seven by seven magazines, the bay citizens, san francisco business times, san francisco bay guardian, in the bay area reporter. let's get our sponsors and media sponsors a round of applause. [applause] >> we are here to solicit several small businesses tonight that have gone above and -- salute several small businesses denied that have gone above and beyond to open their stores, get on the phone, turn on their websites, and stand up as mentors for small businesses. this is not an easy time, and small businesses overall, many of them are struggling to stay afloat, including many in this room. so we would like to shine the spotlight for a little while tonight on some of these small businesses that have been able to push the envelope and continue to do very well. they have been beacons of hope, and we cannot have this event tonight to really give them the recognition that they deserve without recology. recology has long been the community sponsor of small business week and small business even said throughout this city. we're thrilled to have that consistency, to have the partner in recol

has 19% and san francisco, 76%. much higher in san francisco than in alan. of the difference is fund raising is prohibited by contractor principles, and subcontractors in los angeles. they are not spelled out in the san francisco coach, while fundraising by contractors -- excuse me, contributions by contractors is prohibited. fund-raising by their principals and subcontractors is not prohibited in san francisco. there are some compliance costs that are considered qualifying expenditures in los angeles. that would work towards getting the expenditure ceiling. in san francisco, there are some exemptions to those costs. cash contributions can only be made for less than $25. for here, and his less than $100. those have less information about the contributor. in terms of education, the city of los angeles publishes a contributor that -- died. san francisco does not. it is on the website of the l.a. ethics commission, and we do not have anything comparable year. we have guides for candidates, of course, as does l.a. in terms of enforcement authority of the ethics

they set foot in san francisco. a generation upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the governance of this country. the fact that we have changed the opportunity. last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing le

. -- in the innovation capital of the world, san francisco. [applause] i am thankful every single day for the opportunity to serve san francisco. is a privilege to wake up each morning and go to city hall and work for the people of this city to do everything i can to help you succeed in your lives. class of 2012, that is what today is about. succeeding and growing your lives, for yourselves, your families, and as mayor, i will state selfishly, your city, were ever you go from here. i just turned 60 a few days ago, and i was thinking, maybe we did a few things in celebration. we blaze new trails for social justice and pushed the rest of america to embrace people rights for all people -- women, african-americans, asian- americans, latinos, gays, lesbians, people with disabilities. [cheering] we are a leader in protecting our environment, and we were the first city to adopt universal health care. [applause] and this university and this student body have been and always will be the vanguard of excellence. when i was not much older than you, i came

we surf san francisco residents and employers with job placement. -- serve san francisco residents and employers with job placement. we need this project. i also live in the mission and i have used st. luke's hospital many times. we have brought many job opportunities to the planning stage. it has also taught at the mission campus. the industry experts talk about cpmc and improving the building project from inception to implementation. most importantly, project will put our residents to work. staff supported our clients as if they were their own. it even hired our graduates. it would be great to give more residence the opportunity to build a structure that may help there families. also, we need to be provide. i also volunteer for nert. >> am going to call several mornings. thank you come everyone, for your patience. [reading names] next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you for your time. at work that -- i have worked at cpmc for years. rooms are too small. the new hospital will provide staff with a a safe work environment. jobs will be preserved if the hospital remains operational. i

i work and live here in san francisco. today i stand in front of you speaking in favor of repealing the cpmc. i.b.w. local six has committed to provide a career path for san francisco residents for over 100 years and we are -- because we are a part of the community. today we continue our commitment, work closely with city build, crrment. a.a. and other -- c.a.a. and other community-based organizations in order to bring more qualified applicants to our program. review cpmc will provide opportunities for such applicants. we as building trades, already to make -- are ready to make hospitals in san francisco seismic safe. please put our members back to work, and i ask you to support this project and moving forward. thank you. >> up the. mr. san, we already called your name. so i'm going to read the last cards and if anyone else can come forward -- [reading names] next speaker? ma'am? >> i would hike to start by thanking the members of the board of supervisors for sticking around to make sure we all got to get our comments in.

san francisco drops one degree mid to upper 70s south bay. low to mid 70s on the peninsula 76 millbrae, low 60s along the coast to mid 60s downtown and south san francisco through the north bay valleys mid to upper 70s, about 67 in sausalito, 60s at beaches with sun. 68 berkeley, low to mid 70s east bay shore, hercules warm spot 74 mid to upper 70s most of the east bay valleys. mid to upper 70s inland. mid 60s to mid 70s monterey towards santa rosa. a little breezy along the coast, beginning of giants-dodgers game breezes taper. 7:15 first pitch depositing to 56. tonight's low, clouds along the coast the rest of us clear upper 40s, cloverdale, santa rosa, santa cruz low to mid 50s for everybody else. warmest weather inland starting tomorrow mid 80s through saturday we'll have mid 70s along the coast and we'll be near the low 60s i should say mid 70s around the bay and low 60s at the coast. here's sue. >>> good morning. beautiful shot of the bay bridge toll, metering lights remain off, just a few cars headed on the upper deck into san francisc

in san francisco. [cheers and applause] and because they're located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. david chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. we want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. we want them to enjoy the economy in san francisco. that is why we're working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these technology companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are usi

the story of san francisco general started in 1851 san francisco started the board of health. the hospital moved here to potrero avenue. the hospital was rebuilt over the years, offering children's and psychiatric services to respond to the needs of children. in the 1998's, the current hospital was -- the 1990's, the current hospital was built and was one of the first hospitals to open there doors to aids patients. we became famous around the world for that, helping to break the stigma of hiv/aids. the mayor has just arrived. welcome, mayor lee. [applause] we continue to lead and care for the most vulnerable. just last year, the general became the first hospital in the nation to -- program. the hospital will be crucial in improving the health of our city. we look forward to coordinating all of our services, from primary-care clinics to hospitals, according mental and physical health care. this is what our patients need and deserve. this will bring opportunities to bring services together and improve our research education and administration as well. over the next few years, wh

welcome to san francisco. -- >> good morning, everyone. welcome to san francisco. i wanted to express my appreciation at being here at autodesk. not only do you have a great company here, but pretty soon, one of those models out there will be something like a three- dimensional arena for basketball or something like that. that might happen very fast. i wanted to come here and start by thanking the u.s. high-speed rail association for their good work, their collaborative work for so many years in building a forum and getting so many players together to develop coalitions and consortiums for building a high-speed rail system in america, and thank you very much, the association, for hosting this conference in san francisco. when our city's economy is going again, and most importantly, we are adding jobs, and we are ready. for those of you that are new to san francisco, you should know that we are building the very first high-speed rail project in the united states. our transbay transit center, which will be completed in 2017. tomorrow, we move forward improving the tr

the san francisco education fund. and all of our amazing sponsors for joining me tonight to honor the mayor's teacher of the month award winners. it is my pleasure to a knowledge and honor the dedication of our superb public school teachers in san francisco. the 10 teachers being honored here tonight are standing behind me and were nominated by parents, students, peers, and community members to understand the value of an excellent teacher. the 10 teachers standing here have exceeded all standards. they have dedicated themselves to creating a classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity, and character development. these teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better world. they have one of the most important jobs in america and this award is our symbol of our immense gratitude for all of their tireless work. in collaboration with the san francisco education fund, thank a teacher campaign, it is my privilege to present this month's -- this year's teacher of the month award

we ran the san francisco democratic party and san francisco republican party allowed you -- refused to allow you to list your party affiliation because of your sexual orientation. the city did not treat you well at this time, but the city honors and was issued today. [applause] -- honors and loves you today. [applause] >> first, i want to thank everybody. as i sit in this room and hear all the fabulous things about me, i think to myself what would have happened, what see what i have occupied had i won? first, i think i would have died from friday. -- died from a fright. my intent at that time was not to win. it was to prove that i as a citizen of san francisco had the right to help govern the city. once i achieved that, i moved on to the next problem. i think i made a mistake. had i run again, i believe i would have one. i think now i would have been an old man, retired with money, maybe through embezzlement -- [laughter] and my life would be easy. my life has been easy because i am loved by everyone. i want to thank you all. he will have smiles, you all sit there in this austere room.

we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [siren] >> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all. there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give the countdown. as we hang the reece, i will give you a count here. have a look at me. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1. ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ >> a great day, everybody. thank you. the san francisco chornicle. and the history association. and the neighborhood emergency response team. the american red cross. and thanks for making this happen. i want to invite everyone to go to 20th in church or -- and church. and we will meet up. we may skirt the law and serve something before 6:00 a.m. the bookmobile, where are they? >> i have my cheat sheet here which i cannot

franciscans, fellow citizens of san francisco helping each other do what's needed to >> i'm a san francisco native. i was born and raised here, 1946. i'm very proud of where i'm from. i'm very proud of the people who are here. even though we go to city hall and fight like cats and dogs sometimes i'm proud of how we engage each other in conversation and we can take those conversations and make them work for everyone. thank you so much. >> we want to thank both gentlemen. before i introduce our community representatives from district 11, if you want to be heard during the open mic time make sure that you fill out the cards. they are on the tables at the front. i believe they are color coded by district. please fill out the card completely so we can have all the information in case we don't get to you and you don't have a chance to speak we will know who to follow up w. i want to introduce mr. dora god and pat kwrty clement from c.y.o. >> good morning, everybody. i'm from out of sight centers. i'm here representing the clubs planning committee and i want to let you know we have been working ha

san francisco population. some of the things i have been proud of working on the board, having access, the ability to improve our customer service, and definitely preparing ourselves for 2014 when we had a huge expansion in medical. supervisor kim: great. i know you also have been serving on the health authority as well, and we talked briefly about what you think the authority should be focusing on, which i think is huge, the changes coming down the pipe line. >> those of the three things i have probably been working on. we're never quite thereet. the next few years, those will be paramount because of the increased population of patients we will need to cover with our medical population. supervisor kim: what are some of the key things you hope to work on in the next two years through the health authority? >> the coordination of care across all the various partnership groups we have within the health of 40. supervisor kim: thank you very much. next we have david woods. >> good afternoon. my name is david woods,

san jose 84. 90s around morgan hill. san francisco beautiful downtown, lower 70s. on track to reach the low 80s as we head into saturday. here is a look ahead, five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, get ready for the big heat on saturday, especially inland. cooler on sunday but the real cooling moves in monday and tuesday. the fog does not go away for too long. >> thank you. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, a long day isn't over for thousands of commuters forced to scramble following the fire that shut down fire. and we will explain what triggered a high-speed chase. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> first round of the u.s. open here at the olympic club, we have a surprise leader. we will have a live report. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what mat

this is not france -- this is not san francisco. this is san francisco politics. as i said before, there will not be a host city role for san francisco. i cannot understand why i send messages and get no return phone calls when i'm making sense. you don't give somebody a break who turned their back on it. but you might as well to be saying to me shut up you crippled nigger faggot. >> next speaker please. >> let me address the point the previous speaker made. what he said he very clearly was he is a citizen of that this united states of america, a good constituent of san francisco and knows what he's talking about, but you so-called representative, when he reaches out to you, you do not reach out to him. i am saying that because you need to understand that here in san francisco, we have reached a point that politics is not the politics that was before, where there was some good representation and when constituents came to city hall they were respected. having said that, i saw something in the city hall a long time ago where a developer who harmed our children and o

i would like to say the san francisco association has been incredible. also, peter weiss is here, and i would like to say a part of this story has not been known. we want to acknowledge this. we're so pleased with some of the leaders of the chinese real- estate association are here. archer woman is here. we also have our president elect. cvs and visa are providing gift cards. i would also like to say that our representatives from hud have been incredibly important. you'll be hearing from the leadership of hud. jake martin is here from the va , and joanna's year as part of the incredible case work that has gone on. and trent, his incredible team. and joyce krum, his deputy for homeless services. i want to acknowledge they have been helpful in pulling together the nation's when an individual needs furnishings -- pulling together damnations when an individual needs furnishing. -- pulling together donations when an individual needs furnishing. and so, to start us off, our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, bevin. i want to reiterate my thanks to the boa

i think that with san francisco -- what san francisco needs to think about, we talk about startups. if salesforce gets bigger, what are the obstacles to do that? a lot of things that we were talking about our basic quality of life challenges. that become more relevant to a larger company once that -- you look at our demographics changing. the demographics were much closer to the start-ups. we are in demographic

san francisco general hospital. we need san franciscans to be a stakeholder. we also appreciate the hard work of tom ammiano. it got a lot of static, but the whole nation is looking at those type of programs. but again, supervisors, be fair, okay? i can understand one or two of the candidates having residency waivers. we need san franciscans to step up. just like earlier the students step up. we need san franciscans to step up to be stakeholders so that they participate in the deliberation of quality of life issues, and one of them that is very, very important is held -- health. thank you very much. supervisor kim: any other public comments on this item? >> good afternoon, rules committee members. i would echo the sentiments of the previous speaker. i am struck by the tremendous experience that the previous applicants have spoken to. it is very impressive, and clearly, they all have tremendous commitment to the city of san francisco. however, i would love to see our seats on these bodies come from san francisco. i a

employer in san francisco. cpmc plans to build state of the art hospitals, and it would create 1100 union construction jobs. it will double the number of sick beds in san francisco. it is time to invest in making this earthquake safe. our members, our struggle -- it's time to move this project forward. with this news, san francisco has the opportunity to go forward with the plans and innovation. we need this project. thank you. >> thank you, sir. next speaker? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the executive director of apa family support services. we are able to serve denver api -- diverse api communities and families. i have been able to talk about the quality of care and safety of around the rebuild for cpmc. also want to talk about jobs. multiplier effect of the direct number of jobs, plus the jobs that will result from supplies and services is quite large. i think the trick is to keep the dollar's local. the multiplier effect was 2 to one. we are talking 16,000 jobs. that does not even include the impact

we represent all the hospitals in san francisco. for the sake of all hospitals, every hospital supports the rebuild of cpmc. it is our largest hospital. we do not understand how residents will be cared for without cpmc. i want to bring up another issue. why every hospital is rushing to rebuild right now is we are worried. the earthquake is coming, it could be tonight, it could be five years from now, but a delay in two weeks in approval could mean nothing. or it could be that the big one hits and that hospital has to care for many of the people of san francisco. we have to have all of our hospitals open as soon as possible. let me quickly go to the point that san francisco hospitals employ 99 -- are responsible for over 99,000 jobs. we bring an $11.3 billion into the city. that is almost twice what tourism does. when the economy was tanking, hospitals increased employment by 10%. we are a steady employer for the city. we have 22% higher salary than any other business. we are not -- we hire far more women. we are vital to the city. b

i've lived in san francisco since 1974, graduated from san francisco statement have a degree in urban studies and social work vocation. i've been a homeowner since 1979 in inglewood. my public career has spanned 30 years and always involved -- revolved around neighborhood improvement and revitalization. i helped develop ingleside bridges in the early 1980's. i worked in san mateo and became head of a division responsible for neighborhood improvement and housing. i was administering housing set aside. led a diverse number of programs from first time home byears to affordable disabled housing. affordable housing. residential grants for housing rehabilitation and even to cold enforcement issues -- code enforcement issues, the car, the lawn, property issue knew sandalses. .com add day labor program in san mateo as well as building hundreds of affordable housing units. why do i want to apply for this commission position? well, i'll tell you in a moment. as soon as i turn the pain. i'd like to serve on the commission because it fits my interests. even though i've been retired from the publi

we're making san francisco great. thank you again, mr. mayor. [applause] >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent,

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it is into the alley. 3-0 san francisco. and then in the 8th inning, cruising along. 8 innings. 8 hits. gave up a couple runs. 11 strikeouts. if he is not the best pitcher on the staff, he is tied for first. bottom of the 9th, gave up a 3- run home runner in relief. the cubs made the giants sweat a little bit but the final was 4-3. giants four back national west. he shut the a's out tonight. a's lost 9 straight. 6-16 they failed to score a run. delivering here. 2-0 early. and the game just kind of sleepwalked from there. 2-0 kansas city. a's last in the majors with a .210 batting average. no word or if manny ramirez will join the team. cal woman softball that world series. they are a top seed but ran into a good pitcher. she doubled. and the early lead goes to oklahoma. she went to mini high school in san jose, decided to play in oklahoma. she is the winning pitcher. complete game with 15 strikeouts. oklahoma wins 3-0. double elimination tournament. cal advances into the loser's bracket. may be the wrong term. they have one

the people's city hall, san francisco. i want you all to note that that was such a wonderful rendition of our national anthem. please give another applause to the millennium -- melanie and her daughter. i am so excited about all of you and seen so many of you from all over our state. come to city hall anin san francisco, welcome. i would like to welcome the former secretary of transportation. [applause] thank you for being here. thank you, john, thank you. our board of supervisors comment david chiu, thank you very much. david campos, thank you for being here. he is our adopted asian brother. we have so many of our state representatives here. so many of you are here. i have spent all night announcing your names, but they did not give me the full list. i will say thank you on behalf of our city. from sacramento, los angeles, from all the communities in between, thank you for coming to our fantastic city to celebrate our asian-pacific heritage month. it is my pleasure to also provide you with a warm welcome and thank you for