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There was evidence when the construction began as ships arriving in San Francisco at the time of the gold rush. At that time, people came here, rushed here with their hopes and aspirations and their dreams to make a better life. That tradition is continued today as we go forward with this project. It is in the tradition of San Francisco to be about what is new, to be about innovation, to be about commerce, to be about jobs for families in our city. In that regard, as the cement is poured today, tradition of leadership continues. As we pour the concrete for the first part of the new Transbay Ce...

Proximity for the jobs, housing, retail and recreation and open space. This High Density Development will not only foster the Economic Growth that i said, it will be the center piece of that Economic Growth and reduce congestion and Greenhouse Gas emissions. We are creating a Bicycle Community and safe Public Transit and full range of neighborhoods amenities. I want to thank the residents of district six and acknowledge bruce who is here who is our representative of the neighborhood on the transbay advisory committee. Our residents have invested in this neighborhood early. Knowing we dont have...

Transit district plan was so important and it got a unanimous adoption by the board of supervisors because of the way everybody presented the plan and the vision, united everyone around it with a vision of the 21 century downtown. Downtown has been a focus for many years. We knew this center would improve. We literally added 3,000 jobs in San Francisco. That enhances those jobs and even more. Look whats coming. 181 fremont began demolition last week, 54 stories of space, mission street, already 100 percent lease by sales force. 535 mission, another 27 story building, 505 howard street, another...

Other counties. He has been voted by his peers and elected the treasure since 2005. Hes been with us since the beginning. The transit project labor unit has been a model for other projects for success. All 20 units signaturary have signed on and we have been able to work with mike to create a program to mentor our youth both students ranging from 5 through high school and college. Teaching them about engineering and architecture and all of the various disciplines that go into a project like this. Mike as well as all the unions have been working with us as well with urs bashay and we have been ...

Water penetration controls because this is right at the edge of the historic water. So we have to do all of these things to plan well. I want to say thank you to president obama, leader pelosi, the entire delegation because they have been very sensitive to our vision and they in fact embraced the vision and weve become models for the rest of the country to use the infrastructure and recover from the economy and attract investments. Thats the way the city has to work this way. They must work this way. This is going to be the future and its the Grand Central for many many reasons. This Transit C...