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very well attended [speaker not understood] and we also launch a one year business development program. the business development program that we launched about a year ago was designed to provide certified local business he with technical assistance and compete for city contracts. most of the departments have assisted us with this and [speaker not understood] and the process [inaudible]. in contract tracking, the lbts, [speaker not understood], we are going to be the wbts was launched in july 1st and it will be reporting a quarterly report hopefully soon. we will be presenting this to the new lbe to the committee in the near future. on the certification slide i m going to go a little faster. the certification slide standard is based on the ordinance. it s based on general construction of contractors licensed professional services, architects and engineers. we have three types of certification. the local business and [speaker not understood] certification, puc regional and no
discussion about whether right now 30 years after 14b has gone into effect whether we re really thinking aggressively enough in how we achieve our goals. there have been suggestions we ought to have city-wide goals for lbe participation. so, for example, there have been some who have suggested a 40% goal of all city contracting dollars staying with local business he. there has been other suggestions that we ought to set aside at least 10% of our contracting dollars exclusively for local competition and other businesses. our ordinances should not apply to funded city contracts, but public lands that require approval. what are your thoughts on the various proposals that are floating around on how we can really put a little more teeth into our ordinance? because i think for many years there is just frustration that we re not making the progress we need to make. thank you, president chiu. we also did discuss that at length with the community based organizations sorry. the pre
it if they stay out of the automobile. it s worth it if it aids in creating space on our bus lines so it s a very important project. i am here to help in my way which is as an appropriator in the senate. jackie has helped in her way. nancy has helped in her way as a leader of a great political party in washington, so mr. secretary everybody that is here we thank you for our responsiveness. it s just great to welcome you here and go giants. [applause] mateo county supervisor to both houses of our california state legislature since 2008 and she has been in congress for jobs and our environment and she been such a great champion of public transportation that even cal train named a loco motor after jackie spear. please welcome congress woman jackie spear. thank you mr. mayor. thank you secretary lahood. thank you to the incredible leadership, senator feinstein, nancy pelosi and mayor lee and the board of supervisors to chairman nol an from the sfmta. i am on pins and needles.
representative of the mayor s office and other nonprofits. this event also attracted members of the state assembly and a few congressional offices. at a meeting following our conference a i was asked to chair the larger group and my condition was that there be a cochair from the mayor s office at that time was catherine dodd. the san francisco collaborative against human traffic was born. in 2010 - from the beginning emily morassie (sounds like) executive director of the san francisco commission on the status of women was always involved as well as theresa sparks, executive director of the human rights commission. they were not only the core of the beginning but also generously offered to help us and support us and today that is where we are housed. we have a membership of over 28 agencies public and private representing a wide area of government agencies, law enforcement agencies, service providers, educators and community members. we are committed to ending human traffickin