thanks for all of you being here. in january when i was sworn in, there were five major objectives that i wanted to accomplish. a pension reform was at the top. as i went through all of the town hall meetings on the budget, i indicated to the budget to the public that we needed to fix our financial house in the city. at the beginning of this conversation when he leaves started meeting, we had choices to make right at the beginning. the choices included whether or not we re going to hold out for months finger of blame claiming for what occurred. or whether we would get to work and at the numbers tell us what we needed to do. as precisely what we set out to do and allow those numbers, the numbers that we have been quoting as the numbers we had to attack. the financial house of the city , it would allow ourselves to focus as we have done. i like to thank the people that are standing beside me as well as the ones in the back of me having spent quality time in coming up with
that. we have to thank over and over again our workers for stepping up and being part of the table. i not only want to thank our colleagues, but i want to thank supervisor elsbernd, who has made this his passion. he has educated us over the years, bring us together. on behalf of the supervisors, we look forward to making sure san francisco is with us and make sure that we will ensure the health and safety of our residents. thank you very much. [applause] mayor lee: we had to be guided by a level of expertise and everything that we did. i know the hardest working entity that helped all the groups come together, recognize what we had to do, has been our department of human resources. kudos to you for all the expertise, the insights, the guidance you what had. what works and does not work, what could be negotiated, what had to be left on the side for future consideration, what could be done immediately. all those things were guided by strong expertise in the city. i want to pers
not we re going to hold out for months finger of blame claiming for what occurred. or whether we would get to work and at the numbers tell us what we needed to do. as precisely what we set out to do and allow those numbers, the numbers that we have been quoting as the numbers we had to attack. the financial house of the city , it would allow ourselves to focus as we have done. i like to thank the people that are standing beside me as well as the ones in the back of me having spent quality time in coming up with a consensus, a comprehensive plan that we believe will fix the problem for the long-term. i m happy to announce that we have at least a sponsor s if not more to present this pension proposal to the board going through the rules committee and eventually the full board for the ballot. having said that, i want to emphasize that this proposal is comprehensive. it looks that not only the numbers that have been talked about with all of the press and all of you, the looks o
thanks for all of you being here. in january when i was sworn in, there were five major objectives that i wanted to accomplish. a pension reform was at the top. as i went through all of the town hall meetings on the budget, i indicated to the budget to the public that we needed to fix our financial house in the city. at the beginning of this conversation when he leaves started meeting, we had choices to make right at the beginning. the choices included whether or not we re going to hold out for months finger of blame claiming for what occurred. or whether we would get to work and at the numbers tell us what we needed to do. as precisely what we set out to do and allow those numbers, the numbers that we have been quoting as the numbers we had to attack. the financial house of the city , it would allow ourselves to focus as we have done. i like to thank the people that are standing beside me as well as the ones in the back of me having spent quality time in coming up with
i would highly recommend that you not only read the people plan, if you have not already, but on the oewd web site, you can click on what is it called? the status update is very useful. it actually shows what written people have written in about. it would be very helpful for you to add, between now and the end of may. they have covered a lot of bases. but i think you will find, given your experience and knowledge of the city, as commissioner lazarus has, when she needs to get home from work across the green line, we really need everything written down, at this point. as they move forward, there is a check mark next to something that maybe they had not thought about. i know you guys will be able to add tremendous value to that. thank you. thank you. is there any other public comment? my name is toby levine. i am the co-chair of the central waterfront advisory group. this all is fascinating, of course. but i think one of the things that this young man that his staff do