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Applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you...

And we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. Lets take a look at that. Here at the spur urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. I have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both Structural Engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do . Both structural and maybe even important n...

We are bold, and were not afraid to be bold. Thats why we are moving to 100 Renewable Energy in our city. We want to reduce our carbon. We want to green our buildings. And we want to become a mecca for clean transportation. This year we are proud to be the number one spot on the clean edge u. S. Metro clean tech index for all cities in the continental united states. Our city has launched effective and powerful solar programs, and weve set an ambitious Clean Energy Goal of having 100 citywide electricity come from renewable sources within the next 10 years. In the past decade, weve already begu...

Individual concrete attention. There is nothing global about its on the difference even though we believe that other institutions like ours with help the world. Slowly we partially we build out. Were great deal of that mayor lee has chosen to make his first state of the city address here. It sends a message for all student in San Francisco. You know that this citys future dont understand on the education we provide for all our children. Its with great pleurisy introduce the mayor of the city of San Francisco. Good morning thank you laura republican for that kind introduction and thank you for ...

And california does have the goal of 33 Renewable Energy. We have the goal of a million solar rooftops. We already have over 130,000 installations on homes and small businesses. So, were looking at utility, scale, installation of solar, were looking at individual homes, and businesses. So, wherever we can, we are encouraging it. Were number oned in the country. Were going to keep on going. Its very critical. Now, i know from the idea to the execution to the secure realization, it takes a long time. And we have to have patience. We have to have staying power. So, thats the dilemma. We look at m...