No more violence no more violence no more violence over me over me and before i be a slave ill be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be free i want yall to sing it with me now. Oh, oh, freedom oh, freedom o freedom over me over me and before i be a slave ill be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be free applause thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im al williams, president of the board of directors of San Francisco africanamerican historical and cultural society. On behalf of the society and our copresenters, the San Francisco africanamerican chamber of commerce, the bayview ymca, senator mark lenos office, the San Francisco public library, and the Mayors Office of neighborhood services, welcome to the 2013 black History Month program. The 2013 black History Month theme is at the crossroads of freedom and equality, the emancipation proclamation and the march on washington. The society is the lineal descendant of the San
Federal government. When the federal government does things like implement a federal sequester. That has an impact here on san franciscans. If the state budget changes, that has an effect here on us. Its important to know that we have control over some of our revenue but not all of them. The mayor shared with you our fiveyear budget outlook. And mentioned the first two years. This is the fourth chart over with the red and black. The red bars show you how much our expenditures are projected to grow in the next five years and the black bars. We project over the five years we will have 13 more revenue, its a strong economy. And at the same time our expenditures are expected to grow by 25 . So the gap between the growth in expenditures and revenue is what creates our budget short falls. A significant part of that pressure is related to pressure related to labor costs. Including the cost of our health benefits, and retiree benefits. Finally i wanted to share, we will hear from you about you
We see the workbased knowledge and opportunities that are here. But we refuse to allow our Southeast Community to be left behind from opportunities and wealth in San Francisco now. We recognize that environmental complications have impacted the maturation of some of our young people development. We will not let uninformed futility curve our aspirations to regaining our position as a complete and thriving community. Here at the Southeast Community facility thanks in parts to a btop grant administered through the city of college of San Francisco Community Network Information Technology department. Some of whom those members are here standing around the room. I see a half dozen or so. Advocated by the chairwomanas city college, and mr. Al yeatts and others. We have established Media Opportunity and entrepreneurship opportunity through a simple class. With the support of southeast facility if you give me 30 seconds. Of dr. Jackson and the black leadership chapter we have provided for a Mod
The young people. With that, let me call on a young person last summer that went from a summer job to a permanent job, welcome kae. Thank you, my name is tomas, and last year i participated in the summer job program, and i got to learn about Property Management and accounts receivable and accounts payable. At the end of the six weeks i was asked from my supervisor to be a permanent hire. I immediately said yes, because i get to work in the financial district, get to suit up. And i get to learn about all types of real estate mement stuff. I highly encourage all youth to continue with match bridge and go on in life. And i want to say that i want to emphasize on the youth for mayor ed lee. The youth is our future, and if we dont make our youth strong. How is our future going to be strong . And i would like to say thank you to mayor lee and department heads, and have a great day. Now we are going to the fun part. And we will do public comment. A couple of things before we move forward. I w
And before i be a slave ill be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be free i want yall to sing it with me now. Oh, oh, freedom oh, freedom o freedom over me over me and before i be a slave ill be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be free applause thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im al williams, president of the board of directors of San Francisco africanamerican historical and cultural society. On behalf of the society and our copresenters, the San Francisco africanamerican chamber of commerce, the bayview ymca, senator mark lenos office, the San Francisco public library, and the Mayors Office of neighborhood services, welcome to the 2013 black History Month program. The 2013 black History Month theme is at the crossroads of freedom and equality, the emancipation proclamation and the march on washington. The society is the lineal descendant of the San Francisco atheneum. It has been the only San Francisco institution