Transit district plan was so important and it got a unanimous adoption by the board of supervisors because of the way everybody presented the plan and the vision, united everyone around it with a vision of the 21 century downtown. Downtown has been a focus for many years. We knew this center would improve. We literally added 3,000 jobs in San Francisco. That enhances those jobs and even more. Look whats coming. 181 fremont began demolition last week, 54 stories of space, mission street, already 100 percent lease by sales force. 535 mission, another 27 story building, 505 howard street, another lead and 22nd street. Lead certified with another 26 stories. These have shops and restaurants and in a few short years, the best Public Transportation center in the region. All of these New Buildings and the Transit Center means good paying jobs. 27,000 jobs, we already announced as part of this, but also 6 million square feet of new office space, 4500 new Housing Units. 1200 of those Housing Un
Other counties. He has been voted by his peers and elected the treasure since 2005. Hes been with us since the beginning. The transit project labor unit has been a model for other projects for success. All 20 units signaturary have signed on and we have been able to work with mike to create a program to mentor our youth both students ranging from 5 through high school and college. Teaching them about engineering and architecture and all of the various disciplines that go into a project like this. Mike as well as all the unions have been working with us as well with urs bashay and we have been working very hard with veterans to provide opportunities for them. In fact one of our very first contracts that was awarded was to a disabled company. Without further a do i would like to have mike come up and speak. Thank you. As supervisor kim pointed out, this came out of the recession and it put a lot of folks back to work. We have leader pelosi to thank for that and mayor lee and predecessors
Water penetration controls because this is right at the edge of the historic water. So we have to do all of these things to plan well. I want to say thank you to president obama, leader pelosi, the entire delegation because they have been very sensitive to our vision and they in fact embraced the vision and weve become models for the rest of the country to use the infrastructure and recover from the economy and attract investments. Thats the way the city has to work this way. They must work this way. This is going to be the future and its the Grand Central for many many reasons. This Transit Center will become a critical anchor for Economic Development and jobs. After the thousands of jobs that the construction workers will have, there will be 27,000 permanent jobs attached to this transbay Transit Center on going, sustained. Thats why this Transit District plan was so important and it got a unanimous adoption by the board of supervisors because of the way everybody presented the plan
Who are here, i want to thank our president break barack obama. Hes helped with many other projects in the city. I hope he can visit soon so he can see the fruit of the american recovery and reinvestment act. When we arrived maria was telling us that one of the, there was evidence when the construction began as ships arriving in San Francisco at the time of the gold rush. At that time, people came here, rushed here with their hopes and aspirations and their dreams to make a better life. That tradition is continued today as we go forward with this project. It is in the tradition of San Francisco to be about what is new, to be about innovation, to be about commerce, to be about jobs for families in our city. In that regard, as the cement is poured today, tradition of leadership continues. As we pour the concrete for the first part of the new Transbay Center we are laying the foundation for the future of the Transit Development in the area. By our actions today we are setting the corner s
With latino voters in the brownest state to nominate. But sanders and the other candidates standing with minority voters will definitely be tested. Next weekend in South Carolinas democratic primary, where the latest polling still has former Vice President joe biden in the lead at 24 , with sanders in second place at 19 . But biden is still the overwhelming favorite to win the demographic litmus test of this contest. Polling first among the states black voters at 31 . But sanders is again second. But hes at 17 . One candidate not on the ballot in South Carolina. Former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg, who had a rough first step into the National Stage this week. Later in the show my exclusive interview with the candidate. His first, after this weeks debate debacle. But first, can Bernie Sanders sustain his surge in the south or will there finally be a biden block . Joining me is keith ellison, the attorney general for the state of minnesota, a former u. S. Congressman, and a surr