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This is where i want to live. This is where i want to buy a house, in San Francisco. And again, my department has been great support to me ever since i started the department. Its been almost 10 years. I can mention a lot of names who have been support to me including our chief of staff, former sheriff, captain, different numerous people have been helped me. I dont even know why they helped me. They didnt know me. So, to me i feel like this is the city i owe and im so [fire engine] sorry. Again, i used to live in San Francisco. But as you all know, the housing prices here are very high. So, i ...

Another important form of conservation is preventing leaks. Man every drop counts. All Water Systems have what they call an efficiency rating. So if you were to measure the water that goes into your system and compare it to the water that goes out, how much is unaccounted for . Most states have a goal of 10 . Ours is at only 5. 5 right now. And we have plans to lower that to 4 . Man we actually have our entire Distribution System mapped out in a computerized or electronic format. And we can locate our pipes, we can locate our valves, we can locate water meters that are out there. Weve got smal...

As he city of st. Francis. I think that means you come here youve got hopes and youve got hopes for the city thats compassionate. It represents the best of the cities it isnt the rough and tunnel city that ive had experience in but it had the special sense of freedom and compassion and quality and quality and all those things are happening with a banner year of getting rid of proposition 8 and celebrating life clapping where were a pretty special place. Its even more special to create new jobs for people. Weve never forgotten where weve came from the city of st. Francis has never gotten and th...

And they actually listen for leaks. We can schedule the repair, minimize its impacts to the surrounding community, and it minimizes cost, because obviously, if youve got a leak thats been leaking for sometime, youre going to see a lot of undermining of the roadways, potential property damage. Fisher all the sensors in the field come into this location. These two operators behind me operate the entire water system, 24 7. So we can see all of our reservoirs, their elevations, whether theyre going up or down, how much water were getting from our two Treatment Plants. We try to move it very quickl...

That potential prosperity. We really need to promote content and provide applications that are really relevant to peoples lives here. So a lot of the inspiration, especially among the immigrant community, we see is communications with people from their home country but we as much want to use the internet as a tool for people to connect within the local San Francisco community. I think its our job as public educators to give them this access and give them this opportunity to see that their efforts are being appreciated beyond their immediate reach. You have to blend this idea of Community Netwo...