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Welcome back to the board of supervisors meeting of tuesday february 5, 2013. We have been establishing the Business Improvement and the hearing has been held in closed. I understand is clerk has received the relatives. Now if we could hear the ballot results yes with respect to whether or not there is a objection. For a million total yes votes and whether or not to a form the district is 14. Million or total proposed assessment and the total is 5 hundred and 37 thousand which is 3 point of the total proposed assessments so no there is not a majority of vote. Total proposed assessments in the district is 18. 4 million and total yes, and no votes combined in the 82 percent in the district so, yes there is a majority participation and finally, to the question of is there too thirds support do at least the majority support in levy of the assessment total votes yes cast 14. 3 million total no cast votes 5 hundred and 37 thousand ....
I know youve heard all kinds of reasons today and in the meeting before. This project is a good investment in the city of San Francisco and a good investment in the people of the city of San Francisco and i urge you to move this project forward please. Thank you thank you. Next speaker please and im with the local unions in San Francisco. On behalf of our local union and all of our members over 4 thousand we urge you to move forward with this project. A lot of our members will benefit not only from the construction jobs also the permanent jobs that this job will create. Thank you are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in sport . Any members who wish to speak in opposition . Arrest all right. L are there colleagues any concluding remarks i want to introduce a no nonsubstantive amendment. This would go i ....
Of howard pulling so many. Why moscone has a small operating loss the convention does contribute to your offer all fund. It is expect to increase a lot of jobs and under our general fund by neo 17. And thats just some of the direct benefits we are going to see. And as other convention sights increase were not able to track all of the differences. Im happy to support this today and im excited about the changes that will impact your neighbors. It will welcome tourists and particularly seniors. Were happy about the pedestrians safety and underwriters job that our community will have access to and thank you president. We here in budget the committee thifd some of the differences. It will create over 3 thousand construction jobs and its stemmed to increase over 3 thousand permanent jobs over years. And also i should be net positive this is going to be net positive in terms of the sales and revenue and were going to be seeing net positive changes for our general fund going forwarding. Its a ....
Additional vote. Let me first ask if there are any primary comments thank you. And i know that chair farrell from Budget Committee would like to speak as well. One item to appropriate 5 hundred and 7 millions 880,000 to the moscone project. And im playing this dollar amount with the comptroller. 70 percent of this would be provided by the moscone District Fund which we are voting on today and then the finding of the feasibility which is depended upon upon the election we have today. And the moscone would allow improvements of which the neighborhood and supervisors are interested in it would have padded he safety in that portion of howard pulling so many. Why moscone has a small operating loss the convention does contribute to your offer all fund. It is expect to increase a lot of jobs and under our general fund by neo 17. And thats just some of the direct benefits we are goi ....
Here. And the real problem is donald trump is not the closer. He cant call these people up and say, hey, ive done so much for you, you need to vote for this for me. This is not going to sway senate republicans. Darlene, a lot of the opposition in the bill isnt something that the sweeteners will necessarily be able to fix. A lit more money here or there to alaska or maine. The critique is more fundamental from Susan Collins. So how does senator graham and cassidy get over the hurdle . Thats a good question. You mentioned Susan Collins and rand paul who is always for repeal and his opposition to this bill now is based on the fact that it does not entirely repeal obamacare. So i dont know how you flip him on that basis. And can President Trump close the deal . That remains to be seen. This is one of several headlines moving ....