Very healthy. Its certainly a balanced budget. Im proud of it. But how we got there was a reflection of a lot of good hard work and a lot of people to thank. I want to take this opportunity to thank the budget staff. They have been working really hard. And kate howard and steve, thank you very much for your leadership. applause and the entire budget staff is here. They continue to be labeled the fiscal geniuses of the city. They works, of course, very closely with our controller and ben rosenfield, your staff have been extremely supportive and helpful. Thank you very much. applause then, of course, our supervisors, the entire board and their budget analyst. Harvey, thank you again for working with us. applause and the entire board. I want to thank each and every one of you because you along with, of course, all of our Great Department heads, but in particular we continue to promise that when we bring this budget forward each year, we have that conversation. Sometimes difficult, sometim
This historic agreement ensures that two brandnew seismically safe hospitals for our city are going to be built, while guaranteeing Important Health care and other benefits that san franciscans will enjoy for years to come. I want to thank everybody in this room, in particular all those that are standing behind me for getting us to this day that we can sign this agreement. And, yes, its been long, its been arduous, but i believe that we all agree it was definitely worth the effort. Together and through our consensus building approach, we made it possible to build two seismically safe hospitals, advance the state of medical care in our city, and put thousands of san franciscans to work. I also want to take this moment and mention my personal thanks on behalf of the city, if i will, and i know the board will join me. I want to thank cpmc for their deliberate participation with some 10 other bay area hospitals to respond in the highest professional fashion to the critical Emergency Needs
Percent mandated Affordable Housing requirement which is incredibly important for our working families and individuals in the city. We want to thank john burton for his leadership and advocacy for this project. [ applause ] we also want to thank a little known resident of district 6, the former mayor willie brown for initiating this project too. It is the undeniable truth that transbay has been the catalyst for this city. I look forward to working with everybody here for the future success of this program. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, director kim, supervisor kim for those words. Our final speaker is one who has been in integral to this community. Mike has been at my side for the last 15 years helping to make this project a reality along with all the members of the labor community, the carpenters, operating engineers and everybody. Mike has been a member of the Workers Union since 1985 and has represented the workers from san mateo and marine and other counties. He has
And we have a twoyear budget. Lets have fun. applause and i think maybe members of the board and other elected officials, but particularly the board, i think were getting more and more used to calmness around our budget. And i really want to signal again my appreciation for the work and the hard work that it takes to have a unanimous vote at the board for passing the next twoyear budget, which is very healthy. Its certainly a balanced budget. Im proud of it. But how we got there was a reflection of a lot of good hard work and a lot of people to thank. I want to take this opportunity to thank the budget staff. They have been working really hard. And kate howard and steve, thank you very much for your leadership. applause and the entire budget staff is here. They continue to be labeled the fiscal geniuses of the city. They works, of course, very closely with our controller and ben rosenfield, your staff have been extremely supportive and helpful. Thank you very much. applause then, of co
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