the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that our city was named after. st. francis believed in compassion for those who have less -- had less than others. those of us with opportunities have to give back. part of that entails taking care of the most important among us, the folks who have need, including our homeless. >> let's talk about the transportation situation in your district. you mentioned that transit could be better. how is parking and traffic? is there enough muni service now? >> you are talking to the one member of the board that does not only car. i get around my district by muni, bicycle, or hailing a cab. our transit system is truly challenge. our bosses are late one out of four times. -- our buses are late one out of a quarter times. they're still not as clean and safe as we'd like. we can do better and investing in our muni system. we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. i support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling

i want a city that is successful. what made you come and buy a house? it is because you felt the diversity of san francisco. we have the ability to attract -- we have of events in our parks that just attract so many people, but are affordable to our residents to have a world- class city that can win the america's cup. we have to have those programs and those traditions. that is what brought us. i want a city that is successful. i will stand for a city that is growing old and not paying attention. we need to do all kinds of things to make sure that we have transportation systems, our communications are modern, and i want a city that is safe, solvent, successful. a lot of things we have worked on for many years, we have to work better at them. we can't afford to do the things that we have done. a lot of them are here. i am happy to be here with combined districts to tell us what you think is important to the city. those are the instructions i have given and i think you for spending your time here this morning. if anybod

of the city. ladies and gentlemen, my dear friend, please join me in welcoming the 43rd mayor of city and county of san francisco, mr. edwin lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you very much. welcome to the people's hall in san francisco. i want to first of all say -- i have always wanted to say this. the commissioner is such a wonderful person, and she has been our commissioner on immigrant rights commission, but you could see her when we walked in. she was hustling around getting everybody settled, doing what we needed to do to have a successful event, but she has been a wonderful adviser to me for so many years and a great asset to the city. i want to give you a round of a free shares applause. -- appreciative applause. thank you so much. it is my personal pleasure to welcome all of you here to celebrate nowruz. this has been something that supervisor mirkarimi and i talked about for so many years, to make sure we on this day and make sure all of you feel so warm and welcome, so, we are

to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights movement, the city has the overall legal obligation to manage and maintain the accessibility and right of way. with regards to the curb ramps, bounded by a groove border, 12-inch wide border. for people with low vision to get the same information. the shape of the domes, flush transition between the bolt bottom of the ramp and gutter. >> we have a beveled transition on the change in level, tape on the surfaces, temporary asphalt to fill in level changes, flush transition to temporary wood platform and ramp down into the street under the scaffoldinging. detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have

both cities have aggressive programs to make the environment better, and we both believe that cities have a particular responsibility when it comes to this. things like the environment are things that mayors have to deal with every day. we criticize when the water is not clean and when the air is not clean, when the congestion is such that you cannot do business. and things happen at the city level, and as the mayor well knows and i know, we have an opportunity to really change things. cities account for something like 70% of the world's greenhouse gas production, so we really do have in our hands the opportunity to change the world, and san francisco is affiliated with a group called the c-40 climate grew. i have just become chairman, and i look forward to working with the mayor of san francisco and all of the other cities to really make a difference and leave my children and your children a better world. san francisco's new ordinance covering greenhouse gases, which just passed last month, for the city's existing commercial buildings, i think it is a good example of how we can work

the city. s.p.a. is just now rolling out a program for r -- will be the case by the summer. let me get one last point and on the question about relationships to lenders. the question was, do have to have an account with a bank in order to get a loan? may answer is no, but the real answer to it is certainly want to do that. one of the things we see as an important thing for you, as a small-business person to establish a relationship with a lender on a variety of levels before you look for funding. part of that is opening an account with them, letting a lender know about your business, understand your business, talk to them as you are growing your business. when the economy is strong, all lenders are shopping for transactions. in times are tough on credit, you want to rely on those deeper liberation ships with your lender. you want to develop a relationship with a lender. it is the case where you want to open up an account, while to have another bank services that you want to have a relationship

a great city. and to my good friend, rose pack, thank you. we have done it. i thank you for this enormous honor and the enormous responsibility to serve as your mayor. it's a responsibility i take with great -- a great deal of humility, enthusiasm, and determination. i must say it's been a whirlwind for me. i left town over a week ago as your city administrator, a career civil servant, looking forward to a new year of promise and challenge in the job that i love. and now just a few weeks later, i stand before you as your mayor. [applause] that's quite a journey. but in many ways, thiswa

the city and the 49ers have a dispute over the city's ongoing maintenance of candlestick park. in 1998, we entered an agreement to try to temporarily resolve that dispute. since that time, we have entered a series of six agreements to address non maintenance needs at the stadium. on june 18, 2010, the 49ers submitted a government claim against the city alleging the city was in violation of police for failing to maintain the stadium. the klan did not have a monetary value. the 49ers have previously alleged the deferred maintenance at the stadium exceeded $60 million. the city attorney's office summarily denied that claim on august 2, 2010. since that time, the city attorney's office, mayor's office, and recreation and parks department have been speaking with the forty-niners and negotiating the settlement package you have before you. the settlement agreement would do three things. it would amend the current lease term. the 49ers have two years left on their most recent lease extension before having five additional options for extension, ending in 2023. the proposed settlement wo

i want the city to be safe, solvent and to be successful. thank you. president chiu: let's recognize our colleague from district 5. supervisor mirkarimi: welcome, mayor, it's good to see you here. as you know, governor brown recently signed a bill 109 in the effort to redistribute the inmates prisoner population on the state level back to california cities, minutes polities throughout california. their goal is to redistribute this population in the near future, but predicator on the goal is the question of funds that remain from the state that would hopefully escort that population back to cities like san francisco. but as we know, those funds, frankly, do not exist. what is our approach from the city side in anticipating either these negotiations or this expectation? mayor lee: thank you for that question. as you know, i have that very strong skepticism about so- called funds that might come with this realignment. while this bill is expected to shift tens of thousands of inmates back to municipalities here in san francisco, the state's estimates are p

she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anybody can come out. it's a great way to spend a sunday. >> goes to 1-2 in the afternoon and runs until 5. [music]. thanks to the stern grove association they renovated the concert meadow. it used to be a rolling grafsy area. put in a new stage and stage building. they put in terraces. we get from 8,000 to 12,000 people. and the meadow next to the concert meadow is full of people even though they can't see the music they hear it. i walked into the meadow several times and they don't even care. we do have literally events going on day and night. the concert association has kids days during the week. the performers come out for hundred 200 kids. now, the truckadero truc

and just a wonderful history that we have made us a standout city where i think other cities, which they had some of that aspect we doff. we're also a cost prohibitive city. it's expensive to be here. i think it's extremely important we remain sensitive to strategy and implementation of making sure the city retains its class diversity. there's always a lot of discussion about diversity in terms of culture and race. class diversity is something that shouldn't be subordinate to that discussion. i want to make sure that san francisco has a working class population. i want to make sure we do not take for granted because we are seen as more cosmopolitan, that that excuses us from not tackling issues of poverty, which there are still substantial pockets of it in san francisco. just by what others may argue. that to me obligates our requirement to make sure this city, being in its reputation of being forward thinking and progressive, learn to -- learn to make sure that that translates into economics so that this isn't a city just for those who could afford it. >> what do you feel like are some

oakland is the second most literate city in the nation, the city with the best weather -- sorry, sand francisco. -- sorry, san francisco. we are constantly being named as the most diverse city. that is, like, 129 languages spoken in our public schools. our latest group, the winner of our spelling contest is a young lady from nepal. oakland is a city that is constantly reinventing itself, whether it be in the end of the transcontinental railroad with dozens of hundreds of different kinds of european immigrants across the country, or the home to the borders that gave birth to a jazz movement, or today, as the most affordable place for new immigrants coming to the bay area to live. each of them leave a mark. one thing that i would say, when you come to oakland, is that of lenders -- is that oaklanders are pretty passionate about our city. i was teasing ed that he and i have probably made more public appearances together then my husband and i have in the last couple of months. i can assure you that we work really closely together, which resolves a couple of major longstanding issues. what

we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup

can i get a job in the city of oakland. it is unfortunate in california that jerry used to say that in and he was campaigning for the first time, this is only -- of the budget, more than we spend on our universities. how we spend money on the criminal-justice system has to be part of the solution as well. they will be tied up in court for years. in addition, they are forgetting the multiplier. how much we play for unemployment? how much we pay for prime? those are the factors that you have to look for. >> and do you have had back up plan for moving some of these projects forward? will the governor be successful in eliminating these agencies? >> we are doing is pretty silly things. you will see the special session where i am selling back- and-forth. i have to protect money as a last property and the money based in town -- and the money base. there could be some strange blending not controlled by the city. >> what the worst does this open and what does this represent for each of -- what opportunities does this open and what d

it will be another feather in the city's cap and other cities around the world will copy you. if s.f. park doesn't work, well you can always blame it on a dumb professor from los angeles. [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> so at this time i would like to call mayor lee up to join me in this demonstration of how this system will work. and mayor lee -- mayor lee, i know usually and you i, if we're traveling somewhere, we take muni everywhere we go. >> oh, of course. >> but in the event we do need to -- in the event we do need to use our car, we'll end up using s.f. park so we're not con jesting the streets and quickly get to a parking spot. first thing i would like to bring to your attention is the warning whfment you bring up an application, it warnes you not to use a handheld device as you're operating a automobile. that's a very serious item here in terms of this operation. just so you know, once you clear this screen, if you are traveling more than 10 miles per hour with your device, the warning will come back up again to remind you of this law. so let's take a look. we're

immigrants, low-income, non- english speaking, but because of the work of our city, a lot of city departments -- we are seeing more access for our seniors now, and i hope that under your leadership, that we will continue to see our seniors being able to walk into every department and receive the services that they need. i was in washington, d.c., last week when i was preparing for today's reception, and i thought since the mayor was bestowing on me such a great honor, i had better read up on all of the work of many distinguished american women in the 19th century, during my trip, i started to read up a lot of these lives of great win, like eleanor roosevelt, margaret mead. every name that is so familiar to us, but yet, we never had time to just sit and read their stories. these women just inspire us and motivate us to do even more. so i know that you are rushing, but i want to present you this little book that i read and finished. i know that you have lots of things to read, but i hope you will find time on your bookshelf for this one. i just wanted to give you this introductory remarks writt

city car share, bike and roll, blazing saddles, they city bikes all provide necessary resources. the port, san francisco federal credit union. the exploratorium. you will hear later about the fisherman's wharf looks joining us march 20. thank you. [applause] ms sunday streets is all about biking, walking, and getting there by transit, so these are all very healthy activities. speaking of health the activities, we are pleased to have the department of public health as one of our major partners. i would like to introduce christine from the health department. [applause] >> good afternoon. shape up san francisco is so excited that we are once again doing sunday streets. it is the perfect epitome of what shape of san francisco is about, creating environments that make it easy and fun for people to get out there and play, be physically active. liveable streets is incredibly important to this. i'm grateful to the city as a whole for offering this fun, safe places for people to get out and play. that is all i have to say. thank you. [applause] >> as susan mentioned earlier, one of our ma

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

we want the city to be solvent. and we ultimately want to join you all tonight to make sure the city is successful. our city attracts you and so many other people to state and live here because we believe in the city. we believe in its multiculturalism. we believe in the neighborhoods , that it thrives, and that is what makes the city successful, but i want that city to continue being successful. with that, i am all ears tonight, and you also have my heart open to the issues that you are struggling with because i know there is a lot of issues that people struggle with. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. ok, i'm just going to briefly go down the names of the attending agencies and their representatives. we have farber garcia, director of the form of public health. maybe just wave. that is very nice, but let's hold our applause. let's just hold our applause so we can get through the business of tonight. jim, deputy director of human resources. fred blackwell, director of redevelopment agency. we have jeff g

i have always loved this city. i think that san francisco is -- it represents the best of what this country has to offer. it is a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and is a place that not only tolerates, but actually increases diversity. it is a place that is forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues, and it has always felt like home. as a gay latino man, i felt this was a place where i could be happy. >> why did you get involved? supervisor campos: i think a lot of the past to do with my being an immigrant. i am very grateful for all the opportunities this country has given me. only in this country could someone like me have an opportunity to go from having nothing to go to stanford, harvard law school, and to be an attorney. it really is a way of giving back. i really believe that when you are blessed with the opportunities that this country gives you, that you have an obligation to give back. i really believe in public service. i could be in the private sect

all alike that city officials have been harbor and can break union contracts cut city services sell off large chunks of the city to private corporations without any oversight so how can something like this happen in a democracy in the united states of america for more i'm joined up for more on this i'm joined by benton harbor city commissioner dennis knowles and editor of the michigan message messenger edward that us ed welcome. here today really appreciate both you being here with me ed it if first if you could just give us an overview of what happened. i mean yeah as i was as a reporter here well if you. lose your best distributors the bears are attributable to you truly yours unprecedented powers to the state appointed for interim manager cetera that are assigned to sir oversee a local communities public school systems that are in financial careless certainly berbers had a great deal for going to this emerging leaders put in place since long before this bill was passed and we've had furniture editor for a long time but this new bill gives them extraordinary unprecedented powers over

the city and county of seven cisco, 17391 -- the city of san francisco, 173, 91. oakland, $114. fremont, 74. heywood, 105. san jose, about $91. [tone] supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, in the director of the [unintelligible] marine division of the iow and share of the maritime adviser committee. i am speaking to you on behalf of captainship way, who is unable to be here. we support the existing workers and their union and garbage collection for the city of san francisco. the recology facilitation plan will result in a loss of jobs in altamont. we are excited that the opportunity presented here to allow our report to finance infrastructure. barging can be very compelling. we have a tremendous opportunity to create maritime jobs, raise revenues, and we can take the bay area leadership's in for using container garbage as a baseline for business moving away from the maritime highway, which could be an environmentally sound way to move bardot in the injured. believe it would be in the best interests. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> my name is aileen fr

keith in oakland wanted to know hoe did the city of oakland help the city of san francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire and that's tonight's good question. oakland help out sf the city of oakland, spring, 1906. even then, considered by stoa step sister to the more glamorous san francisco across the bay, but on the morning of april 18th all that changed. >> they absolutely, they fled to oakland, it is estimated that something like 200,000 san franciscoans fled the city to come to oakland. >> the of earthquake and fire virtually destroyed the city of san francisco and the city of oakland became a welcomed refuge. >> the big difference was of course that we didn't catch fire like san francisco did. >> drew johnson says oakland was able to not only accommodate the ref you geese across the bye, it was instrumental in helping the city rebuild. >> communication lines stayed open, most businesses like banks stayed open, the newspapers kept publishing, the port was fully functional, being the second largest city in california at that time we became the center of the relief efforts. >> a

budget -- of our city budget. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. dr. mcghee. you are next. peggy lang, you are on deck. >> we are happy to see you. we welcome you. my question has to do with hall, as a health service provider and have been doing so for more than 11 years, how do we protect the funds we still have in place? how can we looked at providing even more services right now for individuals with pediatric of smug, adults with asthma, and as you know -- pediatric asthma, adults with asthma, and as you know, the funds we had for our breast cancer program is now gone. we do not have funds to add. what is it that we are supposed to do? one other question and as, -- one other question is, are we obligated to a year to -- ahere to the contract as being laid out to the department of public health money comes to an individual's time being vested in support services verussus administration? if we have a small budget, we cannot help but replace staff working in administration and support services categories. so,

i worked at city hall for a few years. then lightning struck and was appointed as a member of the board of supervisors in august of 2004. i have been here ever since. the choice to live in san francisco was made for my family about five generations ago. we have been here a very long time. i could never imagine leaving. this is home. this is where i am raising my son and hope that he raises his children. >> what motivated you to get into politics? >> i attribute a lot of it to the jesuit credo to be men and women for others. there is the idea that the best way to service through the political process. i have a love for the law. i found a way to combine that with service through the political process. i have always been intrigued by it and the opportunity to present themselves well. >> where do you place yourself on the local political spectrum? >> i do not like labels like left or right. most people would call me in moderate. >> what did you learn campaigning for supervisor? was there anything that surprised you? >> in my f

many of my fellow natives in the city had to move to other cities. i talked to them all the time about how they cannot afford to be in this city. the reason i am able to stay in the city is because i have a place that is affordable for me. i would not leave parkmerced even if i made a lot more money. it means a lot to me. i continue to want to live there, no matter how much money i make. i am not living there because of the money. but that is a real relevant issue in san francisco. we are pushing out a lot more people every year who cannot live in the city they grew up in. i would like to see this project not take place. there are numerous reasons why people talk about the eir. i was there in '89 and i saw how it was. >> good afternoon, esteemed supervisors. thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you. my name is judith flam and i am the director of the montessori children's center in parkmerced. it was founded in 1976. it is a licensed preschool for 58 children. it is now in its 35th year of continuous operation, serving children from par

>> i love cities. i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where i live, i was close to boston. i had such a great time in boston but i did not like massachusetts so much because it was cold, the culture was foreign to me. when i came to san francisco, the first time i came, there was a rainbow over the bay and there was something calling me. i was 20 at the time. i knew that this was a place i needed to live. the history here, you can see it in terms of buildings, you know the history from, labor history, hit the history, history of what happened in 1978 with milk, mosconi. but i wanted to be a part of its. >> what got you involved in politics? >> i had been involved in politics for decades. i was doing work around central america, supporting people in central america, protecting against u.s. imperialism, and their right to live. i was doing a lot of work on campus in college. head of work against apartheid. i was involved in a lot of the efforts to push b

in terms of where part merced sits in the city. it is in the southwest corner of the city, but very transit oriented as far as the west side goes. it is adjacent to the muni m line and a bart station. it is an appropriate location for more infill housing to meet the region's housing needs. the basic principles for the project include environmental sustainability, increasing house an opportunity both for this location and as a city resource, and to make this a transit- oriented neighborhood. right now, it is sort of transit adjacent. to create a social and commercial heart for the district -- no one has really walked to meet any of their daily needs. it provides for a burst range of household types. the basic project components are these. i will go over these quickly. at the next hearing, we will talk about these in more detail. we thought it was important to go over them in a basic sense. one is a reconfiguration of the streets. improvements to open spaces and other public amenities. comprehensive transportation program. the pretty

they want to work with the city and the supervisors. they want to recognize the work the supervisors have been doing to work with the community. she wants to make sure and emphasize that we have to work together to make sure we are tackling these very important budget issues. supervisor campos: thank you. gracias. the general question to department heads who have not had a chance to speak. how do you decide how to cut? how you approach where to begin? what are your priorities? how does the process work, if you are a number of the public trying to understand how the process works? >> of the juvenile probation department, we start off by developing our guiding principles to develop our budget. we have to look along -- at the law, the welfare and institution could that guides the operations on our basic, primary responsibilities related to the processing, guidance, and direction of youth and families that find their way to the juvenile probation department. we focus on our basic principles and services that we must provide to comply with t

once is good transportation -- with the transit first city wants -- what the transit first city wants. if you look at every element of our transportation, we cannot give the city high marks. on the project like the transbay, the doyle drive. when we had certain representatives regard the money, and in the future, whether it is from the state or federal, we will not get as much as we thought we would get, and you all know that. but what i am noticing now is having gone to the mtc meetings and other meetings is that san francisco -- this is the city and county of san francisco -- is not going to get due representation. where once we had three, we are going to get two. i want to leave you with this thought -- do not have yourselves to much on the back -- back --pat -- do not pat yourselves to much on the back. we want results. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. very good. next item. >> item 5, adopted a position on state legislation. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: very good. any comments?

foreclosures but we have a great city i am proud of it and a lot of things in the city. we're just going through a little more because we didn't have the kind of thought that should have went into with the last few years. any more questions? >> [inaudible] >> that is a myth but now brown university makes everybody who is a professor signed a document that they don't take advantage of that if they worked there. when i was mayor there was one guy who took it and he was grandfathered. i think maybe not with us any more. but there was when a guy in the whole state. that doesn't happen anymore. they say churches don't pay taxes. yes they do. but they have an exemption. then they pay taxes on the rest. there is a lot of things that could be taxed. i was surprised of the latest poll that they say it is okay to tax the so the. 1 penny per ounce? if you buy 36 ounces it is the sugar sacks. i could not believe the poll came back saying people would not object strongly to paying a tax on entertainment. that would ruin those places. and the events like concerts', baseball and footba

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 fily 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 l

when the original city was layed out by the city surveyor it was called the 50 bar survey. when it was expanded to market. so up until the teens the city kept those as separate surveys and theres the different surveys in the outside lands which is sort of the western part of the city. >> the uninhabitable part of san francisco. >> they were different surveys and blocks in those. mission block 38 and then in the 19 teens or 20s everything was consolidated into the big block and lot list. so mission block 32 became block 3927 or something like that. >> this is a good time to put a plug in on the san francisco public library history room. on page 38 you will find a document how to research your san francisco building. they have lots of references to other agencies but quite frankly the san francisco history room in the san francisco library is a fantastic resource and people there are extraordinarily knowledgeable. and page 14 talks about when the photo collection is open. you have to wear white gloves and can look at a couple at a time and they will often have photos of your

artists inspired cities and cities inspire artists. who knows which in print -- which inspiration comes first? it does not really matter, what matters is that happens. right here in our city, generation after generation. we are proud to participate tonight in the recognition of one of music's greatest artists. to continue to fulfill the pledge from one year ago to expand the coverage of the arts and support arts in our community. we want to thank you for allowing us to move out on this rewarding mission, thanking you for the opportunity to serve tonight on this stage and on the stage that is our city, every day of the week. we are honored to share this night with one of the musical greats of all time. we want to congratulate carlos on a wonderful, outstanding career and on his award tonight. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> so, the first time that i saw carlos santana was when i graduated from high school in angels camp, he played some legendary shows there with the grateful dead. a lot of incredible memories followed, filling the au

i am curious to know that our city has more acreage than any other city for dogs. how many dogs do we have compared to the other cities as well? if you could research this issue thoroughly in support the resolution, we would really appreciate it. >> next speaksupervisor wiener:t speaker. >> i'm a dog owner and i'm 13 years old. i am commenting because i think this is an important issue that should be discussed by young people. we take away these places and there will be nowhere else to go. there are other ways to help the environment. the birds need protection, but there are other ways to protect it. certain areas should be put aside for the habitat and i acknowledge there should be certain rules put in place. the ggnra says they need to protect the area for future generations. i'd cut my dogs feces, why should i be punished? -- i pick up my dog's feces, why should i be punished. dogs will not be socialized. this will increase user conflicts and there'll be more accidents. it affects me because i will not get enough exercise, my dog will become unhealthy and will n

city council there. this memorandum says the city of oakland is opting to extend by 2.5 years the terms of their agreement with waste management of our meeting county -- alameda county. there are different ways to see this memo. in some respects, i can see how it points to the need to extend or continue the relationship with recology. i think it cuts a different way. what is interesting about the memo for me are the two reasons given by the oakland city administrator as to why this agreement should be extended. he said there are two compelling reasons. one is that the extension of the agreement ensures the city will continue to receive the revenues provided for in the agreement. in fiscal year 2010-2011, the city received $21 million. $4.8 million of that goes into the general fund. that is not the case in san francisco. we do not have a franchise agreement like oakland does. we do not have the same structure where there is a specific amount required by agreement nor do you have a specific amount that go

our city is a city of innovation. people are coming here from all over the world. they're coming here to build their businesses, to surround themselves with other great new ideas and to forge a new san francisco work force. we are home to companies that change the way we communicate, like twitter. we're also home to companies that change the way we work, like sales force. we are home to companies that change the way we listen. now, more and more, we are becoming home to the way we play. i want to announce today, it should be consistent with everything else we are doing. as hosting more and more of these on-line game creators and engineers, i want to announce one of the most exciting game companies and we will be opening up and 25,000 square foot office in san francisco as we speak. let the games began. [applause] i just met the owners and management team. they have been here since 2006. they have chose san francisco to be their home. that is very exciting. whether it is the businesses that we have, whatever it is that we are doing in san francisco to make ourselves

all around city hall, people are here because they are concerned about the city's ongoing general fund deficit and its impact on the life of its residents. we are asking you not to cut from rec and park a budget solution in which a non san franciscans, 15 million of home visit the city each year as tourists will help subsidize the cost of basic services for the people who live here. the budget challenges that they san francisco are not unique to the city nor is the devastating impact on the urban park systems. in houston, budget cuts will force the city to close half of its recreation centers. the los angeles park department expects hundreds of layoffs. seattle has curtailed ball field maintenance, and restroom maintenance. baltimore shut half of its recreation centers. the city of detroit closed 77 of its parks. every urban parks system around the country is scrambling to offset service cuts and inadequately -- and inadequate city funding with revenue. denver is increasing its mission in its parks. seattle has nonprofits operating in its recreation centers. staffed with just three gar

it for the many residents that live in the city. there is nothing going on over in that section of the neighborhood that allows for growth. it seems like a lot of good ideas. i would like to thank you for your time and consideration. >> i am for the project. they will benefit, but they have done every time they -- everything they can. this says a lot about the people in the project. the pedestrian access, they don't have to struggle so much to get to the buses. we have thought about building the lead areas and shopping. all i can say is i can really appreciate that parkmerced has addressed the issues of the tenants. we have had endless meetings, so many meetings that there is no excuse for people to not have the correct information. it has been addressed, and these apartments are falling apart. they have outlived their usefulness. thank you for taking your time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. one of the things that i like most about this project is the way that looks at access in and out of the neighborhood. the stations, one is ve

i think san francisco could be the first city, and we are very wedded in city hall to be the first in something every now and then, so it is not an unfamiliar distinction, but san francisco in this case can show, because of all the talent that's is really aggregated here today of the city family, neighborhood resources, and the expertise, both public and private, that is now helping us prepare for this, to say that not only do we not want a carbon different -- a carbon neutral event, but we want a carbon-- the event -- carbon-negative event. i think san francisco could be the first. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, a supervisor. probably the linchpin to making this begin to work is going to put the test to muni. i would like to welcome the executive director and ceo of the san francisco municipal transportation agency. >> thank you. yes, it is going to rest on our shoulders, but i think we are well prepared. in 1999, when you created the mta, you must have had this in mind. you have an agency before you that is responsible for taxes, responsible for pedestrians, responsible for par

problem across the city. we are willing to come together and have that conversation about how we support the city and are we doing the right thing. supervisor mirkarimi: on the question of the reserves, i hear the concerns expressed on what it means if the reserves are released in totality. i also hear the caveats expressed by our colleague. i am open-minded about whether we want to release them are not. it seems to be the motivation if we are able to hold back some of the money. at least it works in these kinds of situations with other departments, hopefully. but if that is not the case, then, you know, i will remain open-minded. this has been a bit of a torturous cycle. i am hoping that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel here in terms of what consolidation actually means. but it seems a long and winding road. supervisor chu: we have not yet taken public comment on this item. let's do that first and come back to the item before us. are there any members of the public that wish to speak on this