as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we ll be presenting the findings. [applause] welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city s climate action plan. and these panels consist of businesses, community organizations, advocates and nonprofits. so they re going to come up and each one of them is going to introduce themselves, read you their short recommendations and hand it to you so that you can keep it in perpetuity. or keep it for reference the next time we come back asking for questions. the first one we have is energy independence. [applause] my name is karrie, and i m
to learn more about the exhibition and other upcoming events, visit the website. thank you for watching culture as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we ll be presenting the findings. [applause] welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city s climate action plan. and these panels consist of businesses, community organizations, advocates and nonprofits. so they re going to come up and each one of them is going to introduce themselves, read you their short recommendations and hand it to you so that you can keep it in perpetuity. or keep it for reference the next time we com
it is about everybody and all the young people who have such potential. we get everybody to go to college, think what kind of world we could live in. a lot smarter world where people are going to be better to solve the problems that my generation messed up on, but it is your turn now. step up and get here and take advantage, and above all, have a great time and meet a lot of new people. thanks. [applause] as you all know, the mayor is here to hear a little bit from the climate action panel that have been meeting. five of them will be presenting their findings today and then we will hear brief remarks from the mayor. so i did first want to welcome mayor lee and explain a little bit about the panels and how we ll be presenting the findings. [applause] welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city s climate action plan. and these panels con
the huge number of tourists from other areas, regional visitors who come to work or play in san francisco. so representing the growing bicycle contingent and thank you, we are now 1200 strong at the bicycle coalition. we are thrilled to have all of these people joining us. seven out of 10 people in the city now bicycle. it may be people like me who ride every day, or it may be people who just want to ride one day a month or so. that is wonderful. what we are experiencing across the board, though, is less than safe conditions on the streets. one of the top icomplaints thati hear are complaints about the pot holes. just as high as we were about traffic moving too fast. right up there in the top three is that fear of paul s. it is a very unsafe condition. i know that on my own ride home, i need to dodge them. this is also a great opportunity not just to bring our streets back up to par, which we must do, not only for economic but safety reasons, but also to go to great streets
welcome, mayor lee. today we are pleased to present you with the recommendations of five community panels that have been working with me and the department of environment on the city s climate action plan. and these panels consist of businesses, community organizations, advocates and nonprofits. so they re going to come up and each one of them is going to introduce themselves, read you their short recommendations and hand it to you so that you can keep it in perpetuity. or keep it for reference the next time we come back asking for questions. the first one we have is energy independence. [applause] my name is karrie, and i m the managing director and a member of the energy independence advisory panel. and i d like to read our findings to you. forgive me for reading from this, but i want to make sure i get it right. the city and county of san francisco recognizes that energy use in buildings is the single largest contributor to the city and county of san francisco s carbon