decades ago this san francisco board of supervisors has experienced passive and active discrimination in practices and recognize that history no longer had a place in our city acknowledging that millions of dollars that we spent for services could be a tool to help disadvantaged minorities to increase businesses. chapter 14b now helps all of our businesses in cost operating and it s hoped to level the playing field as city and local businesses compete outdz outside of san francisco. we know when this law has worked our city s contract practices can keep tax dollars here in the city which will do most good for our residents. we know when 14b works we know that san francisco is doing all we can to end discrimination and to ensure that we are not contracting with businesses that discriminate. the hearing that i m calling for will help us chart a progress in full filling our cities policy on discrimination and we hope in the light of legal adjustment to better award and administe
in the first year even though this has required quarterly reporting. background, we know it comprised 95 or less of businesses contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to our local economy, our economies local back bones. 3 decades ago this san francisco board of supervisors has experienced passive and active discrimination in practices and recognize that history no longer had a place in our city acknowledging that millions of dollars that we spent for services could be a tool to help disadvantaged minorities to increase businesses. chapter 14b now helps all of our businesses in cost operating and it s hoped to level the playing field as city and local businesses compete outdz outside of san francisco. we know when this law has worked our city s contract practices can keep tax dollars here in the city which will do most good for our residents. we know when 14b works we know that san francisco is doing all we can to end discrimination and to ensure that we are not contract
see just how deep the problems run. all that and more tonight on nightly business report for tuesday, november 19th. good evening everyone. topping our news, three corporate giants, jp morgue chase, home depot, microsoft members of the dow index and making news today for different reasons. we begin with microsoft and shareholders meeting today but it wasn t a typical shareholders meeting. this was the final one for steve balmer who steps down as ceo next year and marks the beginning of a historic management changeover at the company. as microsoft s bored narrows the search for a new leader, the company will end a 38-year stretch where balmer and dates led. who might be next in charge. reporter: it was a historic day at microsoft s annual shareholder meeting, the last meeting with steve bauper as ceo. i m confident we have the right strategy in place. reporter: it s unclear who will replace balmer, who became ceo in january 2000. he grew the company with leaps and bo
tonight we head to chicago to see just how deep the problems run. all that and more tonight on nightly business report for tuesday, november 19th. good evening everyone. topping our news, three corporate giants, jp morgue chase, home depot, microsoft members of the dow index and making news today for different reasons. we begin with microsoft and shareholders meeting today but it wasn t a typical shareholders meeting. this was the final one for steve balmer who steps down as ceo next year and marks the beginning of a historic management changeover at the company. as microsoft s bored narrows the search for a new leader, the company will end a 38-year stretch where balmer and dates led. who might be next in charge. reporter: it was a historic day at microsoft s annual shareholder meeting, the last meeting with steve bauper as ceo. i m confident we have the right strategy in place. reporter: it s unclear who will replace balmer, who became ceo in january 2000. he grew
submit. thank you. cohen? supervisor malia cohen: thank you, towed today i m going to introduce the concept. we spent the last few months discussing and debating solutions on the we have many with blue collar jobs. 5 years ago many believed we were making a big mistake and san francisco preserving areas of the city where manufacturing uchlts many argued that these industries were dying off and valuable san francisco real estate should not be spent on maintaining them, let alone on expanding them. these critics were wrong. they continue to show us an increase in demand for manufacturing space in san francisco particularly outside of the city. the manufacturing sector has also diversified from what we traditionally think of as manufacturing jobs. it s not only just large industrial fact arrears. we have hundreds of small craftsmen and women making things from soaps to lotions to chocolates and designing messenger bags. the resolution i m introducing today is quite simple an