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Incredible boone to our rec and Park Department and something we should all be very excited about. In terms of the details of the gift, google is providing a 600,000 financial gift to our city with no strings attached. I think a lot of the prior debate around free wifi in San Francisco that never moved forward was because of different questions about Business Models or so forth, to emphasize this is a free gift of financial benefit to the city of San Francisco with no strings attached. The money will come through sf city which will manage the installation of the wifi network from beginning to ...

More quickly. On the street patrol officers, theyre using their own cell phones to call Language Line. On a real level of equipment, officers need a better way to ask his Language Line. We are working with the department and think outside of the box. Bilingual officers use digital recorders because of Department Requires them to tape interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects. The department was able to provide 50 digital recorders. We need more. Let me turn this over to deputy chief beal, a vital member of our team. I dont know if i am a vital member of the group. I was assigned to repre...

It makes the victim not want to come back and make a report. Certain refugee groups, particular the cambodian, laotian, and now iraqi women are distrusting of government. I would like to suggest that maybe we can have partnership with our Technology Partners to have particular tablets and face time, and split screen. Often times when we are speaking it is not just that we say or hear, but the body language as well. For these women from wartorn countries they are distrusting and if they cannot see the person they will hang up. That is an excellent idea. It is another homework assignment. Will g...

Connectivity effort. When i took the job three months ago, mayor lee challenged me to simplify, accelerate, and bring the private sector experience to, you know, bettering the architecture, infrastructure of the city. And, yes, mayor lee is right, we are behind in some ways, but the beauty is that we are ahead in many ways. And there are plenty of opportunities to leverage our infrastructure throughout the city to bring prewifi to our citizens. Now, of course, when youre new in the any city company, one important thing is the budget. So, thank you, supervisor farrell, for saving me time and ac...

Well as government and were going to make you know, this is part of our infrastructure now. And, so, ive been an infrastructure mayor. Ive been part of that infrastructure. Its not just freeways and bridges. Its telecommunication, information, infrastructure that we have to constantly invest in. You asked earlier what the vision was. You know, for me ive always had a very strong vision that every child that is here in San Francisco, every school, every Educational Institution should be at its highest level of skill setting for the 21st century of a city that is an Innovation Capital of the wor...