Speakers will answer those questions and with that mayor lee. Thank you. Good morning everyone and go giants. Yeah. [applause] well, let me begin by thanking everybody here. When i first began as mayor i said jobs was the most important thing we could do for people to get and i tell you what less than two years later that is still the most important thing that we can be doing and creating jobs, making people have the opportunity to get them and trained and educated and placing them in the newest areas in our Technology Industry and when ron conway. Ron just arrived and got out of at t together. We worked together and had a personal agreement if we were as a city were to help technology we were going to have Technology Help us, so less than two years later when i first started the Unemployment Rate in San Francisco was 9. 6 and last friday we flipd that number in less than two years. [applause] lead my all the industries but most importantly by our Technology Industry. Over 14,000, to 1
Then back to the office, work with a program team to assign the next sf Tech Internship and mentoring bernie king who is here in the audience with us. Hes one of the graduate interns and mentor him in his Production Company start up. All the cities and the programs investment in tech sf for continuing to provide pathways for people like me for us and show us connections between our passion for media and technology and turn that passion not just into a job but a career so thank you very much. [applause] and Rhonda Simmons director of the office of Workforce Development position and then we will following this we will close. [applause] wow its been a Long Time Coming for this. So started about two years ago with the grant process and i want to thank again mayor lee for the support and submitting the proposal. Like he said we have roughly 8 million to do this over the four year period of time. You can seat students before us. The goal is placement ultimately and make sure theyre placed in
Capstone, julie christiansen. Thank you can i get my team up here . I have been fielding all the thanks, but it doesnt really belong to me. It belongs to all of these people. Who else is here from our group . Come on up. Who am i missing . The whole village, come on up. So we have a couple of city folks. Where is greg scott . Gret get up here. Greg, get up here. I want to point out jill, karen. Jill is the deputy chief librarian and karen, these two women are the fairy godmothers of this project. We would not be here without all the people that you heard from, but we would not be here without them. Give thermometer a big round of applause. [ applause ] we have also got on city staff our aquatic director greg scott. [ applause ] and lets see, who else did we get up here . Huh . Mindy. Mindy is on my list. I am the last speaker. They are going to try to limit me to the public hearing three minutes and im going to try to stick to that, probably not. [ [ laughter ] after im finished were g
Head of engineering at sf state. Well i guess i am here today to tell you a story well, i will tell you one about opportunities. With blessing and disguise i see opportunities in different forms. Several years ago i hit a roadblock in my life and i saw the military as an opportunity to change my life and change the life of others, so i signed up to be a soldier in the army, and i did this quick fast and in a hurry so i dont have time to change my mind. Its a nerve wracking experience, but one that do i not regretd, so when i signed up i was shipped out in three weeks. I was presented with a lot of job offers from being a 42 alpha or paper pusher, i guess thats what we call it. Combat camera and a medic which is a job that will give you 40,000 signing bonus. Hefty but i didnt take it. Instead i took a job at a broadcast technician and thought that will give me a lot of future bonuses than any quick cash can give me, so as a 25 romero i thought i think my fathers prediction was right 20
Thank you commissioner. Through renee martin we have contact with the firm to oppose come up with a Strategic Marketing plan. I dont think of the ready by the next meeting but if i may wait bringing it to you as soon as it is. I like to suggest a outreach to some your thoughts as well. Any other volunteers . Rates. Seeing none, i move to move the agenda meaning in memory of Robert Billingham [inaudible]. All in favor aye. The meeting is adjourned. Good morning. This meeting will now come to order. This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. Im supervisor breed, the chair of the committee. And to my right is supervisor tang, the vicechair and president david chiu, the Committee Clerk is alicia miller. And id also like to thank bill dill on and jesse larsen of sfgovtv and so far staffing this meeting. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Yes. Please make sure so silence all cell phones and electronic device. Completed speaker cards and a