righteous is better than the evil in the world. we have gathered with the ace and with hope, trusting that are best instincts for the city and county of san francisco and future leadership in the elected of ross mirkarimi 4 share ofor will find the peace and prosperity that the creator intends for all of our good works. join me in stretching out your hand and karrer, meditation, contemplation and whatever way you do it york tradition and asked that the creator with less of san francisco, the sheriff s department, and the administration and family of ross mirkarimi. [applause] now as the journey continues, and by tradition we are taught to bless that journey in a particular way. and made the lord bless you and keep you, may the lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. may the lord lift up his confidence up on you and give you and yours peace. amen. [applause] thank you for joining us. i m katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press relea
i had the creation of this experiment with bioand life sciences here in mission bay. now a few years later, it really began in 2009 where there were five companies that started in this building. today, there are 23 of these microbusinesses that are doing biotechnology research, clinical laboratory research as well as applications for that. right here, the three areas of work that they re doing. they told me they re here because of the talent, the graduates coming out of berkley and stanford and the school systems are really feeding the kind of talent that they re wanting to have in their companies and the industries are growing, and they re growing from different kinds of bio research to clean tech research. so our formula that began there, and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there
and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it s attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in that very same time. i think the companies here, from what i can interview, they re very excited to be here. they really feel the cross fertilization of talent that s coming in within the building. that, again, reflects not on the consistent policy we ve had here about technology companies as well as bio, life science, and clean tech industries starting here, staying here, and growing here all at the same time. one of the reasons they can continue to grow is they do have a lot of openness to their interaction between the different companies so they get that kind of innovati
possible opening to traffic and seismic safety. the paramount that s left for the joint venture to complete. i thank everybody for attending and i hope you enjoy the day. thank you all again for coming out to mark this momentous occasion. now i m going to turn it over to bart for logistics. at this point, that concludes the speaking part of the day. and i know that some of you are going to remain on the deck with us and do your live we re going to go ahead and adjourn the speakers. brian, if you want to go ahead and allow them to take a peek at the segment, it looks like it s moving pretty well, actually. thank you for joining us. i m katherine sharp. we are very excited today to have a press release from the mayor and have him join us. this has been an amazing experience for those of us from the very beginning. we look forward to sharing that story with you. without further ado, mayor lee. thank you, katherine. thank you very much for being here. i wanted to join t
this bridge marks a huge improvement to connecting san francisco, and also connecting treasure island, which is the development that will be it s a development that s under way, and will hopefully be a place where everyone can also enjoy and ride their bicycles. next year we ll be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the bay area bridge. i want to remind everyone to look forward to that celebration. it should be huge. i know there s a number of projects, some lighting of the bridge and all sorts of celebrations. with that said, i m very happy to be here and san francisco is proud to be part of this project. thank you. thank you very much. i d like to talk about the significance of what s been accomplished here today. it s another major milestone in the construction project that is replacing the san francisco oakland bay bridge. another major step forward in the completion. obviously, it s very important, and as was mentioned earlier about the number of motors that use this