to get us through some of these items. we kind of talked about be comfortable with that. melanie is sufficient with us through friday. if that's okay with melanie. so, before we formally do that, though, i said there were going to be a couple of surprises -- maybe one good one -- on the way over to the meeting, got a call that there was someone who wanted to send regards and send something nice to the commission. so, i bee-lined over to the mayor's office where there was something from our mayor for you, and it's framed. and it reads, that, proclamation that says, whereas the city and county of san francisco traditionally recognizes the achievements of notable individuals and the dedicated work of melanie nutter as executive director of the department of environment has represented san francisco values at their best and whereas melanie nutter was appointed to lead the san francisco department of the environment but then mayor gavin newsom in august 2010, and whereas under the direction of melanie the department of the environment has championed leading urban environmental policies and programs, helping san francisco g

and for those that have been involved in the past search that led us to melanie and 3-1/2 great years of working with her, it's going to sound familiar because in many ways it's patterned after that process. it's also been -- we looked at a couple other processes particularly in regard to a search that commissioner wan was involved with with the juvenile probation commission when she was commissioner over there. and they went through a search. but what i wanted to kind of share is where we currently stand in terms of the process. and several commissioners really wanted to be active in having this conversation here to talk about what questions we want to ask in this process and what we think we're looking for as we go out there and try to find our next director to build upon the successes that melanie has delivered for the department. so, just in a quick summary and acting director osman can help me with any details that i might miss as i try to just be to the point. there was a look at using the search firm. i know that last time there was not a search firm and it was great deal of wo

used to be. these kind of things will make a difference. >> okay. thanks for that, melanie baker, uk economist at morgan stanley. charles, stick around. we'll get a bit more for you on china. china's industrial companies aren't growing by the same leaps and bounds in the past. a lot slower than the 10% jump in november. a healthy 13%. analysts say recent trends point towards a growth slowdown in the country. at the same time, rising -- more than doubling its write-off on nonperforming assets hurt by the troubled steel industry. the 160 million write-off may cut the bank's tax liability but still highlight a major risk. the loan ratio remains rising. china's big banks are exposed to more politically bending and have even higher ratios. let's go back to the point you were making a few minutes ago. >> i couldn't have said it better. you've got wages -- >> how do they -- what's the right way to manage this? >> well, i mean, the thing is that they desperately need to have a lower exchange rate. as the current exchange rate, which is, in our estimate, 30% overvalued. the only way

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can read our resolution that we have to thank director nutter for everything she's done for us and for the city and for the environment. >> commending director melanie nutter, department of the environment. approval of resolution commending director melanie nutter for her service to the department of the environment and to the city and county of san francisco. whereas mayor gavin newsom appointed melanie nutter director for the san francisco department of the environment in august 2010 and whereas melanie nut r has continued to direct the department of the environment and provide san francisco's leadership under mayor edwin m. lee and whereas melanie nutter directed the department of the environment of 110 staff for the past 3-1/2 years and helped to make san francisco the greenest city in north america, and whereas melanie nutter helped champion environmental policy achievements in san francisco, including such accomplishments as -- i'll read four of them, but there are many, many accomplishments. successful implementation of the mandatory composting cycling policy that has helped move the city toward the goal of zero waste by 2020 with an 80% dive

the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there is business, there is civic responsibility, there is opportunity to create these amazing environments. the city of san francisco like any well intended entity, it will make a few mistakes here or there, but by and large, when you just as we all do as husbands and wives and parents, when you take a look at san francisco in the total context, i know of no place in this country that is this forward thinking, it's a liberal city that understand in order to have the money to do great things for citizens, it has to have a robust business climate. i can't think of a better place to be, it almost makes me teary eyed what we can do with this country if we had the same spirit as san francisco does. with that, i would like to say, last b

public servant who will be departing with us very shortly who has helped to head up for almost four years, department of the environment. i'd like to invite up melanie nutter. she has an incredibly long list of accomplishments during her time and i'll just highlight a couple of her accomplishments. she helped to successfully implement or mandatory composting recycling policy to move our city to a city of zero waste. she helped advance us to be the electric vehicle capital. she's someone who helped to encourage expansion of our city's outreach efforts to our immigrant populations when it comes to environmental public information. she helped to implement the existing commercial building ordinance with an 82 percent compliance rate. she initiated our city's first drug take back program which has collected over 16,000 pounds of unwanted medicine. helped to plan our 2012 green economy forum where we are making sure we're putting people to work and doing well by the economy. and she helped to support the city's bio initiative. we have known me melanie before she even joined. she has been a long time democratic activist and community leader. we know hopefu

the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there i

the contractors, the builders and melanie and phillips, our land use attorney, tim ruben, the brokerage firm, elliot and english and special thanks to my partners from the corporation. jeff, our vice-president of development and construction services. carl brown, the project engineer, brandon hwang, director of development, and senior vice-president of development services, we live in a world today where there is business, there is civic responsibility, there is opportunity to create these amazing environments. the city of san francisco like any well intended entity, it will make a few mistakes here or there, but by and large, when you just as

us to make conference or have social media? of thewrite the list folks that we need to call. i know that melanie does it all the time. on the affordable care act she just had a rally where people got out information about people signing up. but who joined? who said they would help to support and lift your voice and encourage. with the concept to leave. that is where we got this from. saying that they have their stuff together, we want to join them and work with them. [applause] so much infighting amongst us, it has been very difficult for other people to join and unite with us, they do not take us seriously. we need to build a coalition, a broad coalition of people that do not necessarily like us but agree on the issue. looking at the voter laws that were passed in texas, using student ids at state universities, but you can use your gun permit? law thatudy the voter was passed in north carolina, the exact same thing. that was passed by college students, and not just lacked once. i have studied this issue. we have been talking about it on radio and television. what i have got to do is brought in, broaden -- brought in