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Frankly, what were doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. Thank you all for being part of this, and i look forward to that midcutting. I moved to San Francisco 15 years ago for all the reasons that we all love our city. Our cable cars. Our hills. The diversity of our neighborhoods. And have loved every minute of being here. Like many of you here, i did not actually grow up in San Francisco. I grew up in another part of the country that was not quite as tolerant or qui...

Wanted when they came here. I grew up in the boston area, live in different parts of boston, went to a Catholic High School in dorchester, which is a section of boston. Because of my parents work and the opportunities they gave me, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. It was intense. I stayed there for college, for law school, and i also have a masters in Public Policy there. Those are subjects i decided to study in part because i was very interested in Public Service ...

Who are struggling in a minimum wage jobs pirouette of folks who have been laid off at work. I think as a city, we need to do much better at creating an environment where we have more jobs and more Economic Development. I know that all of us are committed to ensuring that we have a budget that not only provides basic City Services that we have come to expect but make sure that we take care of our most vulnerable. Whether it be our atrisk use, our seniors, are disabled, our working families, folk...

Government. I ran for office in part because i wanted to serve the city and really protect all that is so special about what San Francisco is. Weve been talking for years about how important it is to build new neighborhoods, to develop Affordable Housing, make sure we have transitoriented Sustainable Green Development that really is worthy of a 21st century San Francisco. What were doing today and, frankly, what were doing this year will have impacts on the city for decades to come. Thank you al...

I will ask staff to respond to the findings. These appear to be not significant findings. Is that accurate . Thats true. Was there anything that resulted in a finding the cost to concern about the internal controls of the authority . No. Those are the key ones. This last year the authority had two other significant accounting staff out on extended leave which cost a little bit more of a compressed timeframe to do a lot of the work. Coupled with that they also had a move right in the middle of th...

Hello and welcome to meet your district supervisor. Were here with david chiu from district 3. That includes chinatown, Fishermans Wharf, and part of the russian hill neighborhood. He was elected to the board in november of 2008 and has served as board president since january of 2009. We will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing them. Thank you for joining us today. Tell us about your background. My parents immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. I was the first kid bo...

6,000 people on the run in the mountains near palm springs. More than 22,000 acres have burned. What investigators say human caused. Just 15 contained. This is the worst youve seen. By far. Another day of heat. Today could be the worst day yet. 141 Million People in 21 states coping with the heat. Asking people to conserve electricity as power plants face record demands. Miserable. Feels like i live inside a dogs mouth. Stunning images made public of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect...

Can i just tell you how good it feels to be up here, to look out to see all the people that make everything possible, that really makes San Francisco wonderful . And i just have got to give a special shout out. You knew i grew up in the portola for those that dont know. [cheering and applauding] right there at the intersection of silly man and colby, my parents still live there. Thats where it started for me. But tonight is a night that we have abopportunity to up lift and support and say thank ...

He started his first term this january. We are going to get to know him and talk about the issues facing the city. Welcome. Thank you for joining us today. Tell us about your background, where you grew up, went to school, and what kind of jobs to have had. I grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. I went to school up and down the east coast. I went to undergrad at duke university. I went to law school at harvard. After clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. I have been here for ...

Be so closely connected to what we do in Emergency Management but it is and it is for good reason because our citys success is really dependent upon inviting thousands more people here to enjoy our resources here in the city, to tax us a little bit on it, but this is what we do hello and welcome to me your District Supervisor. Were here with supervisors got scott wiener. He started his first term this january. We are going to get to know him and talk about the issues facing the city. Welcome. Th...