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it is great to see all of you here, and that is really sweet of you to calm down for a minute on the talking. when the winners get up, seriously, everybody, try not to talk. it is intimidating to get in front of a crowd of people, and this room is so gorgeous, but you know, it is the acoustics. scott wiener, i m talking to you. [laughter] he is so tall, i can pick him out in a crowd. for those of you who do not know, spur is a member-supported non-profit organization. any of you who are not yet members, i hope you will join. we helped start mfac in the late 1970 s. we took over management a few years ago, and this is a core part of our work to promote good government. we could not do it without all of you make this possible. any of you who are not members, please join, and you can help us provide the support to have an effective government. thank you for being here. we are working right now on a whole bunch of projects from what to do about sea level rise, getting mun ....
machine, and in the chinese culture when you re confronted with a lion, the lion eats you. that s what a parking meter does, it eats you. it eats your hand, it eats your arm, eats coins, it eats every dollar in your pocket until we become smarter where we can use credit cards. we started all of that. it s become less the beast and watch around and ask anybody in chinatown, it s a lion machine that eats you because that s all it s been about. today i think we re trying to change that picture. it s less the beast and more the helpful ability because it s a smarter and more intelligent machine out there and it s got the sensors and it s going to provide the public and in particular, it s going to provide the dozens of new technology companies that are coming into the city with a stream of data. i wouldn t be surprised if you re going to be able to tweet some things even more very quickly. where you re at because you found a parking space. you will be so happy, you will twe ....
[inaudible] management team. having been nominated by trent rohr, head of the human services agency. [applause] thank you. i guess i have been in the work force development team for 43 years, and it has taken me that long to get to the oscars. [laughter] thanks to my fellow managers, i would like to say that in these 42 years, this has been the most successful collaborative effort that i have ever participated on. our director tim w. years ago made a presentation where he said what san francisco needs is a subsidized employment program, where here we are. 4227 families were put to work. over $60 million was brought into the city. [applause] we could not have done this without support from the entire city and the business sector. this collaborative included personnel, contracts, all different levels of management, the chamber of commerce, private business, and, of course, the job seekers. thank you very much. it is an honor for us. [applause] [applause] demo what a w ....
problem in san francisco. the promise is four-fold reducing the circling and double parking by directing motorists to available parking garage space, extending time limits so other people do not have to move cars to avoid a citation. pricing parking based on market demand. making payment easy and convenient for everyone to use. in a few months we should have the result of this experiment. pirnlly know we re on very good ground thanks to the work of professor shupe, who we are going to hear from shortly, about how this all worked. we may make some mistakes but i think they will be few and far between because we re on such solid ground. i want to say to my colleagues, i m delighted director cheryl brinkman is here. our board unanimously supported this the last four years. wee proud to be part of it this day and proud of the federal government, board of supervisors and mayor on behalf of the people of san francisco. i want to add one personal note, i m personally proud t ....