Those who want to live in san francisco, those who want to provide service for san francisco, because we believe that this is where we belong. And that being said, thank you all. Thank you for coming out here. And thank you for letting me speak. Thanks again. applause thanks, merci. And thanks again for everyone being here today. I am supremely proud to stand with our men and women in uniform that are our Public Safety officers here in san francisco, with mayor ed lee and his team to launch this program today, and look forward to making it a great success. So, mayor lee, olson, i will be here to answer questions if you like off to the side. But thank you all for being here. Much appreciated. Usic hello, im ivette torres, and welcome to the road to recovery 2012. This episode highlights the many accomplishments of the 2011 National Recovery month observance as we look forward to a successful celebration in 2012. Throughout the country, millions of americans have been making their voices
So, good morning, everyone. My name is mark farrell. Im the supervisor from district 2 here in San Francisco. Last year, thanks to the great leadership of our mayor ed lee, his office of housing in particular, olson lee and brian chu who are here with us today and my colleagues on the board of supervisors, together and with the voters of San Francisco, we passed proposition c, the Housing Trust fund initiative, to create and approve Affordable Housing citywide and to provide loans to assist with the down payment towards the purchase of homes here in San Francisco. The passage of the Housing Trust fund was and is a huge win for all of San Francisco and our residents as one step in the right direction towards continuing to solve our citys ongoing housing needs. We are here today to announce the launch of a renewed down Payment Assistance Program for our First Responders here in San Francisco. Statistics will say that the majority of all of our First Responders live outside of our city li
Especially humbled by and appreciative of and wish to say that emerald fund for this incredibly unique, generous, and creative way to provide a brandnew Public Open Space in the middle of this rapidly developing neighborhood. We especially want to thank mr. Mctaggert, and mr. Erickson, and all from the emerald fund for really understanding the importance of parks, for understanding how important open space and green space is for everyone in San Francisco, but most especially for families and families with children who are rapidly moving into this area. And i understand there is going to be more and more of them over the years. So, getting this park in place at this point in time is truly significant. Their commitment to providing the park is very significant. They spent over 2 million designing and building the park. There is a playground to come very shortly. And as you heard, theyve agreed to provide the maintenance for it in perpetuity. This is a big win for san franciscans, a very
This is where i want to live. This is where i want to buy a house, in San Francisco. And again, my department has been great support to me ever since i started the department. Its been almost 10 years. I can mention a lot of names who have been support to me including our chief of staff, former sheriff, captain, different numerous people have been helped me. I dont even know why they helped me. They didnt know me. So, to me i feel like this is the city i owe and im so [fire engine] sorry. Again, i used to live in San Francisco. But as you all know, the housing prices here are very high. So, i had to move out of San Francisco due to the cost of living. Now i am renting in san mateo. But again as i said before, this is where i belong. This is where i want to serve here because im a peace officer San Francisco. And the city spent a lot of money for me, so, its a pay back. And again, because i want to live in San Francisco, ive been saving money to buy a house in San Francisco. But again,
Accountability and has unleashed authority to oversee state funded Community Collegeses. It is also a bureaucratic mess of contradictions. While the Community College faculty staff and administrators are being forced to ban their normal student and campus responsibilities in order to comply with unsubstantiated accjc mandates. When did a Community College become based more on the institutions governance process, which is thank you dedicated by california state laws and less on the quality of education being provided . These are important questions that we believe the state audit will answer and im honored to be joined by [speaker not understood] in this effort to examine whether our Community Colleges and students are being treated fairly, consistently and without bias. We ask for your support to ensure our safe public Community Colleges are not being forced to waste [speaker not understood] through the fees and taxpayer dollars. [inaudible]. Thank you. Thank you. applause hello, my na