. look, they were not doing so good in the beginning, but they kept with it and did a phenomenal job. i just want to say please keep in mind that it is a successful program. just because it is not as successful as you would like it to be is not any reason to reduce funds. i appreciate that. supervisor chu: thank you. we do have a question. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: this is a question for anyone in the program. if you can state who you are employed by and if it is full- time or part-time, and if you are a resident of san francisco. >> i live in sunnyvale, the bayview district. i'm a pre-apprenticeship program, so a lot of different organizations. a higher students such as myself to work with them. mostly those companies would like to hire students such as myself. it is full time work generally. it is sustainable work. its a good career move meant. supervisor kim: who is your pre-apprenticeship program coordinated by? >> jamie brewster. supervisor kim: thank you. supervisor chu: nex

city makes annual lease payments for the beneficial use and enjoyment of that asset. the city's annual lease payments are assigned the two certificate of holders in the form of the security. as with any long-term debt offering, they would prepare a disclosure documents and perform necessary diligence to make sure that this was accurate and not misleading. so long as the city has been official used and enjoyment of the assets, to the extent that the city did not have the beneficial use in the assets -- but i think the occurrence of an earthquake or other disaster, the city could not legally make payments without the asset. so, structural payments. the city has historical invalidated all transactions. in effect, the validation was additional for the bond counsel, and the bonds were duly authorized against the city. just as a little bit of an historic backdrop, the use of these came into being after the passage of prop 13. courts have viewed in effect the strict application of prop. 13 and the debt limit as really constrained ability of local governments to foster economic growth and development. so, exceptions have been judiciously created. i think that generated the growth of

city. if it is as smooth as tonight, i do not mind going to seven more of these things. thank you very much for being patient with us and sharing your ideas and passion about how you love to be in this city and to be part of it. thank you very much. [applause] >> again, just want to reiterate, thank you so much for being here. i want to thank our department heads, our budget director for being here. we asked him to come and just listen. you often get to hear us, and we do not always get the same opportunity to hear you, so they all came knowing that they would not get an opportunity to speak or respond, but they came to get feedback from you as they develop their budget, so we thank you for giving of that tonight. also, this would not have been possible if not for the many community residents and organizers that brought people out, that organized folks and educated people about the budget and budget process, so i really want to thank all the organizers and the volunteers. also, the greeters, the people that provide child care. all the folks out there, raise their hands. paul, chris, tiffany, johnny, diana, chilly --

there are police officers there nell, so this will be an additional cost to the city, using today as the baseline. >> given a scenario where we might see finance is not coming out the way that you expect, what are the options for reevaluating the investments? >> we have a fairly large cushion of seven or $7 million to protect against that. to your second point on the infrastructure improvements, when the developer makes those initial improvements, they will be paying for them with the anticipation of future property- tax revenue. they will issue bonds to basically buy back those improvements. the streets, the sewer lines, the water lines, etc.. really, they bear the risk on the future development not generating enough revenue to buy back those improvements. the bondholders in the situation only rely on property tax. bondholders have no resort -- recourse back to the general fund for those bonds. it is really the risk of the developer, whether they will be reimbursed or not. supervisor chu: thank you. with regards to redevelopment, there are still a number of things that aren't certai

city hall. happy new year, everybody. it is an honor to see all of you here. it is a reminder for all of us as public servants that we are here to serve you. the day we opened city hall to all of you -- it is quite an honor to see all of you here celebrating with us. it is a reminder of how we have to constantly keep city hall opened, not just for the folks that have access, but for those that do not. it has been a struggle. as my colleagues have talked about, it has been a struggle for the community. and it is not over yet. we have some high hurdles to face, serious budget issues coming up this coming year. we have a lot of strong economic issues, moving forward, but i know that you know that all of us are working hard every day to solve those problems. again, happy new year. [[s speaking chinese] happy new year, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, phil. i know the general counsel is here. would you like to say a few words now? [applause] >> [speaking chinese] [applause] dear friends, ladies and gentlemen, is truly a privilege and honor to join you tonight to celebrate the chinese lunar new y

liberties and privacy are at stake and he's honest i see a church has the story from the us as most modern city. welcome to chicago the most watched city in the us from all school blue light cameras to cameras with state of the our technical capabilities watchful lenses fill the streets in what has been dubbed operation virtual shield thousands of public and privately owned security cameras have been put in place and linked together creating a capsule of surveillance over the entire city more extensive than anywhere else in the united states the number is estimated at up to ten thousand the networks cost around sixty million dollars officials say it's worth the price of privacy concerns at a peak for twelve hundred security cameras look here throughout the city are said to be powerful enough to be able to zoom in to a text or even a text that's a. huge thirty seven page report from a renowned civil rights group the a.c.l.u. calls the network pervasive and unregulated things i care most of shown up on the internet and you know the cameras have been pointed in a particular way. women or to you kn

woman's a changing city made possible of us in our skits and with various since our cafes as a true european city a first go dining is all the rage in summer months now. it's a popular french restaurant chain. away from the high end oligarchy series the prices here are as decent as the food tastes. and this is where we're meeting this week's guest. i say it's only holiday living here in moscow. almost two years working for anybody consultancy here and how do you think the russian capital would look before you came here. i guess i know not many preconceptions but i'm a runner so i guess i was hoping that the green spaces had to run and i was pleasantly surprised to read about them and how does your life you know associate with all of us here every day i mean i live on the bill are all going and my office is just off so i will be on but about every day another i'm trying new york marathon you know the most amount of all. i'm using it right along as well from your environmental consultants that's right so i mean obviously i'm interested in this of ecological value of the bit about as well and.

using case law as president to help us to understand what we are doing here -- using caseload as president -- case law as precedent. cities that are being asked to apply the exact same lot as we are today. the urban settings of california? >> sure. we have deployed these in every major city of california, and, in fact, we are now in the central valley, up in your rica, other areas -- up in eureka. there was deployment about three years ago, and we had issues before the board. we withdraw the application and continued to build in other cities. we have statewide ceqa laws, as you all know. most of the cities, over 260 cities, have not required any ceqa at all. as the total vacations kroatian, a utility. there are four or five cities that have required a ceqa review, and they have given us an exemption. supervisor elsbernd: you have not had to do an eir? >> we have not. supervisor elsbernd: thank you, ken. if you can complete your analysis? >> sure. in fact, i do not think i got to the cumulative impact, but to get to it, there is an evidence standards, which i think i sort of mentioned, but the only punitive impact that has

as i see it, we cabdrivers are a wonderful, a key service for the city. but i don't know that the city administration -- you don't see us like that. we are very valuable as an asset here. i do not see any city bodies seen that way. if you're seen that way, 15 years driving -- some cabdrivers have to under 50,000 -- 250,000. i do not believe that has ever happened. >> eng ho, rashad ahmed, jamal anshasi, alud nemezee, mayint fan, john han, sato to. albert ma, mary mcguire, ashak agautam, john gallardo. chairperson nolan: we will give them time to get here. >> john gallardo. if i call your name, if you would stand up. chairperson nolan: we have a few. good afternoon, sir. >> how are you doing? i dry yellow. we are coming here every meeting. we have been coming here every meeting, and you guys don't do nothing. you just listen to us. a warning might sound a little bit funny, but we mean it. if you don't do anything about this 5% electronic waybill, we are going to go on strike. [applause] we're going to go on strike. we are going to go on strike. that includes airports, hospitals, parks, union square, and fisherman's wharf

city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a