And later than about projects earlier is he get training so youre ready to go arrest hello engineering it has all the tools that a contractor small or large can come here. I cant say enough about the center its a blessing. We do business all over the country and world and a place like the Contractor Center to identify the business in San Francisco the reality is you need training and thats what the center is here to train and make you Better Qualified to go work with the city and county and to be successful at the end. That will give people the Competitive Edge e edge at receiving contracts with the city. We have krafshth services here that help you find out where you need to get the skills forbidding. I mean local businesses participation in City Projects is a winning factor it helms help the business their local businesses theyre paying savings and a property tax and payroll tax and normally adhere san franciscans so their bowing goods and services in San Francisco it really helps th
Elizabeth and fiscal policymaker and our awesome policy people for todays event i want to thank a couple of folks from the Mayors Office clapping ive just returned from the new york meetings of the United Nations we were very fortunate to have the staff join us we presented a video greeting from mayor ed lee as San Francisco as the first c dot city over the one hundred 90 countries have signed on to sedot the elimination of all forms of description against women its an international bill of rights for women the u. S. Has not this is where you beau but San Francisco passed the first local ordinance in the world reflecting the primdz of sedot in 1998. At the United Nations our department that helped to launch cities for c District Attorney a new campaign to mark next year the 1995 beijing for action for womens human rights were fortunate to have a may that gets that since the time he was head of the department of public works and we xeroxed on his donor to participate in one of the gende
Good afternoon. Welcome. Good afternoon. I want to welcome you to city hall and the Mayors Office celebration of womens History Month i other people emily i have the prestige of serving on the department of women by a showing of hands how many live in San Francisco so actually, i work for you and the mayor weve been having an women and girls since 197540 years i want to recognize our commissioners on the status of women please stand nancy Vice President andrea and commissioner young and commissioner amy and julie sue. clapping were joined by many members of our city family if you could hold our applause chief suhr anyone, etc. And board of appeals director and Mayors Office of housing and Mayors Office education hydra mendoza and al and city administrator naomi kelly and many members of the Mayors Office staff please help me welcome those members. I want to acknowledge any hard working staff Cynthia Vasquez and policy director and elizabeth and fiscal policymaker and our awesome policy
In the future. Its my way of saying thank you also congratulating our folks for coming her theyll pride themselves not only that the Center Offers but the ideas and have a good time to elapse for our middle schools and industry and education we begin to match up the skill sets for the 21st century jobs and technology is going to be absolutely necessary and to learn and have fun in doing so with more skill sets you may have not to have. So thanks everything and detective mayor of corky got to be the grand marshall on stds in ireland over a year ago did you ever see a chinese less than con laughter it was our way of creating this and we have 18 sisters cities their president to create opportunities of business and investment all over the world and they look to San Francisco to be a really Great Partnership thats another great reason why you kids are really lucky to be in the city and im the lucky to be your mayor and parents mayor, i want to do things that secure your future you can look
This is a fantastic option. Im in favor of the program obviously were going to have a earthquake this is from an investment stewardship. After a few minutes with folks even if you dont agree you understand the concept. Weve talked about being able to do this now were going to be forced to do this its a good thing but to pay for it. Its not only protecting their property but every dollar is for mitigation it truly is protecting our investment overall the city. Its the right thing to do. You can look at the soft Story Building and theirs like the buildings that collapsed in the earthquake and your shufrtdz to see this people are getting caught to get this done and if people can find a place in our homes of shelter it will keep people in their homes. Together well work out of getting out of 0 disaster and making the community bringing back to what we love. As a level of folks weve talked about we make recommendations to make everyone mitigated their soft story problems no other jurisdicti