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Department as well as our department of technology, and i want to thank all of those involved. This project started a little over two years ago with a conversation i had with an old family friend from google. And i want to take a moment to thank the entire google team that worked on this project. Its been two years, so, its touched a lot of desks and had a lot of approvals and in particular want to thank Veronika Bell who is here from google for stepping p. Up. Google is providing a financial gift of 600,000 to turn this into a reality. This is with the recreation and Park Department. I want to thank Phil Ginsberg, katy, so many people from the rec and park team that really brought this project forward. We selected locations throughout San Francisco on a number of lev ....
All right, everyone, want to say thank you all for being here today at balboa park and want to say, first off, thanks to the trust for public land who played a key role in renovating balboa park and to put it to be where it is today. And i want to thank you all for your efforts. You know, one of the best parts about being an elected official is the ability to effect change in San Francisco in a very positive way. And today im very proud to announce that after two years of incredibly hard work on behalf of a lot of people, we are announcing a new project in San Francisco to bring free wifi to 31 different parks, plazas, and open spaces across our city. From areas such as the marina green to Washington Square park to sunset playground, all a moe square, civic center, Ber ....
To be someone there. There have to be people working with it who are getting out there. I think this is what this city is going to be really powerful. In terms of other cities doing as well, chicago is doing some really interesting stuff. Scary cool stuff. Theyre taking 3 in 1 data, pothole request and crime report and matching it up with social media. Theyre getting this really deep and rich picture of what is going on in the city. And you can do that with data when you think about it creatively. Philadelphia as i mentioned, they are really active in open data. And new york, again with 3 in 1 is doing smart analytics. I think thats what youll see happening as well, government starts to become smarter, make better decisions, better policies. This term algorithmic regulation, which means you can have laws and policies in the cities determined by data and not just what we think is best, but whats actually best. So, as cities keep catching on and more and more with the data, youre going t ....