coming to you live, san francisco city hall, the indians have all arrived. how about a big round of applause for our native american dancers in the house? rocking san francisco. singing loud, dance hard, all right. all right, one more time, let's give it up for our singers, our dancers, kicking it live here in san francisco city hall, all right. good to be here tonight. seeing all these shining indian faces once again. could i have all the native americans please remain standing? all native americans, stand up. how about a big round of applause for our native americans here for native american heritage month in november. all you non-indians, just look around. this is what custer saw at the little bighorn, and you know what he said to his men? where did all these indians come from? once again, welcome to the sixth annual nida american heritage month celebration here at city hall. -- annual native american heritage month cicelebration. i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the san francisco native amer

block after block in the city streets through san francisco. we will keep you posted to this broadcast. developing now out of egypt. anis intensifying, and the number of dead and injured is increasing. the latest uprising with two different days of violence have left 10 people dead. more than 100 hurt. supporters hosni mubarak have attacked opposing and now targeting foreign reporters. cnn, p- bbc have all that are arrested, and hosni mubarak the ongoing crisis means that he cannot give up power. his term ends in september. and this samantha hayes reports. those protesters are not going to likely give up. >> protesting through the egyptian city of dead with the hosni mubarak resignation, immediately. and-egypt--and the supporters of the regiment finally attacked. this time, egyptian soldiers stood by that it tried to separate the group. also, as a promise from the egyptian government to investigate the wednesday's attack. >> and to have these iin the investigations. >> of violence on wednesdays in the main square in cairo killed five people and

and county of san francisco. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much. board of supervisors for this fantastic opportunity. i also want to make sure i thank the mayors that i've worked for that are standing with me. mayor brown, wonderful years working with you. i learned a lot. and i want to really thank you for the tutelage you've given me, for the guidance, the leadership you've given the city, really appreciate that. to lieutenant governor gavin newsom, you're bold, your ideas have inspired me to go beyond just the bureaucratic jobs that i've had and your lessons about not being fearful and taking risks have all been absorbed. thank you very much for your years. [applause] charlotte, you're going to be with us, aren't you? thank you very, very much for all yours years of service. and we hope that you will continue and help us out. to the board of supervisors, each and every one of you, i am ready to carry out the duties of this office and to do it in a way in which you will be proud. and to specifically supervisor d

. >> san francisco. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. . >> san francisco is a sanctuary city. san francisco is committed to providing safe access to public services to our community. . >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. [music] [applause] good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us today. the first thing i will ask you to do is put your hands together in front of our

item 12, resolution calling for a special election for the city and county of san francisco. item 13, resolution declaring the results of special election for city and county of san francisco infrastructure financing district number one. item 14, resolution of intention to issue bonds for city and county of san francisco and for stricter financing district number one. item 15, resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds for city and county of san francisco financing district number one. item 16, hearing requesting the office of economic and work- force development and controller's office to provide a summary of existing use of tax increment financing in san francisco, the dollar value of these increments, and an accounting abuses for tax incremental funds. supervisor chu: thank you very much. there are a number of items we have called together, items 8 through 16. the reason why is because they're all related to the same item. this is with regards to the infrastructure financing district potentially being created, in addition to setting guidelines for the establishment and u

over the past few years, the city of san francisco is lucky to have you as a legislative aide. [applause] >> thank you. when i received a call, i was shocked. i was totally surprised that he would call and autonomy for black history month. i am truly blessed. it is a privileged to live and work in san francisco. i work a very tirelessly. i would like to thank all of you for recognizing black history month. the contributions that made african-americans part of -- the cut to beaches that african- americans have made are very important to the city. -- the contributions that africans and americans have made are very important to the city. i would like to think mike's sonmy grandson, my children. -- and i noticed that carol is in the house. all of these people were strong supporters of me when i was working for supervisor maxwell. thank you. [applause] >> congratulations, alice. don't be a stranger. our next commendation will be offered by a our supervisor from district 6. >> we wanted to recognized two advocates in district 6. the importance of recognizing a black history month. i

. -- to the great city of san francisco. we are extremely proud to be coming to this great city. we are going to tell you a little bit more about what the america's cup coming to the city will really mean. i think it is right to say that we stand on the edge of an event that will provide enormous drama and theater over the next three years and add to the rich history of the america's cup. in a way, it is a gorgeous marriage between a great event and a great city. we know that the city of san francisco will embrace this america's cup like none other before. like the mayor said, it's likely to bring in something in the region of 10 million visitors from outside of the city to enjoy this event. this is something really special and really big. and this is one of the reasons why. please take a look at the screens. this is truly unique in the history of the america's cup. the ability to stage the entire race in the harbor in view of hundreds of thousands of spectators lining the shores in addition to millions of people on televisi

good evening and welcome to mayor edwin lee and san francisco city hall possible lunar new year celebration. i am lisa ahng, the liaison of mayor li's to the asian-american community. i want to preface this part by siam only 1/8 chinese, so there is only a 12.5% chance this will go as it should. [speaking chinese] to start up the night, we have the chair of the treasure island board of directors and chairman of the asian american pacific celebration committee c laudine chang. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you so much for celebrating -- joining us on this joyous occasion. welcoming and celebrating lunar new year. i am delighted to be your mistress of ceremonies this evening. this year, the chinese new year started on thursday, february 3. lunar new year, 4709, symbolized by the year of the hare. we all know it as a chinese new year but lunar new year was actually celebrated by many ethnic groups within the asian american pacific families, including vietnamese-americans, caribbean-americans, and others. in san francisco, we celebrated with our parade. -- korean-americans, and ot

the city of san francisco has been stuck footing the bill every time. we got some photos from the department of public works showing the mess and it took a crew of 25 two full days to clean up the pillows from trees and grass and the fountain and with the city budget cut they lost a hundred staff members and the director says he has six street cleaners on duty tonight. >> my request to anybody coming out for such a gathering is to please clean up after themselves or stay behind and help the workers clean up. again, you're running up a tab and frankly i don't think it's a good use of taxpayer's money. >> reporter: city officials say they don't know who is organizing this pillow fight because no one applied for a permit, which is required for this kind of event. police say they'll have officers out here to monitor the situation. back here live, we have learned one group called pillows for puppies will be out here collecting some of the pillows after the event for do nation and a group of volunteers will help with the cleanup. if they don't, the city of sa

san francisco. i would like to thank each one of you. i would also like to thank john avalos. he came and spoke with us. it does not matter where i come from, egypt or any other country, but we are here like family. thank you very much, john, and thank you very much for each one of our people who support us. 5000 people going to be in the city when i organize them. to let you know that we are not easy to play games with us. i grew up in tahrir square. 26 years, one i m eight years old. i still remember, i still know where i come from. i love this country. i love each of the people who supported me. thank you, god, and thank each one of you guys. god bless america. thank you. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm a human rights activist. probably, you have seen me several times in here. however, most of my people are somewhere else. i do have a comment and a request. the first comment i have is i would like to thank you all for your hard work toward the major issues that our commu

of san francisco. on behalf of the city and county, on behalf of all of us, bill, we thank you for your ownership, everything you did this year. we thank you for your leadership, your stewardship, and we congratulate you with this key representing the world champion 2010 san francisco giants. [applause] you have to

of san francisco. on behalf of the city and county, on behalf of all of us, bill, we thank you for your ownership, everything you did this year. we thank you for y

san francisco is a very diverse city. i like it because we don't discriminate based on who you are or what you do. we do this because we are the city that is open to all that come here. i appreciate that. i feel strongly that san francisco is a place where anyone can come and feel free to live. the scholarship was very important to me, bested his could feel free to go to the university and obtained a great education. i am thrilled i can give back through the mta because it was you who confirmed my appointment and i thank you. i would like to recognize one of the oldest civil rights organization in this city which is the naacp which is led by dr. brown who continues to fight for injustice for all. as we continue it in san francisco, i would like to thank my church family, of the naacp, the city and county of san francisco, and i would like to thank my mom who is here and i would like to recognize her. can you please stand? [applause] my brother david bridges is here as well. to that end, i would like to thank you. i look f

francisco general hospital is truly in need the heart of the city and county of san francisco. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] i mean that in so many ways. the hospital is available to everybody. every community of this great city. it has a trauma center. how many other centers -- cities have its own trauma center? a trauma center that is world famous, that gets the job done and saves lives. it is the only hospital in san francisco with 24-hour psychia [applause] something that i will possibly in roll in after this year. [laughter] over 100,000 patients get through the doors of the general every single year. so whether you are in a car accident or whether something happens that you did not control, you can believe we have the best performing trauma center for the whole bay area. it is a hospital that reflects our very san francisco values of caring for our fellow citizens and leaving no one behind. the people you are about to hear about today will be people that displays the courage, the perseverance, the passion for helping others in our community. they ar

i'll show you which cities those could be. >>> a newly elected san francisco supervisor wants to cut off cash payments for bottles and cans. scott weiner wants the city to offer food vouchers to people turning in bottles and cans. weiner says offering grocery store credits instead of cash can improve communities. >>> and san francisco is trying to come up with a plan to entize facebook to san francisco. >> reporter: a bigger plan is in place. city officials hope twitter will help transform this blithed san francisco neighborhood. >> the money right now has been so tight. it's going to take some very wealthy people to develop it. >> this is our opportunity to really bring an anchor in that will really change. >> reporter: san francisco city leaders presented a plan for twitter to develop the area. city officials want twitter to take over the block long marked building. the hopes is that other business will follow and fill the area. >> twitter today has 350 employees, their expectation by the end of year is over 600. and in two to three years it is up to 3,000 employees. >> reporter: t

of san francisco. on behalf of

last year, shanghai and san francisco celebrated the city's anniversary of the sister city relationship. three mayors of this city led a large delegation to shanghai and inaugurated the grand opening of the san francisco post at the world expo. they open their second office in beijing. last year, we maintained frequent exchanges and close cooperation and achieved new, substantial results. in the context of the new year, you have already had a promising beginning. as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his visit is important and will surely give new impetus to the overall development of our bilateral relations. in all 50 states, the state of california and san francisco, in particular, will benefit from this. this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the