in the southeast sector, most of the area is land filled. we re going to have to be careful and not with seven years to have something done to make sure the people are safe, especially with all of the buildings going up in our area. a lot of people are not aware of global change. it is happening. it is here. i was the first with puc to receive solar. i made sure my friends and neighbors received anit. all the city departments should have solar. my light bill is $4 a month. this would make sure that those of you who do not have solar will not be paying $400 a month. you may be paying $30 a month for electricity. thank you for inviting me to come. i am still going to be there. i want to be part of the committees set up talking about solar and the rising of the see coming into my area. that area is landfills. people do not want to realize that it looks good, but it is not good. thank you very much. [applause] thank you for your dedicated energy to help us achieve this goal thr
wanting to have in their companies and the industries are growing, and they re growing from different kinds of bio research to clean tech research. so our formula that began there, and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it s attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in that very same time. i think the companies here, from what i can interview, they re very excited to be here. they really feel the cross fertilization of talent that s coming in within the building. that, again, reflects not on the consistent policy we ve had here about technology companies as well as bio, life science, and clean tech industries starting here, staying here, and growing here all at
population. the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call hi, i m bart may. today we have a speaking event for you as we all the celebrate the placement of the world s largest self-anchored suspension bridge. without any further ado, i d like to introduce the cal trans director, malcolm dockerty. thank you for coming out and helpling us celebrate the momentous occasion. it is my extreme pleasure t
i know mike had a chance to talk to you yesterday prove he probably wants to say a few words, as well. i know he loves you. the media will want to talk to you, as well. people were inspired by your story. it s incredible. thank you very much, on behalf of the members of the san francisco fire department. we really appreciate it. the chief appreciate it, as well. we are tr training or the equipment. you did it. it s an honor to know you. [applause] in addition to our commissioners on the fire commission and our command staff, i also want to thank the supervisor for being here, and the royal trucking company mike was working with and is working for, and their support for kena , as well. would you like to say a few words? of course. all right. good afternoon, everybody. in here. i am really thankful you guys are giving me everyone is proud of me, even people who do not even know me. i m grateful for my family and for everybody. mike, i m glad you re all right. that was
words here. but i know the city has done right, and you can evidence it right here. we started with good business sense, whether it was attracting fibrogen or q.v.c. and then started saying we can attract other businesses here. we ve done the right messaging here. redevelopment has built the infrastructure, and now we see our future tax dollars contributing to the verticalness of these buildings and then the companies have come here in a very open and welcome way. and the talent is still continuing to be here. i exchanged my views that we need to keep our school systems very strong. because if they can continue graduating our kids with strong science backgrounds and they do end up getting into great schools, not all of them will get into stanford and berkley, but if they can get their science now, they ll still be recruited by the companies, where the research that they need, the laboratory work that they need, and the clinical applications are happening here. so i m very exc