you must recognize the overall well-being of our city. you must be aware that the displacement in san francisco as a result of urban renewal in the western edition, the geary boulevard expansion, dot come boom and busts and loss in the city. the cpmc hospital will be added to this list if you refuse to listen to us as a community. we are urging you not to the follow the legacy of justin herman and other planners who put the well become of financial interests over the development of healthy community. this development does not hold true to zoning codes. the master plan of san francisco as well as the van ess corridor area plan. as planners, you must see the fact that the hospital will demolish current housing stock and will drive up the costs of living in one of the most expensive cities on the planet. you must not accept this current proposal as it stands until it reflects the need and demands of the people. i have heard a lot of use of the word community and i ask you to think about what does that mean? who is involved in the community, define community. does this involve everyone or a certain group of individuals. thank you. >> good eve

urban agriculture programs have potential to thrive in our city. as you pointed out, gaining permits to create urban gardens is cumbersome. we are working on streamlining are permitting and licensing process. i believe we can consolidate our services for the dentist children in san francisco. i am working -- for the youngest children in san francisco. this office will consolidate an already complex education system into one office that will be accountable for providing quality care and education to our young children. with the leadership and guidance of our partners, our city is envisioning the way we serve our youngest children. we will make our early care and education system provider friendly, no longer will providers have to succumb to multiple contracts, multiple evaluations, and multiple submissions. supervisor avalos. i want to thank you. we also recognize that we must invite are committed to to help us solve problems. the best ideas are outside the walls of city hall. we've opened our data to developers and credit of 60 applications at no cost to

i hope that you as city and county residents will see in our work that we really take some efforts that will reform. anybody that has participated in the criminal justice system for any length of time knows that it does not work from whatever and will you are looking at it, so the question is how do we make it better? we hope to engage all of you in that. we are starting neighborhood courts, and a lot of efforts that we hope to engage the city and county in supporting us and looking at ways to move away from the over incarceration of people and look at ways to reform their behavior. the efforts we have undertaken when george was appointed to the position -- jeff asked him to come to the public defender's office to have a question and answer session, which he did, and i attended with him. we are told that was the first time that had ever happened, and we reciprocated by asking jeff to meet with the district attorneys in our office. we have begun a dialogue that both sides think is very healthy. we have identified a number of issues that we think require further exploration, so we are cre

year, at the same time, you feel things have been heard and responded to, and that we are human beings, just as you are, trying to balance with the best priorities are for the city, but easily keeping an open mind on everything because i think everything should be in play as we make the best decisions possible. again, most importantly, thank you for coming out investing your personal time and energy and telling us what you think is most important for the city. appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you, mayor, supervisors, and all the city department directors. again, thank you all for the volunteers, the staff, office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs, the mayor's office of disability, and sfgovtv for helping with this town hall. as a queer immigrant who lives in district 9 but hangs out a lot in district 8 and as someone who has an organization that is definitely about involving engaging the community, again, i echo encourage you to all be involved in the process of helping our city have the best budget for everyone, and get involved with your organization's, your city departments, your supervisors' offices, and look at the next few budget town halls, the

taking a live look at the northeast corridor of 95 here, just north of route 43, no delays as you head into the city. and as far as the beltway is concerned, here's a live look in parkville at hartford road where you are looking at a very easy nine-minute ride on the outer loop from 95 to 83. that is a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. charley, over to you. >>> happening right now, we've been monitoring the situation in italy for you where 15 people are dead after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. this was breaking news yesterday on "good morning maryland." it happened in the northeast part of the country. factories and churches collapse inside a region where thousands of still homeless after a stronger quake just nine days earlier. italian officials are now setting up shelters for those whose homes were destroyed. >>> some say it's going to save lives by keeping fire stations open. we're talking about putting advertisements on the side of fire trucks. the issue is going before city leaders and now it is time to make a decision before these firehouses close up shop. abc news' sharree johnson is live

you to remember as you leave today. i just want to mention something about hetch hetchy. some people out there are suggesting we can tear down that dam and still survive as a city. i want to let you know, as insane as it is, it is, in fact, insane. [applause] there will be some leaders that approach you, others around the city that suggest tearing down hetch hetchy is a good idea. they will start talking about water sustainability issues. but know this. not only do we have the cleanest water, not only have we spent serious amounts of money upgrading seismically the whole system to deliver that clean water, but it is also one of the strongest clean hydroelectric power sources, it infrastructure, that any city across the country has had. i want to make sure you know that as this public dialogue begins. do not be misled on the discussions by people who will connect something that we want to have, which is sustainable water, but not by tearing down our dam. finally, i want to end with a discussion on america's cup. yesterday, we made the announcement that pier 30 and 32 are no longer part of it. i think the public discussion and discourse around the investments tha

city governance. i thing many of you know that the budget is the most important set of decisions that we make every single year. the budget reflects our priorities as a city and reflects our values. and many of you probably also know that in recent years, every year since i have been in office, we have had a budget deficit. so we have to make some very, very difficult choices. i want to thank not only not of you who have -- not only all of you who have come here today, but those from city government, in particular are city officials. this is the second annual budget town hall, something we started in mayor lee's first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor lee in the board of supervisors, we thought that this format of budget town halls in many districts around the city would make a lot of sense, and i think it has been a very good way for us to have feedback. without further ado, i would like to introduce my co-host for tonight, who is m

you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here.ervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to be the mayor of an international city. we talked a lot about diversity, but we also celebrates in so many ways. it is marvelous to hear the names of all these council generals from all around the world. we also have some invaluable participants that represent the city relations. from osaka, singapore, shanghai, taipei, and seoul, korea. they're working with our offices and communities to promote education, trade, allow

city. that economy begins with looking at where all of our economic streams are as the city. when we create more jobs, youyour parents, friends, can stay in the city longer and not feel the pressure that you cannot afford to live in the city. that has been a very big request coming to me as the mayor, make the city more affordable to allow more families. making sure it is safe. i think we have a pretty safe city. we have a good police chief working with community, not working by themselves. we're trying to do this concept called community policing. when you get on certain lines, you're looking around saying if you are safe. we have been teaching all of you and hopefully you got the message, if you have an iphone or in ipad, please be alert when you are on the muni. do not become a victim. if something happens, do not be a hero. we have cameras mounted, things that we can do to catch the bad folks. we do want to make sure that muni is safe. not only affordable, but safe. so your experience will be ones where you will always say, san francisco is my city. i grew up here. i want to be here. i want to have a

you can see things are moving smoothly in both directions, but as you folks are headed into the city, the breaker going strong now. for now things are looking great this sunday morning. it's 7:41.

city and county. getting my breath, walking up the stairs. honorable commissioners i am here to address you as representatives of the city that once knew how. in the context of a list of tricky projects that we have in the stheans all of the money we are spending on the bay bridge, bike paths, no train accommodations. all of the money we are spending on the presidio freeway. speak to you on the matter of the central subway as a former muni operator, and not just any operator but a cable car gripman. i will speak about the maintenance for a minute. your car, if you have a flat tire, maybe you can blame it on maintenance or maybe not. maybe a downed electric wire. cable cars. maintenance. dead risk to passengers, operators. to take money from muni, which is traditionally so short, so sorry on a capital basis, on an operating basis, vehicle by vehicle, barn by barn, year by year, budget by budget. to rescue this central subway process it is outrageous. you will see the proof of this on central subway, especially for the end user for whom it will take so much more time. please do not raid muni's b

year, at the same time, you feel things have been heard and responded to, and that we are human beings, just as you are, trying to balance with the best priorities are for the city, but easily keeping an open mind on everything because i think everything should be in play as we make the best decisions possible. again, most importantly, thank you for coming out investing your personal time and energy and telling us what you think is most important for the city. appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you, mayor, supervisors, and all the city department directors. again, thank you all

are a number of pedestrian safety issues that i would love to partner with you on as we increase making our city safer for our pedestrians, which all of us are. you can probably interface with some of the individuals in the room today. i highly recommend attending a meeting to learn more about the we are engaging in and the priorities that the pedestrians would like to see. but another priority for my office is cigarette out how we can work with the mta around tokens and with a clientele that come into our centers. this is so that people can go to shelters, their house and appointments, job interviews. that is initiative that we would like to work with you and the mta on and as we discussed, many of our homeless clients are disabled and that is a huge barrier for them and for a variety of different issues entering into the housing and unemployment every now. i'm happy to see you here. i think that you are incredibly thoughtful. you will engage with many of our meetings -- many of our members and attend meetings. we appreciate your willingness to spend this time because it is a huge commitment. t

city catch up and be part of it as well. and we think we can have that conversation at city hall, but we will need your help. we will need you to represent the new industries as these companies are here today to keep the dialogue and that collaboration at a high level. it is the ongoing dialogue, just like the one we are leading already about a new tax structure for this city that does not punish the inventiveness that we want to have in the city. so i would like to just open with that introduction. welcome all of you here. i think you are going to see and hear an exciting introduction of all these new companies in the discussions we have. but they are going to raise questions that we do not have the answers yet. but i do believe we have the spirit in this city to welcome solutions with your involvement. we will have the ability to do this online as well as in these forums, and i will be part of this ongoing discussion. 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