working with me very hard all these years. thank you also for this honor. this is wonderful for us. it will only make us work harder. thank you very much. [applause] president chiu: that concludes our presentations for today. before we close the ceremony, i would like to acknowledge the folks who have help from the city. paula jones from our department of public health has been our director of food assistance. she has worked to make sure we have restaurants that are working as well to promote our public health as possible. i also want to see if we have luke o'brien, president of the small business commission. would you like to say a few words on behalf of the commission? commissioner o"brien: >> good afternoon, supervisors. far be it for me to be biased in any way to all of the businesses today, but i would have to follow up supervisor campos's recognition. i happened to totally by accident take my wife, who is of thai origin and has discerning taste buds, as difficult to please as anybody i know, to there, because we happened to be in the neighborhood. when she walked out of there, she had a grin from ear to ear, a

we went to the vendors and said, "ok, here is how we work. give us a platform that works on the way we do things instead of a platform that causes us to have to change how we do things." long story, but in the end, we picked webeoc. it came out pretty strong, pretty easy to use. it is pretty intuitive. learning curves have to be accounted for, and each time we use it, we learn more and more. that goes to the more we use it, the better we get at it, and the more valuable it becomes, the more we can refine it appeared we have seen a trend where people are getting better at using it and we are identifying better how to use it. utilization to coordinate events i think continues to be a good use of everybody's time. sometimes it seems a little slow. sometimes it seems like, "why are we here?" i would like to remind people that things do happen. while the reno air show is an anomaly, things do happen at these events. a grandstand collapse in indianapolis was something nobody ever thought of happening. whenever you have large crowds, things can happen. havi

cheers and applause] but i am going to ask you, going to ask all of you here today, please work together with use city. we need to work together. we need to work together with the board of supervisors. we need to work together with our senators, the state senators, the state assembly people, and the governor's office, because we needed them to change the way they make those decisions. they cannot be hurting the city's where all of our elderly live on very limited income. we cannot stand for that. we have to change the way they make those decisions. [cheers and applause] that is why, with the support of the board, we put on propositions for the voters this year. i want to remind you, that is why i worked really hard with the board, to make sure we had proposition g, so we could have a little bit of our sales tax come back, so that we can have a more secure public safety and some social services that work. i need all of you to work together with us to make sure that we do even better than just a stop-gap measure could because this will not go away. if we do not stop them from making bad decisions,

any employer who works for us 30 hours or more per week has full access to a full medical, vision, and dental coverage. we also offer a major program which will likely be going away in 2014. -- we also offer a mini program. we have less than 50% of our part-time employees who even participate in that catastrophic health insurance provided for them. they can use the hra to pay for that. we communicate that to them. i want to be clear -- our restaurant does not charge a surcharge. i think it is horrific that restaurants are charging the surcharge and not using that for their employees. i urge you as a board of supervisors to help us. supervisor chiu: thank you. and if i could ask anyone else who wishes to speak to police lineup. >> my wife and i are the owners of san francisco suit company. we started our business in the city and continue to try to grow the business in the city. i was asked a couple of days ago from a reporter what small business is doing to create jobs in san francisco. i thought about it and said that was an amazing question. we made plans to create and grow business.

we hope that all of us can work together towards a consensus approach, including the mayor's office, in finding a way to move this forward without hurting jobs. thank you. supervisor campos: if i may, i wanted to also give you an opportunity -- last time you were here, you ask a question about -- we talked about some of the unfortunate, deceitful information that was put out their peer award to make it clear for the record backdgra -- that dgra was not involved in any of that. >> you said it just there, and i appreciate that. supervisor campos: can i ask a clarifying question? the issue of cash versus accrual is a different issue of whether or not the account accumulates up to a limited or and limit the amount -- or an unlimited amount. in terms of those issues, what is the level of importance of each? on the former, whether it is cash versus a cool, i think that we have expressed certainly and openness are around that issue that i am trying to understand how that relates. >> thank you very much for that question. i think you have properly defined that as two very separate issues. th

when we needed help, the business community in san francisco rose to the occasion and worked with us to develop a consensus plan for reforming the pension. at the same time, now, we need to work together to develop a consensus plan for closing this loophole. we want no fraud. it is disgraceful that we have seen fraud perpetrated on the consumers of san francisco. it is unconscionable that that would continue. we need to level the playing field. i think that both of you are willing to do that. finally, it is critically important that we have real health care solutions for the citizens of the city and county of san francisco, whether they be in a union or not. we are here today to support supervisor chiu for helping us work towards crossing the goal line together. we have got 99 yards since supervisor ammiano began this. david campos picked up the ball and continued to carry that torch. but we want you all to work together and continue working with labor to continue that today. supervisor chiu: one of the biggest differences between what -- supervisor campos: one of the biggest differen

it works your core using a classic toy, the hula hoop. cipants, what's your work out. >> relax your shoulders. relax your hands. beautiful. hula hooping is exploration of movement in the body with a hoop. many times, people can't hoop on the waist. there are -- you basically can hoop anywhere on your body or around the hoop or inside the hoop. we used our arms, legs, necks and then a lot of range of motion within the joint. >> it creates a core strength in a huge way. so, as your muscles understand how to choreograph and how to synchronize what they need to do your core becomes stronger and stronger as you dance. fly up and catch it. >> i was using lot of core arms, legs. i mean my whole entire body. >> super challenging. it's a different way of moving. >> it's like a meditation and can be a work out. i think people who don't know how to do all the sports. >> it's fun. it's light hearted. it expands your energy. you are able to get playful while toning your body and becoming flexible. >> you can get a work out without knowing you are getti

sign off and refer people to a corporate -- appropriate housing providers that have agreed to work with us. i will be working with the apartment owners association in doing some and hopefully we'll be able to get that going in the next couple of weeks. >> the other important component is that folks who participate and offer their units, the tenants who temporarily occupy their space at that rate would not establish tent ants's rights. it would allow landlords to offer these units and not be locked into a lower rent for a long period of time. >> thank you. are there? yes. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that respect. thank you. >> more good news. i'm sorry, mayor's office on disability, san francisco is continuing to lead the way in many ways on disaster and disability prepareness. just last week a team from san francisco was chosen to present at a conference in d.c. the head of office disability and coordination and the head of fema were there addressin

very pleased to have you with us you worked with us the idea asia back in one nine hundred seventy s. and traveled through india bangladesh sri lanka thailand indonesia the philippines what did that time teach you. you know it's very interesting i of course went into international development with a passion to end global poverty actually coming from a very conservative perspective recognizing that poverty was created was the fuelling these communist revolutions that threaten our american way of life and so i was operating on the assumption that bringing american business secrets to the rest of the world would be the answer to ending poverty but i gradually began to realize that there was something terribly wrong with the development models that we were bringing to these countries that first began to strike me when i realized that the policies being advocated particularly by the world bank and the i.m.f. were encouraging countries to. invite foreign investment which basically is about selling off more of your economic productive capacity and resources to foreign corporations and also u

system not to help repair the system and the other thing this, i have about a dozen sources who used to work, these are investment people, used to work for big investment firms or have their investment firms in california and new york and move to texas, why? taxes, and that's-- >> and why do you say they smell. >> these guys? >> because sources told the fox business network who go down there, you get within three inches of them your bea to throw up. >> neil: okay, adam, not on the throwup issue, but on the other issue, i love charlie to death here, but i think their cause is probably a bit more amorphous here and that's the problem. and the argument that they feel disenfranchised and are lashing out and the group they feel is very much enfranchised and very much in the power and the money what is their-- >> well, trying to state the obvious, which is that it's more of the people had jobs they wouldn't have time to be protesting on wall street or in front of the homes of the ceo's of investment firms. >> i disagree with that. >> and as far as, i think they're revolutionaries, a lot of the peo

one of the mayor's former departments, romulus, has been working with us. we have odierno rodriguez, ken, and others making sure that we maximize opportunities. one of their big partners when they're working in this neighborhood is abu. we are working closely with them. i want to give a shout out to them. we want to see more local residents getting work. [applause] and then the rest is up to us, dpw, working with the library. the guy that will be working day to day with freddie, our resident engineer, garland wong. he will be living here and will not sleep until this library is done. he is supported by several wonderful people. lina chen is managing all of these projects. [applause] i also wanted knowledge of our other local hire, deputy director, muhammed nuru. always working for the baby. we are honored to be able to

and seventy's for example and now the problem is of these institutions they don't work for the people the way they used to work is the way people expect of them to to work and that's the confrontation not just with the gun mantra or with the ruling class it's also confrontation with existing institutions . which are losing their appeal losing their credibility and legitimacy so that's one big problem wish has to be addressed and this is very serious and that's why everything is happening in the streets not in the parliament not through the election and for the second thing of course is that the real political force is lacking and it has to be built up but the part is that of course in reality the movement he's going to par through through the stages through the experience to build up of these movements into political forces it will take some time and that's why i think it's not on i was going to happen or not by that will happen can't bear question to both of you gentlemen to kevin and to worry is do we want this movement to to succeed do we want. this movement to ruin the american political system ins

so many roads are you for us the bill that we find along the way talking is over just in all of us workingogether day to day. you have got the one hand we have got none i will give us one in a million chances in a lifetime showing some compassionate orders by one in a million from you and one fine day you will look at me and you will know that we want the money to be free one fine day you are going to hope your pay the city arms i long for will open wide and you will be glad to have protesters stick some money by your side one fine day you will get some help now [applause] >> good

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i believe that it takes all of us working together to plant seeds that would bloom and flourish forever. god did that on purpose, just like in this room. together, we are planting seeds. the youth that will bloom and flourish forever. on behalf of my nonprofit, which works with youth who empower them through dance, performing arts, the hip-hop. we let them know where the roots come from. africa. we see ballet to name a few. in addition to the performing arts, we offer brotherhood and sisterhood programs. for the boys, it is had a cross between boy scouts and fraternities. they teach self-esteem, and we present our children yearly in a debutante ball. this is the third annual debutante ball, and in three years, we have served over 60 children. coupled with 20 boys from the princess club. our final aspect which the educational enrichment. it was essential that we do not leave that aspect out coupled with education. everything i say will go into one year and out the other. we bring the dance, the arts and education. we used the instrument of version, change the words of. the turn that into

work together. it's sometimes different for folks not used to working together. sometimes our partners have told us. it's helpful to have an outside agency come and serve as a catalyst to serve the folks on the ground. the chief talked about the juvenile strategy. we have worked with john tores and the san francisco police department and other organizations, as the chief talked about. those who are most at risk. those are 18 to 24 years old. those are folks out of custody and were called in to receive the message that the violence must stop and it's community services giving the same message together with amount of service providers in the room. and again, the partnerships are really the key to that. one thing we have seen in the adult colin strategy. they have worked in a way they weren't doing before in term was co-case and coordinating. >> are you telling us, the call-in program, as it relates to young adults, you have seen a reduction? >> we are from a university. when we talk about research. it's going to be propered and there's a significant reduction. we do

and i was convinced quite easily about the use to have these kind of work shops in l.a. but i thought san francisco, there's so much going on already. we had leah and for almost nine months in amsterdam and chairman david chiu and others for a week. and there is such great organization here and there are so many ideas. there are so many professional little here already about bike infrastructure and the future of biking. but it will come down to implementation and it's perhaps a bit like riding the wiggle. you have to push hard and hopefully we might be a sort of additional support, a sort of small electricity motor for you to push your -- up that hill. and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three important places in town. market, mid market. there's a lot going on. last week we had people from one of the biggest and the greatest argument tech yurl firms in the world, the colehouse firm here in san francisco. they talked with people from twitter and p

and we have our duel immersion school that is doing very well and helping us with that work. certainly an area of focus for us and our work in our middle schools. our middle schools not just in alum rock but in the state and really in national dilemma is that dropoff between elementary and when students step into middle school. and so we're very interested in our focusing on that dilemma within our district and create a focus group with our middle schools and some of our partners that we have, partners that is supported by applied materials, the foundation and to help support making sure that as our students go through our continuing with education that we do our very best to not have those kinds of dips. >> because you are that bridge between elementary and middle school. any final thoughts, national principal of the year. i don't know how to address you anymore. >> just normal. you know, i really want the parent kpoen secomponent is cri. i really want the parents to get involved and really start working with their kids. their an integral part and they are most important part

i used to work for a health care center. i was in a severe car accident. i had a head trauma and had several fractures. 911 send me to the emergency room. i was in a coma for three days. three surgeries, six hours. i still have many metal pieces in my body. 40 days in the hospital. they wanted to send me to the nursing home. there was a long waiting list for the nursing home. i had to go to a hotel. a health-care worker came to visit me daily. once there was an opening in the beltway house, i went to the presentation community. very helpful. nursing care, therapy, exercise, activities. i have been living in a presentation for three years. 80 seniors, and we have been there for 10 years. hearing the news about adult day health being closed, we felt very, very sad. after listening to the mayor and several supervisors supporting adult day health coming as a very happy and thankful. if the adult day health is saved, we have a home and we have help. if i need any help, i can always count on telling my adult day health staff peter i am very thankful. thank you,

thank you for your work and allowing us to partner with you, and keep up a great work. [applause] >> thank you, john. you are better looking than re anyway. just kidding. i am going to be in trouble here. i think he may have seen on the front cover of our program that the summit this year is in collaboration with two great organizations. one is the california association of latino superintendents and administrators, and the council of chief state school officers. those organizations help to identify speakers. you will see on the program some of the breakout sessions are labeled. they are open to anyone. by pooling our resources, we were able to get some really great speakers, and we're proud of the association we have with those organizations. i would like to ask the current council president to please come to the podium and say a few words. [applause] >> process. -- gracias. welcome. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you. the association has been in existence for a little over 20 years. what we focus on is eliminating the achievement gap, and we do that by developing