00:00:03 GOOD MORNING WAS THE FIRST GOOD MORNING.
00:00:10 THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE JUNE 25TH 2026
00:00:17 MEETING OF THE RECESS BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
00:00:18 FROM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2026.
00:00:21 I'M SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
00:00:24 I AM JOINED BY SUPERVISOR DANNY SADR AND SHIMON WALDEN WALTON
00:00:28 SORRY IT WAS KIND OF LONG. >> THANK YOU.
00:00:32 OUR CLERK IS BRANT HOLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EUGENE LA
00:00:37 BADIA AND JAMES KAWANA FROM CARDIFI FOR BROADCASTING THIS
00:00:41 MEETING. MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:44 ANNOUNCEMENT? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
00:00:47 JUST A FRIEND. >> A REMINDER TO THOSE
00:00:52 IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE MAKE SURE IT SOUNDS ALL CELL PHONES
00:00:53 AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR
00:00:56 PROCEEDINGS. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS
00:00:59 TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILE THAT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED
00:01:01 TO MIKE? THEY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO
00:01:03 MYSELF. THE CLERK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
00:01:04 MAY STILL SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE
00:01:08 FOLLOWING WAYS EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE BUDGET
00:01:11 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CLERK AT B-R E.A. DOT JL IPA
00:01:15 AND S.F. GOP THAT WORDS HAVE YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT BY
00:01:19 EMAIL IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO
00:01:23 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE.
00:01:24 YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA U.S. POSTAL
00:01:27 SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL AT ONE DR. CARLETON
00:01:30 BECAUSE THE PLACE FROM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOR
00:01:35 1 OR 2 AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:01:36 >> THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
00:01:37 THANK YOU MR. CLERK. I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
00:01:40 HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TODAY THIS MORNING WE WILL
00:01:43 AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
00:01:44 ADMINISTRATION TO FINALIZE ITEMS AND ISSUES FROM OUR
00:01:47 DELIBERATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN ORDER TO FORM FOR A
00:01:54 BALANCED BUDGET PACKAGE TO THE FULL BOARD.
00:01:55 WE WILL NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY'S AND ON TODAY'S AGENDA
00:02:03 SINCE WE SATISFIED THAT REQUIREMENT YESTERDAY.
00:02:06 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:02:10 >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
00:02:11 AND SO WITH THAT PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE TWO, 323 AND 24 YES
00:02:17 ITEMS 123 OUR ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMITTEE'S
00:02:21 CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE
00:02:24 DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEARS
00:02:30 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING
00:02:33 TO CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ITEM NUMBERS.
00:02:36 OUR ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET
00:02:37 IN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL ESTIMATED
00:02:41 RECEIPTS AND ALL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR THE
00:02:42 DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY AS OF MAY 30TH 2026.
00:02:48 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE PROPOSED ANNUAL SALARY
00:02:52 ORDINANCE ENUMERATING POSITIONS IN THE ANNUAL FOR FISCAL YEAR
00:02:55 ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028 CONTINUING CREATING
00:02:58 OR ESTABLISHING THESE POSITIONS ENUMERATING AND INCLUDING THERE
00:03:02 ARE NO POSITIONS CREATED BY THE CHARTER OR STATE LAW FOR WHICH
00:03:05 COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS
00:03:09 AND APPROPRIATED AND THE AOE AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS ARE
00:03:12 CONTINUATION OR APPOINTMENTS THERE TO SPECIFYING AND FIXING
00:03:14 COMPENSATIONS AND WORK SCHEDULES THEREOF
00:03:17 AND AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY POSITIONS AND FIXING
00:03:21 COMPENSATIONS AND ITEMS 23 AND 24 OR THE THE AOE AND THEY
00:03:27 ALSO RESPECTIVELY FOR THE MAY ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS AS OF
00:03:33 MAY 1ST 2026 MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK
00:03:34 AND FIRST COLLEAGUES. I WOULD LIKE TO DISPENSE WITH
00:03:38 SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES FROM LAST WEEK AND SOME EARLIER THIS
00:03:41 WEEK. SOME OF THESE ITEMS WE
00:03:45 DISCUSSED BUT DID NOT MAKE A DECISION OR NEED TO CLARIFY OUR
00:03:49 DECISIONS. IN ADDITION THE COMPTROLLER'S
00:03:53 OFFICE HAS REQUESTED IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:03:54 PROVISIONS WHICH WE WILL ADOPT THIS MORNING.
00:03:59 FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE REACHED
00:04:01 AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WILL BE
00:04:04 REJECTING BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
00:04:07 RECOMMENDATIONS. 12678, NINE, TEN, 15, 16 AND 17
00:04:19 AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THE DEPARTMENT DISAGREE WITH
00:04:23 AND THEN A PARTIAL REJECTION TO A RECOMMENDATION THREE AS
00:04:27 REQUESTED BY SUPERVISOR SAUTER .
00:04:31 >> NEXT IS THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF'S INSPECTOR GENERAL
00:04:35 WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS ACCEPTING RECOMMENDATION ONE
00:04:39 WHICH MEANS WE ARE ALSO ACCEPTING CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S
00:04:40 OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS 12 AND 13 THE BUDGET
00:04:47 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS DOE SEPARATELY WILL BE PROVIDING
00:04:48 SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON WHAT A ON DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT FOR A
00:04:55 PROJECTED BUDGET SHOULD THE SHERIFF'S INSPECTOR GENERAL IS
00:04:59 FULLY FUNDED AND SO THAT'S A SEPARATE INFORMATION WE THIS
00:05:06 BODY WILL RECEIVE WE ALSO HAVE REACH AGREEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC
00:05:11 DEFENDER WHERE THE COMMITTEE WILL BE REJECTING
00:05:14 RECOMMENDATIONS ONE TO THREE AND FOUR FOR HUMAN SERVICES
00:05:22 AGENCY. THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE
00:05:23 REJECTING RECOMMENDATION SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE AND THE LAST
00:05:30 DEPARTMENT WE'RE ANNOUNCING AGREEMENT FOR THIS MORNING IS
00:05:33 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE WE WILL BE REJECTING
00:05:37 RECOMMENDATIONS 18, 1921 AND 22.
00:05:43 FINALLY WE NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:05:46 PROVISIONS TO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO
00:05:50 ENSURE THE CITY HAS LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE AS SHE MEANT
00:05:54 RESERVE DEPOSIT FROM ALL POTENTIAL FISCAL YEARS WHICH
00:05:58 COULD BE BOTH THIS AND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
00:06:02 SO COLLEAGUES, YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS LANGUAGE ALREADY FROM MR.
00:06:06 CLERK AND IN THE SECTION 32.3 PAGE 59 LINE NINE ADDING 2025
00:06:17 THROUGH 26 OR BEFORE D 20 2627 AND THAT IS THE SECTION ON 32.3
00:06:28 FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUE RISK RESERVE.
00:06:32 SO THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE ONE. IT'S JUST ADDING THE FISCAL
00:06:37 YEAR 2526 IN FRONT OF 2627 TO ALLOW THE ASSOCIATED DOLLARS TO
00:06:45 BE DEPOSIT FROM BOTH FISCAL YEARS.
00:06:52 >> SO WITH THAT I KNOW I NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO AMEND THE
00:06:59 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION AS READ OUT LOUD SECOND SECOND BY
00:07:04 VICE CHAIR DORSEY A ROLL CALL PLEASE NOTE ON THE MOTION BY
00:07:08 CHAIR CHANCE SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY TO AMEND THE BILL
00:07:11 TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AS SO
00:07:16 READ VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
00:07:22 SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN A MAN
00:07:27 WOMAN CHURCH MAN I CAN I HAVE FIVE EYES THE MOTION PASSES
00:07:33 AND THEN WITH THAT WE ARE STILL IN CONVERSATION WITH THE
00:07:37 DEPARTMENTS COMPTROLLER, THE BUDGET, THE LEGISLATURE AND AS
00:07:41 ANALYST AND THE MAYOR'S AND HIS TEAM.
00:07:42 SO IN ORDER TO FINALIZE THIS OUTSTANDING ISSUE WE WILL
00:07:45 RECESS THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
00:07:50 UNTIL NOON TODAY
00:08:31 . S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO
00:08:36 GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
00:09:10 I WANT TO SAY HAPPY PRIDE SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEKEND HUNDREDS
00:09:15 OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL GATHER TO CELEBRATE ONE OF SAN
00:09:19 FRANCISCO'S BIGGEST AND BEST WEEKENDS CULMINATING WITH PRIDE
00:09:23 WITH THE PRIDE PARADE ON SUNDAY I WANT TO RECOGNIZE S.F. PRIDE
00:09:27 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZANNE FORD AND THE ENTIRE S.F. PRIDE TEAM
00:09:33 THIS WEEKEND WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP W Y ANDR
00:09:38 CITY IS GRATEFUL. THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
00:09:41 THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS H HELPED DEFINE SAN FRANCISCO FOR
00:09:46 GENERATIONS. THEIR COURAGE AND CULTURE HAVE
00:09:50 MADE OUR CITY STRONGER AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE
00:09:51 VALUESAN WE PRIDE PROUDLY STAND FOR TODAY AS WE HEAD INTO THE
00:09:57 WEEKEND. LLL OF THE LEADERS UP HERE KNOW
00:10:01 HOW IMPORTANT THIS WEEKEND IS AND WE ARE READYNT SAN
00:10:05 FRANCISCANS WE KNOW HOW TO HOST MAJOR EVENTS.
00:10:09 WE WELCOME W SUPER BOWL 60, THE WORLD CUP, THE NBA ALL-STAR
00:10:12 GAME AND MORE0,HE. EVERY TIME OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
00:10:17 TEAMS HAVE DELIVERED T PRIDE WIL BE NO DIFFERENT.
00:10:20 AND OUR CITY WBE IS PREPARED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY
00:10:27 ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISTURBING VIDEO FROM THIS WEEKEND OF A
00:10:28 CAR DRIVING THROUGH DOLORES PARK.
00:10:32 AND I'D LIKE TO THANK S.F. PD WHO ACTED QUICKLY TO MAKE AN T
00:10:36 ARREST. I WANT TO REASSUREI SAN
00:10:39 FRANCISCANS THAT WHETHER YOU ARE JOINING THE TRANS MARCH ON
00:10:40 FRIDAY T THE DATE MARCH ON SATURDAY OR WALKING DOWN MARKET
00:10:43 STREET FOR SUNDAY'SN PRIDE PARADE DURING CELEBRATIONS OUR
00:10:47 CITYDE YOUR SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.
00:10:54 MONTHS OF PLANNING AND COORDINATION HAVE GONE INTO
00:10:58 MAKING THIS WEEKEND SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL.
00:11:01 AND FUN. OUR POLICE OFFICERS, SHERIFF'S
00:11:02 DEPUTIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS WILL BE
00:11:06 DEPLOYED ACROSS THE CITY THIS WEEKENDAR.
00:11:09 CHIEF LEW WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS AND HOWF ATTENDEES
00:11:13 CAN DO THEIR PART THIS WEEKEND. MYMY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE LOOK OUT
00:11:17 FOR ONE ANOTHER. REPORT ANYTHING CONCERNING
00:11:21 AND KNOW THAT EVERY FIRST RESPONDER CITY WORKER
00:11:25 AND VOLUNTEER HAS ONE GOAL TO HELP EVERYONE CELEBRATE SAFELY.
00:11:29 I WANT TO W THANK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSDE S.F. PD CHIEF
00:11:33 DERRICK LOU SHERIFF PAUL MIYAMOTOICMO, FIRE CHIEF DEAN
00:11:37 CHRISMAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFOK JENKINS DEPARTMENTT
00:11:40 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARY ELLEN CARROLLEM TE
00:11:45 S.F. PD LGBTQ PLUS ADVISORYBT FORUM AND THE SFPD PRIDE
00:11:48 ALLIANCE. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
00:11:52 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS WEEKEND SAFE FOR
00:11:55 EVERYONE. SAN FRANCISCO IS READY.
00:12:00 >> HAPPY PRIDE AND LET'S GO. SAN FRANCISCO ECHO.
00:12:05 AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE DEREKWR LOU
00:12:13 GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS WEEKEND SAN FRANCISCO
00:12:17 HOSTS THE ANNUAL PRIDE PARADEIS AND CELEBRATION ONE OF THE
00:12:21 LARGEST LGBTQ PLUS GATHERINGSLES IN THE WORLD.
00:12:25 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THIS CITY DOES BETTER THAND DO ALMOST
00:12:29 ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH. THESE EVENTS ARE A PART OF SAN
00:12:33 FRANCISCO'S RICH CULTURAL HISTORY AND IDENTITYN R AND THE
00:12:37 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES OUR ROLE IN PROTECTING
00:12:39 THOSE WHO COME HERE T FROM NEAR AND FAR.
00:12:41 TO CELEBRATE MARCH OR SIMPLY WATCH VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:12:45 AS ALWAYS WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE SAN FRANCISCO IN OUR
00:12:49 LONGSTANDING STATUS AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
00:12:52 PLUS COMMUNITY. USI WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNIY
00:12:57 TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE LGBTQOG PLUS MEMBERS OF
00:13:00 OUR DEPARTMENT. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK MEMBERS
00:13:04 OF OUR PRIDE ALLIANCE FOR JOINING TODAY.
00:13:05 THESE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
00:13:06 G IN BUILDING TRUST AND LASTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH
00:13:09 OUR LGBTQIN PLUS COMMUNITY. YOU WILL SEE MANY OFEE OUR
00:13:13 OFFICERS INCLUDING ME WEARING PRIDE PATCHES THAT SUPPORT OUR
00:13:19 LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT TO
00:13:20 INCLUSIVENESSNIMI. >> THIS PROGRAM WAS STARTED
00:13:25 IN 2019 BY OUR PRIDE ALLIANCE. >> THIS YEAR FUNDS FROMUR THE
00:13:29 PROJECT WILL GO TO OPEN HOUSE, A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDESIL
00:13:33 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR LGBTQ PLUS ELDERS.
00:13:37 >> A BIG THANK YOU TO OFFICER KATHLEEN MCKIERNAN, THE
00:13:41 PRESIDENT OF THE PRIDE ALLIANCE FOR HER WORK AND COMMITMENT TO
00:13:42 THIS IMPORTANTHE PROGRAM. >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:13:45 CAPTAIN CHRIS DELGADO WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY.
00:13:49 CAPTAIN DELGADO IS NOT ONLY THE COMMANDING N OFFICER OF CENTRAL
00:13:52 STATION, ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S MOST DEMANDING
00:13:54 ASSIGNMENTSIO, BUT HE ALSO LEADS THE S.F. PD'S LGBTQ PLUS
00:14:00 ADVISORY FORUM AND IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RANKING LGBTQ PLUS
00:14:04 MEMBERS. >> THIS FORM MELDS MEMBERS OF
00:14:07 THE SPEEDY AND THE COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE
00:14:09 PARTNER C IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN SN FRANCISCO.
00:14:15 WHILE WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING OUR VALUES AS A WELCOMING CITY
00:14:16 THIS WEEKEND, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW EVERYONE
00:14:19 THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS A SAFE CITY AND AMONGST THE SAFEST
00:14:23 IN AMERICA. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR LURIE OUR
00:14:26 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM WITH US TODAY AND OUR
00:14:30 OTHER PARTNERS WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OVER THE
00:14:34 PAST MONTHS TO ENSURE THIS WEEKEND IS SAFE AND FUN FOR
00:14:38 ALL. AND WHILE THIS IS A BIG LIFT
00:14:39 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, REST ASSURED FOR DECADES THE SPEEDY
00:14:42 HAS HOSTED THIS EVENT AND OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS
00:14:46 ACROSS THE CITY. JUST LIKE ANY LARGE GATHERING
00:14:49 OF THIS TYPE. >> PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER
00:14:53 ONE PRIORITY AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY
00:14:57 LEADING UP TO THIS. WITHNG THIS WEEKEND WE'VE BEEN
00:15:00 PLANNING AND COORDINATING AS A DEPARTMENT AND WITH OUR CITY,
00:15:03 STATE AND FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS TO ENSUREE THIS IS A
00:15:07 SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EVENT FOR ALL.
00:15:08 >> WE HAVE A FULL STAFFING PLAN AND WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS AT
00:15:12 ALL DISTRICT STATIONS AND SPECIALIZED UNITS FANNED
00:15:16 OUT ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE AND IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY
00:15:20 READY TO RESPOND TO ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE.
00:15:23 AND WHILE OUR OFFICERS WORK TO ENSURE WE'RE ALL SAFE, WE ALSO
00:15:27 NEED THE PUBLIC TO DO THEIR PART.
00:15:28 LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOUR
00:15:31 FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AND STAY ALERT TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
00:15:34 BE MINDFUL OF YOUR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS LIKE YOUR WALLET,
00:15:38 PURSE AND CELL PHONES. DRINK RESPONSIBLY SO YOU'RE NOT
00:15:41 A TARGET AND DON'T ACCEPT DRINKS FROM STRANGERS.
00:15:48 AS ALWAYS DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.
00:15:49 WE HAVE WORLD CLASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TAXIS OR
00:15:53 RIDESHARE SERVICES TO CHOOSE FROM.
00:15:56 THERE'S NO EXCUSE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.
00:16:00 >> PLEASE LET US KNOWUS IN CLOSING.
00:16:04 >> I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE AND TO HAVE FUN.
00:16:05 THIS IS A TREMENDOUS EVENT FOR OUR CITY AND THE SPEEDY WILL BE
00:16:09 HERE TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS SAFE.
00:16:12 HAPPY PRIDE. I'D LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE
00:16:14 SHERIFF MIYAMOTO FOR REMARKS.
00:16:21 >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
00:16:26 CITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE DURING
00:16:29 PRIDE WEEKEND. WE ASK EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE
00:16:33 RESPONSIBLY KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR FRIENDS.
00:16:34 HAVING A PLAN FOR HOW YOU'RE GETTING HOME.
00:16:38 AND BEING RESPECTFUL TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
00:16:39 CHIEF LEW MENTIONED THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THE WORLD CLASS
00:16:42 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE THE ONE MODE OF
00:16:46 TRANSPORTATION WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU AVOID THIS
00:16:49 WEEKEND IS THE PARTY BUSSES THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
00:16:50 WILL HAVE OUT THEREEKEKEP. >> ONE A MORE PIECE OF ADVICE.
00:16:53 STOP IT LIKE YOU'RE ON A RUNWAY.
00:16:56 CELEBRATE LIKE YOU'RE AMONG FAMILY Y AND REMEMBER THAT PUBLC
00:17:00 SAFETY IS HERE SO THAT THE H ONY THING THAT WE HAVE TO GETE
00:17:04 CARRIED AWAY THIS WEEKEND IS THE GLITTER ON THE GROUND WHENET
00:17:07 WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU.
00:17:08 AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEEETR SECRETARY BROE
00:17:10 JENKINSST. >> WELL, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO
00:17:15 FOLLOW BUT KNOW HAPPY PRIDE, EVERYONE.
00:17:18 APAPI AM HONORED TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF
00:17:24 THE MOST JOYOUS WEEKENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO EVERY YEAR.
00:17:28 IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN PARADES THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:17:32 PARTICIPATING IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SAN
00:17:37 FRANCISCO SHOWS UP AND IT SHOWS OUT FOR PRIDE A.
00:17:40 >> BUT WHAT WE ALSO KNOW WHO ARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT
00:17:42 IN THEHE PAST THIS HAS OFTEN BEN A TRYING WEEKEND WHEN IT COMES
00:17:45 TO STREET CRIME. AND SO I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF
00:17:48 OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR SHERIFF.
00:17:51 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BE VIGILANT.
00:17:52 LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, PROTECT YOUR BELONGINGS.
00:17:55 MAKE SURE THAT YOU DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
00:17:59 >> AND MOST OF ALL REPORT TO THE POLICE OR ANY LAW
00:18:03 ENFORCEMENT AGENT THAT YOU SEE OUT ON THE STREET IF THERE IS
00:18:07 SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS THAT YOU BELIEVE THEYETT SHOULD BE AWARE
00:18:10 OF. >> THIS IS ALSO A A TIME YES.
00:18:14 FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SUCH STREET CRIME.
00:18:15 BUT I ALSOSO WANT TO BRING UP
00:18:18 ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC WHICH IS HATE CRIMES.
00:18:20 >> THISHE C HAS BEEN A TRYING TE FOR OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
00:18:25 IN OUR COUNTRY. AND JUST LAST WEEK I ANNOUNCED
00:18:29 CHARGES IN A HATE CRIME THATAT WAS TARGETED TOWARDS OUR LGBTQ
00:18:34 PLUS COMMUNITY IN THE CASTRO. AND SO I WANT TO REMIND ANYONE
00:18:38 THINKING OF COMING TO OUR PRIDE FESTIVITIES WITH THE INTENT TO
00:18:45 COMMIT ANY HARM TOWARDS OUR FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY
00:18:46 MEMBERS THAT THERE WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY IF ANYTHING LIKE
00:18:50 THAT HAPPENS HERE. AND SO WHILE AS MUCH AS WE WANT
00:18:54 TO BE JOYOUS, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THIS OCCASION VERY
00:18:57 SERIOUSLY AND I TAKE MY JOB SERIOUSLY TO PROTECT SAN
00:19:01 FRANCISCO. AND SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:19:05 GO OUT AND WE HAVE FUN. >> AND AGAIN, PLEASE BE
00:19:09 REASSURED THAT WE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING
00:19:10 THATE WE NEED TO KEEP EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SAFE AT
00:19:15 THIS TIME. >> I WILL THEN NOWLOW BRING UP
00:19:16 FIRE CHIEF DEAN CRISPIN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:19:27 I FIRST LIKE TO THANK MAYOR LURIE AND ALL OF OUR
00:19:28 FORIC SAFETY PARTNERSIK THEIR COLLABORATION
00:19:31 COMMUNICATION LEADING UP TO THIS EXCITING WEEKEND.
00:19:34 I WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO THANK ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF
00:19:36 ERIKA BROWN OF OUR HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM FOR HER EFFORTS
00:19:39 IN MAKING SURE THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
00:19:43 FULLY STAFFED AND PREPARED. AS WE ENTER PRIDE WEEKEND
00:19:46 , THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:19:47 STANDS PROUDLY WITH OUR LGBTO Q PLUS COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATING
00:19:52 A TRADITION DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.
00:19:55 POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE RESILIENCE, DIVERSITY
00:19:59 AND UNITY THAT MAKE SAN FRANCISCO EXTRAORDINARY.
00:20:02 OUR UNITS WILL BE FULLY STAFFEDD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND TO
00:20:07 ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PARTICIPANTS CAN CELEBRATE
00:20:10 SAFELY. WE ARE COORDINATING CLOSELY
00:20:11 WITH CITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT EVENTS, PARADES
00:20:15 AND GATHERINGS. WHILE WE EXPECT LARGE CROWDSD ,
00:20:18 OUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY REMAINS CONSTANTLIAN AND OUR TES
00:20:22 ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WHEREVER NEEDEDD
00:20:25 . DURING THE PRIDE PARADE SFD
00:20:26 WILL PROVIDE CHIEF OFFICERS TOAD STAFF OPERATIONS POSITIONS AT
00:20:30 ALL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERSOSRG AND COMMAND POST.
00:20:33 WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES ON THE ROUTEED AT FIXED
00:20:36 AND MOBILE LOCATIONS. PLEASE APPROACH AND NOTIFY ONE
00:20:40 OF OUR UNIFORMED MEMBERS OR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS
00:20:41 SHOULD YOU SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS?
00:20:44 IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
00:20:48 PLEASE KNOW THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENTT WILL
00:20:51 BE FULLY STAFFED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE REST
00:20:53 OF THE CITYEM ALL WEEKEND. WE ASK EVERYONE JOINING THE
00:20:57 CELEBRATION TO STAY AWAREIO OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
00:21:00 LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND FOLLOW EVENT SAFETYTH
00:21:03 GUIDANCE. SIMPLE STEPS STAYING HYDRATEDDI
00:21:07 REPORTING UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND KEEPING PATHWAYS CLEAR FOR
00:21:08 EMERGENCYY RESPONDERS. HELPER US KEEP THE WEEKEND SAFE
00:21:12 FOR ALL S. ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:21:15 FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WISH EVERYONE A JOYFULL, SAFE
00:21:18 AND AFFIRMING PRIDE WEEKEND. WE'RE HONORED TO SERVE THIS
00:21:20 CITYTY AND STAND WITH ALL WHO PROMOTE EQUALITY, INCLUSION
00:21:23 AND RESPECT. AND WITH THAT I WOULD BRING TO
00:21:26 THE STAGE THERI DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
00:21:30 MANAGEMENT, MARY ELLEN CARROLLLL .
00:21:33 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF CRISPIN.
00:21:38 THANK YOU MAYOR LURIE AND ALL OF OURUR PARTNERS UP HERE.
00:21:41 PRIDE IS ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL TIMES OF O THE YEAR O
00:21:45 BE IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO PROUD I
00:21:48 BECAUSE WE HAVE VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE HERE
00:21:49 FOR WORLD CUP. SO WE REALLY GET TO SHOW OFF.
00:21:53 >> WE'RE PREPARED FORHO A SAFE AND VERY JOYFUL WEEKEND.
00:21:57 ON SUNDAY THE DEPARTMENTRYRY OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL
00:22:01 OPERATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERNCLE FOR THE
00:22:04 PARADE. WE'LL HAVE STAFFING FROM ALL OF
00:22:05 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY T AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS
00:22:08 AND WE WILL ALSO BE MONITORING MARCHES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
00:22:14 AT TWO LOUIS PARK AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY FROM
00:22:18 THE EOC WE MONITOR 911 VOLUME CALLS EMSMS HOSPITAL CAPACITY
00:22:22 AND POLICE AND FIRE RESOURCES. WE COORDINATE ACROSS CITY
00:22:26 AGENCIES AND CENTRALIZE PUBLIC INFORMATION
00:22:30 AND SO THE CITY SPEAKS WITH ONE CLEAR VOICE.
00:22:31 SO SPEAKING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AS ALWAYS O, I WOULD
00:22:38 LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADYSK SIGNED UP FOR ALET
00:22:42 STAFF THAT YOU SHOULD DO SO. YOU CAN TEXT PRIDE S.F. TO
00:22:49 888777 AND GET CRITICAL INFORMATION8888 THAT WILL COME M
00:22:52 SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
00:22:57 I JUST WANT TOO REITERATE THE SIMPLEST THINGS WILL HELP US TO
00:23:01 TAKE CARE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
00:23:02 SO T HAVE FUN.
00:23:04 >> LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND STAY HYDRATED.
00:23:06 THANKYD YOU.
00:23:08 >> OKAY. AND IT IS MY PLEASURE.
00:23:13 LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO INTRODUCE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS
00:23:16 WHOLE THING, S.F. PRIDE, SUZANNE FORD.
00:23:24 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR LURIE.
00:23:25 THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS BEHIND ME, DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
00:23:28 EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN COORDINATING THIS EVENT THIS
00:23:32 WEEKEND. >> HAPPY PRIDE, EVERYBODY.
00:23:36 >> OKAY. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE ALL
00:23:37 SUPPOSED TO SMILE AND SAY OKAY. >> I'M SO HONORED TO LIVE IN A
00:23:44 CITY THAT HAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME LIKE I DO HERE TODAY
00:23:47 PLANNING A PRIDE TOGETHER FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE NATION
00:23:52 AND FOR THE WORLD. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO
00:23:55 COME TO SAN FRANCISCO. AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE
00:23:57 RESPONSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATING THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER
00:24:00 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS CENTERED FOR THIS
00:24:04 WEEKEND. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
00:24:08 STAFF CHRIS AND ALL OF MY FOUR OTHER GREAT PEOPLE ALL THE
00:24:11 CONTRACTORS, SILVERBACK PRODUCTIONS.
00:24:14 >> YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:24:19 WORKING RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENT.
00:24:21 >> I'D E LIKE TO JUST RUN DOWN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM
00:24:25 HERE ON OUT AS FAR ASS EVENTS ON THURSDAY TOMORROW TOMORROW
00:24:29 MORNING STARTING AT 10 A.M. WE WILL HAVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS
00:24:31 CONFERENCE AND IT WILL BE AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB.
00:24:34 >> AND THAT WILL GO ALL DAY LONG.
00:24:37 >> WE WILL HAVE A BLOCK PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING
00:24:40 TO DISTRICT AND A WATCH PARTY FOR FIFA.
00:24:42 >> AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 A.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
00:24:46 FIRST EVER WE'RE HAVING A POLITICAL MARCH NOT THE PARADE
00:24:48 BUT A MARCH DOWN THETI SAME COURSE.
00:24:50 AND THAT IS THE TRANS ALLYHA MARCH INDIVISIBLE ITSELF ALONG
00:24:55 WITH US THE PEOPLE'S MARCH, THE MARCH AND THE DIKES ON BIKES
00:24:59 WILL BE LEADING THAT MARCH. WE WILL HAVE OUR TWO DAY STREET
00:25:03 FAIR AT THE CIVIC CENTER SUNDAY MORNING.
00:25:07 >> I HOPE THERE ARE A MILLION PEOPLE DOWN MARKET STREET FOR
00:25:09 THE PARADE. >> AND THEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE
00:25:11 WILL ALSO HAVE AN A EVENT AT THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM.
00:25:14 YOU CAN GO TO S.F. PRIDE DOT ORG YOU CAN STILL BUY TICKETS
00:25:18 FOR THOSE EVENTS AND YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE DONATE BUTTON.
00:25:21 SAYAGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
00:25:25 THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU MAYOR LURIE.
00:25:27 >> THANK YOU,LU SUSAN. >> QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
00:25:42 >> OKAY, SOOR YOUR THOUGHTS ARE THE PER CAPITA EMISSIONS DATA
00:25:47 INFORMATION THAT THE DATA DOESN'TAT SUPPORT HAVING NIGHT
00:25:49 TIME PATROLS LIKE LIKE FOOT PATROLS IN THE CASTRO.
00:25:53 BUT IN RECENT WEEKS WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF DISTURBING
00:25:54 INCIDENTSEE LIKE THE HATE CRIME, THE ALLEGED 650 800 AND ALSO
00:25:59 ALLEGEDLY YOU KNOW, IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS FOR POLICE TO
00:26:04 RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT AT A NIGHTCLUB WHERE SOMEONE WAS
00:26:08 BEING THREATENING. SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT WOULD
00:26:11 CAUSE YOU TO RECONSIDER THOSE EARLIER DECISIONS?
00:26:15 >> WELL, I CAN JUST SAY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS ASSESSING OUR
00:26:18 RESOURCES HOW WE DEPLOY THEM. AND I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
00:26:22 TO THE INCIDENT INCIDENTS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.
00:26:26 BUT WE'RE ALWAYS MONITORING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE
00:26:30 CAN BEST DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT FIXEDED IN TE
00:26:33 WAY THAT WE DO THINGS. AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE
00:26:37 THINK NEEDS ADDRESSING, WE WILL WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
00:26:39 OKAY. >> SO I'M LOOKING TOWARD A
00:26:42 HOUSING PLAN. YEAH.
00:26:43 LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALWAYS IN A STATE OF OF OF OF IMPROVING OUR
00:26:49 DEPLOYMENTS BUT BALANCING THAT AGAINST WHAT OUR RESOURCES ARE.
00:26:53 >>S SO THE ANSWER IS YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
00:26:56 CHIEF. GO AHEAD.
00:26:57 I'M SORRY. SO WE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE
00:27:03 LICENSE PLATE READERS, THE DATABASE THAT IT'SCE UNRELATED O
00:27:07 THIS BUT MANY PEOPLE IN THESE EVENTS ARE AFRAIDTH TO CALL 911
00:27:12 THEY HAVE THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN FEARFUL OFL A HAVING THEIR DATAR
00:27:15 THAT STATUS, YOU KNOW, LEAKEDD OR WHATEVER.
00:27:19 CAN YOU JUST REITERATE THAT IT'S SAFE TO CALL THEM AWAY?
00:27:20 THIS IS SOMETHINGT THAT YOU DON'T ASK FOR IMMIGRATION,
00:27:23 SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SHARE WITH IMMIGRATION FEDERAL
00:27:27 OFFICIALS OR ICE? YEAH.
00:27:28 ERERSO I THINK THAT'S A TWO PART ANSWER HERE.
00:27:32 >> SO NUMBER ONE, UNEQUIVOCALLY WE O DO NOT COOPERATE WITH ANY
00:27:35 SORT OF IMMIGRATION AGENCYY AT ALL.
00:27:38 >> THERE'S STATE CITY LAW, OUR N, OUR OWN RULES
00:27:43 AND REGULATIONS THAT IS NOT IN OUR DNAON WHATSOEVER.
00:27:46 SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL 911. WE DON'T DON'T COOPERATE AS FAR
00:27:50 AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNED, AS FAR AS LICENSE
00:27:53 PLATE PLATE READER CONCERNS. YEAH, AS SOON AS WE FIGURED OUT
00:27:57 THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY A AN INAPPROPRIATE ACCESS WE SHUT
00:28:01 THAT OFF. IT CONTINUES TO BE SHUT OFF.
00:28:06 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOOLE TO THISL CITY THAT CONSTANTLY
00:28:09 CONTRIBUTES TO PUBLIC SAFETY OVERALL.
00:28:12 AND SO WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
00:28:14 WE'RE USINGNG IT IN THE RIGHT WAY
00:28:18 . >> THERE'S KIND OF BEEN A
00:28:19 SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LASTF FEW
00:28:23 WEEKS. THERE'S A THERE'S THE DEA THAT
00:28:24 HAS FILED CHARGES AGAINST THIS GUY FOR A A HATE CRIMES.
00:28:27 >> THIS IS JUST LAST WEEK WITH THOSE CHARGES FILED THIS
00:28:30 WEEKEND KNUCKLEHEAD DRIVING TO DOLORES PARK AND APPARENTLY
00:28:31 THERE'S VIDEO OF AND DRIVING THROUGH CASTRO OF WELL ACTING
00:28:35 KIND OF WEIRD AND THEN THERE'S THIS CONTROVERSY AROUND THE SAN
00:28:39 FRANCISCO GIANTS AND THE SCRIPTURESC ON THEIR CAPS.
00:28:42 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS
00:28:46 AND SHOULD PEOPLE BE ON GUARD OR IS IT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE
00:28:47 KINDEO OF CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AT THE
00:28:51 MOMENT? >> YEAH.
00:28:52 E AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE THE MEN T AND WOMEN BEHIND ME WO
00:28:57 ARE SO INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE
00:29:01 THAT PRIDE IS COMES OFF SAFELY. SUZANNE FORD'S LEADERSHIP
00:29:08 IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE.
00:29:09 WE LIVE IN A IN A BIG CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
00:29:12 THAT DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT LEGAL AND WE ARE GOING TO FIND
00:29:17 THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO ARREST THEM LIKE WE DID WITH THAT
00:29:20 PERSON THAT DROVE THROUGH DOLORES PARK ON THE SAN
00:29:24 FRANCISCO GIANTS ISSUE. WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM
00:29:30 YOU REPRESENT NOT ONLYY THE GIANTS ORGANIZATION BUT YOU
00:29:34 REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE LGBTQ PLUS
00:29:38 COMMUNITY IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR CITY.
00:29:42 AND I HAVE TO SAY THE GIANTS HAVE LED THE WAYHA FOR DECADES
00:29:48 IN MAKING SURE THAT THE LGBTQTQ COMMUNITY WASCO PART AND PARCEL
00:29:53 OF THAT TEAM. AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE NOW IS
00:29:56 THEM RECOMMIT TO THE LGBTQ I COMMUNITY L AND I THINK YOU WILL
00:30:01 SEE THAT IN THE COMING DAYS .
00:30:04 BUT YOU BROUGHT UP AP COUPLE OF INSTANCES OF OF OF YOU KNOW,
00:30:09 YOUR YOUR WORDS NOT MINE OF KNUCKLEHEADS.
00:30:12 I SEE GREAT THINGS FROM THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO EVERY
00:30:16 SINGLE DAY. IN FROMOPLE COMINGVE
00:30:19 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO CELEBRATE THE GREATEST CITYRICE
00:30:23 IN THE WORLD IN SAN FRANCISCO OUR VALUES HAVE BEEN ON FULL
00:30:25 DISPLAY W H DURING THIS PRIDE MONTH.
00:30:28 WE HAD YOUSDE KNOW, A PRIDE FLAG RAISING AT CITY HALL.
00:30:34 IT WAS INCREDIBLE IN THE SPIRIT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH
00:30:38 THIS CITY IS ON FULL DISPLAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT
00:30:39 AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE GREAT THE GREATNESS OF OUR
00:30:42 CITY ALWAYS OUTSHINES THOSE FEW THAT MAKE IT ABOUT THEMSELVES.
00:30:49 WE'RE UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT WEEKEND,
00:30:54 HAS A FUN WEEKEND AND THAT OUR LGBTQ F PLUS COMMUNITY IS LIFTED
00:30:58 UP AND FRONT AND CENTER THIS WEEKEND AND I'M I'M LOOKING
00:31:02 FORWARD TO IT. >> ANOTHERER FOLLOW UP QUESTION
00:31:06 FOR YOU IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIDE NINE, THERE'S
00:31:09 OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT'S COME OUT
00:31:11 SINCE YESTERDAY.
00:31:13 BUSTER POSEY, HE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS H AND A
00:31:17 LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN THATF
00:31:21 IT'S KIND OF A DOUBLING DOWN ON THE BLANKET STATEMENT MADE BY
00:31:22 ORGANIZATION. DO YOU THINK ITIZ MADE THINGS
00:31:25 WORSE FOR THOSE T WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WE GO
00:31:29 INTO PRIDE? AND ALSONC HAVE YOU REACHED OUT
00:31:32 TO THE GIANTS ABOUT TRYING TO OFFER YOUR SUPPORT?
00:31:34 >> YEAH O O, I I'VE BEEN IN TOUH WITH A FEW I LEADERS IN THE
00:31:39 GIANTS ORGANIZATION AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
00:31:43 IN TOUCH WITH LEADERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND THAT
00:31:46 IS GOOD TO HEAR. THAT IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.
00:31:47 AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM AND FROM THE FRONT
00:31:51 OFFICE IS THAT THEY RECOMMIT TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
00:31:54 AS I SAID BEFORE, WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT JERSEY YOU'RE NOT JUST
00:31:58 REPRESENTING YOURSELF, YOU'RE REPRESENTING A STORIED
00:32:02 FRANCHISE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND WHAT MAKES OUR
00:32:06 CITY SO INCREDIBLE IS THE DIVERSITY AND IS OUR LGBT Q
00:32:13 PLUS COMMUNITY. AND SO I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT
00:32:17 THEY WILL RECOMMIT TO THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND ONCE AGAIN
00:32:21 THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES AND DECADES.
00:32:25 AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW
00:32:28 ,WANT TO SAY THEY NEED TO DO THIS OR THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
00:32:32 I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MOMENT OF EDUCATION IN OUR CITY AND WE
00:32:36 CAN HEAL AND WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
00:32:39 I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. WE ARE ALL UP FOR THE PINK
00:32:41 TRIANGLERE EVENT WHICH IS AND IT WAS AN EDUCATION EVENT.
00:32:47 IT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WE DON'T WANT TO SEE
00:32:49 HAPPENEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WHEN EVENTS LIKE THIS
00:32:52 HAPPEN I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITYVENK FOR US TO EDUCAE
00:32:56 PEOPLE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE STILL NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
00:33:00 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VIBRANCY T AND AND THE CRITICAL
00:33:04 NATURE OF LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY PLAYS IN OUR CITY.
00:33:07 AND WILL HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO THINK THESE COMMENTS ARE NOT
00:33:12 A LOT OF T EDUCATION DO YOU THIK WHAT I MEAN AND WHAT ARE THOSE
00:33:16 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH I THINKSEK THAT'S UP FOR TE
00:33:19 GIANTS TO DO IT AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK I'VEE HEARD FROM
00:33:22 THEM THAT THEY ARE IN TALKS WITH LEADERS OF THE LGBTQ TAL
00:33:26 COMMITTEE. I ALSO THINK THEY SHOULD BE
00:33:27 IN TALKS WITH THE MEMBERS OFS S AND LEADERS FROM THE FAITH
00:33:30 COMMUNITY AS WELL. I THINK YOUER KNOW, THERE'S A LT
00:33:34 OF DIVISIVENESS IN THIS COUNTRY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:33:38 WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PRACTICE IS IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
00:33:41 AND AND P I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE GIANTS WILL LEAD ON THAT IN THE
00:33:45 DAYS AHEADAD. >> OKAY.
00:33:48 I THINK SO, YEAH. I MEAN I JUST JUST DIDN'T HEAR
00:33:52 MUCH ABOUT THE FIELD. I KNOW THAT IT MEANS A LOT
00:33:57 EVERYTHING ISME IT EVERY YEAR HS A LOT OF BACKGROUND BEHIND IT.
00:34:00 SO WHAT IS RESILIENCE AND ACTION MEANS BEFORE WE GET
00:34:03 TO THAT I WOULD SAY I'M ONE OF THE LEADERS THAT HAS SPOKEN TO
00:34:07 THE GIANTS TO TO REGISTER THE HURT
00:34:10 AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM
00:34:11 CONCRETE WAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT AND I
00:34:15 HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET BUT WE'RE WAITING AND WE DID ASK
00:34:19 ALSO IF WE COULD SPEAK TO THE PLAYERS I AND THAT'S ONE THING I
00:34:22 NEVER SEE HAPPEN IN THESE SITUATIONS IS WHERE LEADERS,
00:34:26 ESPECIALLY TRANS PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK TO THE PLAYERS.
00:34:27 ITS,S, DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO WE'RE PUSHING FOR THAT
00:34:30 AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR JUST WHAT I JUST SAID.
00:34:33 RESISTANCE IN ACTION IS THE THEME THIS YEAR AND SPEAKING TO
00:34:37 THE GIANTS IS ONE OFPE THOSE ONE OF THOSE ACTIONS PROTESTING
00:34:40 WHEN FIELDS COFFEE WAS GOING TOT TAKE OUT THE RAINBOW FLAGS.
00:34:43 THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OFUT RESISTANCE IN ACTION.
00:34:48 SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE IS NOT JUSTS AN ORGANIZATION THAT THROWS A
00:34:51 PARADE. WE ALSO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS
00:34:52 OF THELSEP LGBTQ COMMUNITY. ALL THOSE EVENTS IL JUST LISTED
00:34:59 FOR YOU ARE CONCRETE WAYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOT JUST SIT AT HOME
00:35:02 AND SAY THIS IS INTOLERABLE. THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACING
00:35:04 IN THIS COUNTRY THAT YOU CAN COME OUT BE IN COMMUNITY
00:35:07 IT SOMETHING SO COME OUT, MARCH WITH THE
00:35:10 COMMUNITY, COME TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT THAT THERE ARE
00:35:13 CONCRETE WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING.
00:35:14 >> THANK YOUTSCO. >> THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
00:35:17 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL Y
00:35:18 VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:35:27 THANKNK
00:36:02 . >> EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF
00:36:03 DOLLARS QUIETLY MOVE O THROUGH THE CITY FUNDING PARKS, BUSSES,
00:36:07 CLASSROOMS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
00:36:10 NOW BEHIND THAT FLOW IS AND SYSTEMG MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE
00:36:14 BUT IT SHAPES EVERY CORNER OF SAN FRANCISCON.
00:36:17 WELCOME TO I LEFT MY PODCAST IN SAN FRANCISCO BROUGHT TO YOU
00:36:19 BY S.F. GOV TV. NOW THIS IS A SHOW WHERE WE
00:36:22 TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE PEOPLE SHAPINGIN OUR CITY,
00:36:25 OUR LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT.
00:36:29 AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL.
00:36:30 AND TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY F SAN FRANCISCO'S TREASURER JOSE
00:36:33 CISNEROS. WE TALK ABOUT HOWSC HE CAME INTO
00:36:36 PUBLIC SERVICE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE AMAZING PROGRAMSOM
00:36:40 AND SERVICES FROM HIS OFFICE LIKE KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE
00:36:44 AND JUST AMAZING SUCCESSFUL FINANCE STORIES THAT'LL MELT
00:36:45 YOUR HEART. I'M YOUR HOST, FRANCO FINN.
00:36:49 LET'S GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO WORK WELL.
00:36:58 WELCOME TO I LEFT MY PODCAST IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:37:02 LITERALLY WE ARE IN THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL.
00:37:03 YOU'RE HOME. YOU'RE THIS IS PROBABLY THIS IS
00:37:06 YOUR HOME. I'M HERE EVERY DAY.
00:37:07 THIS IS YOUR SECOND HOME. MAYBE YOURVE FIRST HOME.
00:37:10 >> REALLY? YOU'RE HERE FOR MANY DAYS
00:37:11 AND FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND YOUR CAREERS HAS BEEN
00:37:13 IMPRESSIVE SERVING OUR CITY WITH THE COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE
00:37:17 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO OUR TREASURE.
00:37:20 >> JOSE CISNEROS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.
00:37:21 THANK YOU FORNI HAVING ME. THISG IS AMAZING SAN FRANCISCO
00:37:25 TREASURE. THAT IS A LOT OF F RESPONSIBILIY
00:37:28 . YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH IN CHARGE
00:37:29 ISON COMING THAT IN AND OUT.
00:37:32 YOU'RE THEU CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE
00:37:37 CITY. AND WE'LL GET INTO OBVIOUSLY
00:37:38 YOUR MAIN ROLE HERE. >> BUT H LET'S JUST BACK HOW YOU
00:37:41 GOT HERE. I WANT TO SEE THE JOURNEY
00:37:43 BECAUSE OH, YOU CAME FROM MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.
00:37:44 YEAHREHE. >> AND THEN MADE YOUR WAY OUT
00:37:48 WEST. YEAH.
00:37:49 WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION LIKE?
00:37:51 >> HOW DID YOU GET TO SAN FRANCISCO?
00:37:52 WAS YOURRHO FIRST MEMORY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:37:54 YOU REMEMBER? OH GOSH.
00:37:55 WELL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE RBEBEA YOUNG YOUNGER PERSON YOUNG
00:37:58 ADULT CAME TO VISITNG MANY TIMES AND OF COURSE LOVED
00:38:01 IT. >> AND IT'S INTERESTING MY
00:38:05 JOURNEY A LITTLE IT' BIT. I STARTED IN A SMALL TOWN
00:38:10 IN MICHIGAN IN MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.
00:38:12 STAYED THERE UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO GO TO COLLEGE.
00:38:14 WHEN I WENT TO A COLLEGE. I IN BOSTON AND REALLY ENJOYED
00:38:17 BOSTON IT'S A GREAT TOWN. LOTSRE OF UNIVERSITIES, LOTS OF
00:38:20 STUDENTS, LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE VERY MODERN , LIVELY SETTING FOR
00:38:24 EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO.
00:38:27 AND DID A LOT OF GROWING UP THERE, GOT MY FIRST COUPLE OF
00:38:29 JOBS THERE. FIRST ONE WAS IN BANKING.
00:38:32 SECOND ONE WAS FOR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.
00:38:35 >> YOU KNOW IT WAS THERE A GOOD WHILE.
00:38:36 AND THEN AFTER A WHILE JUST HAD VISITED SAN FRANCISCO A FEW
00:38:40 TIMES MY PARTNER AND I VISITED ONE LAST TIME AND WE SAID, YOU
00:38:44 KNOW WHAT? IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE MOVE.
00:38:47 AND WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO WE HAD SOLD THE PLACE, MOVEDEA AND WE'E
00:38:52 LIVING HERE AND HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK.
00:38:53 THAT WAS IT. WHAT A
00:38:54 WAS THE ONE THING YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU JUST LOVED
00:38:56 ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO THAT WAS AMAZING?
00:38:57 LIKERA WAS IT THE FOOD? WAS IT THE THE YOU KNOW, JUST
00:39:00 THE LANDSCAPE? LIKE WHAT WAS THE ONE THING
00:39:02 THEY COULD SAY GOSH, CISCO, YOU HAD MY HEART HEREO.
00:39:05 IT'S HARD TO PICK ONE THING. THERE'S SO MUCH BEAUTY.
00:39:06 THERE'S SO MUCH CULTURERE .
00:39:08 THERE'S DIVERSITY OF COURSE THAT TOPS EVERYWHERE ELSE
00:39:12 IN THE WORLD PROBABLY FOR ME I HAVE TO SAY THE THING THAT
00:39:13 STICKS OUT WITH ME THE MOST THOUGH I LOVE IT ALL IS THE
00:39:17 WEATHER. I GREW UP IN MICHIGAN.
00:39:20 IF YOU HAVEN'T GROWN UP AS A SMALL CHILD SHOVELING SNOW
00:39:25 AND YOU GO AROUND YOUR HOUSE THEN YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED
00:39:28 WINTER. THAT'S MY MEASURE, YOU KNOW,
00:39:29 TELL ME HOW MANY FEET OF SNOW YOU SHOVELED WHEN YOU WERE 11
00:39:33 YEARS OLD. THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUTD IF YOU
00:39:35 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WINTER AT ALL.
00:39:36 SO IT'S NICE TO LIVE AND EVEN BOSTON DOES HAVE WINTERS SO
00:39:40 IT'S NICE TO BE SOMEWHERE THAT'S NICE AND WONDERFUL
00:39:43 WEATHER WISE BUT PLEASANT FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, RIGHT?
00:39:47 >> YOU KNOW. RIGHT.
00:39:48 YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN YES, IF IT GETSS TO 80
00:39:51 DEGREES I THINK WE'RE ALL COMPLAINING HERE AND THEN YEAH
00:39:54 ,WHICH IS THE WORST BUT WE ARE WE'RE STILL COLLEGES.
00:39:56 ERIC RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. I MEAN WE'VE GOT TO GO.
00:39:59 NO, IO THINK THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUTHE BUT IT'S HARD O
00:40:02 BEAT THE WAY THE WEATHER IS. >> YOU KNOW WHAT WEATHER IS
00:40:03 WHAT MAKES PEOPLE MOVE I TO MUCH LIVES IN CALIF SPECIALLY WHEN
00:40:07 YOU'VE EXPERIENCED OTHER PLACES.
00:40:08 U', I WOULD AGREE. >> WELL THANKS FOR SHARING
00:40:10 THAT. AND SO YOU WORKED IN THE
00:40:11 PRIVATE SECTORO? YEAH, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
00:40:14 HOW DID YOU TRANSITION INTO PUBLIC SERVICE?
00:40:17 OH, THAT'S PRIVATE TO PUBLIC. THAT'S A VERY GREAT STORY.
00:40:21 SO I WAS AS I SAID WHEN I MOVED HERE I WAS STILL WORKING FOR A
00:40:23 TECHNOLOGY COMPANY. IT WAS C A COMPANY CALLED LOTUS
00:40:26 DEVELOPMENT. IT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE APM
00:40:28 WHILE. SOME GREAT PRODUCTS PEOPLE
00:40:29 REMEMBER ONE TWO, THREE LOTUS NOTES ALONG THE WAY I GOT W
00:40:32 PURCHASED BY IBM SO BY THE TIME I MOVED HERE IT WAS ACTUALLY A
00:40:36 DIVISION OF IBM. I WAS I'D'D BEEN THERE A LONG
00:40:40 TIME PROBABLY A DOZEN YEARS OR MORE AND I THINK MY
00:40:43 OPPORTUNITIES THERE WERE REALLY STARTING TO WIND DOWN AND I
00:40:47 MADE A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS HERETA IN SAN FRANCISCO I AND I MADE
00:40:51 SOME FRIENDS THAT ACTUALLY WORKED HERE IN CITY HALL
00:40:52 AND THROUGH THOSETY CONTACTS I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
00:40:56 MAYOR AT THE TIME TO APPOINT ME TO A COMMISSION AND AS YOU
00:41:00 PROBABLY KNOW, YES, MANY IF NOT ALMOST ALL DEPARTMENTS HERE
00:41:04 HAVE A PUBLIC SET OF MEMBERS THAT ACT AS A COMMISSION OR
00:41:07 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. YEAH, RECHECKED THE SAME AS YOU
00:41:08 WOULD SEE FOR A NONPROFIT, RIGHT?
00:41:11 >> THEY MEET A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH SUBORDINATES BASICALLY
00:41:15 SEE THE RIGHTS OF BOARD ESSENTIALLY A VOLUNTEER BOARD.
00:41:16 >> YEAHH, IN A WAY AND THEY REALLY HELP OUT SO THE MAYOR AT
00:41:22 THE TIME, MAYOR WILLIE BROWN HAD APPOINTED ME TO MY TO MY
00:41:27 FIRST COMMISSION THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC COMMISSIONSI AND NOW
00:41:30 LONG RETIRED IT'S PART OF THE MTA NOW BUTUT I GOT A TASTE FOR
00:41:34 CITY GOVERNMENT AND IT WAS FASCINATING PEOPLE F REALLY CARE
00:41:38 ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT DOES.
00:41:39 I CAN TELL YOU C HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT THOSE PARKING SPACES
00:41:42 ON THEIR BLOCK. YEAH A LOT.
00:41:45 AND WHEN YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING A BIKE LANE
00:41:46 IN AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKINGNG T SPACES OH MY GOSH.
00:41:49 >> YES, YES. NO AND I'M A FILM COMMISSION.
00:41:52 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT. OH YEAH.
00:41:54 YES, I'M APPOINTED. I WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR BREED
00:41:56 OF A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT OPENED UP MY EYES IT'S I'M YEAH
00:42:00 UNBELIEVABLE I'M A SAN FRANCISCAN.
00:42:04 I BORN AND RAISED HERE WALKING AIMLESSLY TO RICHES.
00:42:07 NOW I CANNOT SEE THE CITY THE SAME WAY I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE
00:42:10 LIKE YOU AND OTHERS THAT MAKE THE CITY RUN EACH AND EVERY DAY
00:42:12 THAT YOU MAY NOTHAUN HEAR OR SEE ABOUT.
00:42:14 >> YEAH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE ARE PARTSEE
00:42:17 I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
00:42:18 I THINK THAT CITY GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL RIGHT IS
00:42:22 PRETTY LOW ON MOST PEOPLE'S AWARENESS TOTEMMEME POLES.
00:42:25 RIGHT. RIGHT.
00:42:26 BUT CITY GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTELY THE LEASTGHGH AWARENESS AND PAYG
00:42:29 ATTENTION TO BUTN IT MY EYES GOT OPENED UP AND THEN IT GETS EVEN
00:42:34 BETTER AND IN 2000 THE MAYOR AT THE TIME MAYOR WILLIE BROWN
00:42:41 MOVED ME FROM THAT MY FIRST COMMISSION TO THE NEWLY NEWLY
00:42:44 CREATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MTA MUNI MUNI YEAH,
00:42:48 MASSIVE. >> OH THAT'S AN ACTIVE
00:42:49 OPERATION OVER THE YEARS FOR ALL PEOPLE LOVE TO HATE ABOUT
00:42:54 MUNI IT IS TREMENDOUS I IN MANY MANY WAYS AND THE NUMBER OF
00:42:57 PEOPLE IT MOVES EVERY DAY THE OPERATIONSF, THE FINANCING, THE
00:43:00 CONSTRUCTION EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT LABOR DO A TREMENDOUS
00:43:04 JOB, A HUGE SERVICE TOGE EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY AND I
00:43:07 WAS I WAS JUST IMMERSED IN IT AND REALLY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY
00:43:12 TO BE ON THE BOARD AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE BOARD I
00:43:15 TRANSITION TO ACTUALLY BEING AN EMPLOYEE OFAC THE MTA.
00:43:18 I VERY MUCH ENJOYED THAT. WE WORKED ON GETTING THE
00:43:20 FUNDING FOR WHAT BECAME THE CENTRAL SUBWAY THEY EXTENSION
00:43:25 FROM THIRD STREET UP UP INTO CHINATOWN AND I JUST LOVE DOING
00:43:29 THAT WORKNG AND THEN ANOTHER MAYOR CHANGED MY LIFE THIS THISR
00:43:33 GAVIN T NEWSOM MAYOR OH YEAH. >> GAVIN MR. NEWSOM HE Y SHOWED
00:43:37 UP IN HE WON HIS ELECTION FOR MAYOR.
00:43:41 HEHEON SHOWED UP IN 2004 AND HE STARTED, YOU KNOW, MOVING SOME
00:43:44 PEOPLE UOU AROUND IN POSITIONS F LEADERSHIP AND HEER TOOK THE
00:43:51 TREASURER AT THE TIME GAVE HER A MUCH BIGGERER AND DIFFERENT JB
00:43:55 AND APPOINTED ME TO BE THE TREASURER AND SO THAT WAS
00:43:58 SEPTEMBER OF OHA FOUR AND I'VE BEEN IN THE JOB EVEROU SINCE
00:44:04 AND THIS IS YOUR SIXTH TERM? YES.
00:44:05 THAT IS AMAZINGNG AND UNPRECEDENTED HONESTLY SIX
00:44:09 TERMS IS AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS THAT MEANS
00:44:12 THERE'S A LOT OF TRUST IN YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND I
00:44:16 MEAN AND YOU'VE GOTTEN THE TASTE FROM YOU'VE MOVED TO YOUR
00:44:17 CAREER'V AND IT'S EVOLVED AND THIS PUBLIC SERVICE NOW YOU
00:44:20 HAVE SUCH A BIG ROLE NOW LET'S GET INTO THAT LIKE THIS IS THE
00:44:24 MAIN PART BECAUSE IT'S THERE IS A LOT OF RESPONSIBLE
00:44:27 AND THERE'S A LOT TO MANAGE IF YOU WILL.
00:44:28 YOU'RE THEF CHIEF PRETTY MUCH INVESTMENT OFFICER OF SAN
00:44:32 FRANCISCOHI. >> BREAK IT DOWN AND KIND OF
00:44:35 IN LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR SURE. SURE.
00:44:36 SURE. IOWAY KNOW THIS KIND OF BANKING
00:44:39 FINANCE WORLD AND HOW MONEY COMES IN AND OUT.
00:44:40 SURE. AND HOWKINCND TO MANAGE.
00:44:43 >> JOSE, WHAT ISSE IT YOUR JOB? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO I
00:44:47 WANT TO I WANT TO BE I OPEN ABOT THE FULL THE FULL NAME OF THE
00:44:51 DEPARTMENT IS THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE
00:44:54 TREASURER AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT THE POPULAR PART THAT
00:44:55 KNOW IT'S IT'SI SUPER IMPORTANT YOU DON'T KNOW
00:45:02 BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH A CITY AND A COUNTYY.
00:45:06 WE HAVE THE LARGEST TAX COLLECTION JOBLL OF ANY LOCAL
00:45:09 GOVERNMENT IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTOT ONLY THE
00:45:13 TAXES THE COUNTIES COLLECT AND EVERY COUNTYIE IN CALIFORNIA
00:45:17 COLLECTS THE PROPERTY TAXES USUALLY THE BIGGEST REVENUE
00:45:20 SOURCE FOR ANY COUNTY AND IN
00:45:21 OUR CASE IT'S THE BIGGEST, BIGGEST REVENUEUE SOURCE FOR OUR
00:45:25 CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THAT'S THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
00:45:29 AND A VERY IMPORTANT WORK. BUT AS A CITY WE HAVE DOZENS OF
00:45:33 OTHER TAXES AND FEES THAT WE ALSO COLLECT BECAUSE WE GET TO
00:45:37 DO DOUBLE DUTY BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY AND A COUNTY.
00:45:38 >> YEAH. SOE' REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE WOK
00:45:41 ALL EVERY DAY HELPING TAXPAYERS BE AWARE OF WHAT THEY OWE, WHYRE
00:45:47 THEY OWE IT, HOW MUCH THEY OWE, HOW TO FILE AND DO, EVERYTHING
00:45:51 AND DO IT ON TIME AND AVOID LATE FINES AND ANYTHING LIKE
00:45:53 THAT ORD THAT TYPE OF THING.
00:45:55 SO THAT ISHA A MASSIVE JOB AND IT'S PROBABLY THE LION'S
00:46:00 SHARE OF THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE DOES AND I JUST WANT TO L
00:46:01 SHOUT TT OUT TO ALL THE EMPLOYES AT THE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE
00:46:08 THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK EVERY DAY AND I JUST WANT TO TELL ONE
00:46:13 STORY. I AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I DO
00:46:14 GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND I'M NOT THE MOST FAMOUS ELECTED
00:46:17 OFFICIAL. I THINK THE MAYOR STILLOSOFAL HS
00:46:19 ON TO THAT JOB TITLE BUT NEVERTHELESS A FEW PEOPLE COME
00:46:20 UPVE TO ME IN MY ROLE AND ONE PERSON CAME UP TO ME AND SAID I
00:46:24 JUST NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT A VISIT I MADE TO YOUR OFFICE
00:46:28 AND I SAID OKAY I WANT TO HEAR. AND THEY SAID WELL I HAD THIS
00:46:34 GOT THIS BILL AND I JUST I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:46:35 I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH J IT.
00:46:38 THERE'S NO WAY I COULD SHOW THAT MUCH MONEY.
00:46:39 SO I CAME INTO YOUR OFFICE. IIUC WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER
00:46:43 AND I SAID TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY
00:46:44 BILL. I NEED YOU TO FIX IT OR EXPLAIN
00:46:47 IT TO ME OR WHATEVER. SHE SAID THE PERSON THAT WORKED
00:46:48 WITH ME HELPED ME FOR A GOOD LONG TIME.
00:46:54 YEAH, AND WHAT SHE DID WASEX SHE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING ON MY BILL
00:46:57 AND EXPLAINED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MADE SURE I
00:46:59 UNDERSTOOD IT AND AT THE END OF IT I THANKED HER AND I'M HERE
00:47:05 TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WOW, WHILE I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT HOW MUCHHLEI
00:47:08 OWE YOU KNOW I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THATTE
00:47:10 STAFFER IN YOUR OFFICE SPENT AND MADE ME UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH
00:47:14 HOW WE GOT TO THATE U AND NOW I UNDERSTAND AND I'M HAPPY TO
00:47:17 KNOW AND I'M HAPPYPY TO PAY IT WELL, MA'AM YEAH, BUT BUT THATT
00:47:21 I SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? AND I GO BACK TO MY STAFF AND I
00:47:25 SAY I HEAR THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S
00:47:28 A AGAIN A REAL CREDIT TO THE WORK OF THE OFFICE.
00:47:31 >> YEAH, A LOT OF IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE.
00:47:33 IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE CUSTOMERS
00:47:35 SERVICE TAXPAYERS, OUR CUSTOMERS THEY DESERVE TO BE
00:47:36 TREATED THAT WAYAX. THEY JUST WANT TO BE THEY
00:47:40 DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED. YEAH, WE TRY AND GIVE THEM ALL
00:47:44 THE INFORMATION THEY CAN HAVE. WE MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTANDE
00:47:47 WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY BECAUSE SOME TAXES ARE
00:47:49 COMPLICATED BUT BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS THE WORK WE DOND AND I'M
00:47:52 REALLY PROUD OF HOW WELL WEE DO IT AND WE HAVE A HUGE ON TIME
00:47:56 PAYMENT RECORD AND THAT AND SO THINGS ARE GOOD.
00:48:00 >>GS YEAH, THAT'S COOL. >> THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.
00:48:04 AND THEN THE OTHER PART OFT THE JOB IS THE TREASURY JOB.
00:48:07 ONCE ALL THAT MONEY COMES IN AND WE COLLECT HONESTLY
00:48:08 BILLIONSONON OF DOLLARS FOR THE CITY, ALMOST HALF OF ITS ANNUAL
00:48:11 BUDGET COMES IN THROUGH OUROSBU DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE INVEST IT.
00:48:15 SO THAT'S THE OE TREASURER SIDEF IT.
00:48:18 WE WE KEEP THAT MONEY IN WHERE YOU WOULD THINK OF IT YOU AND I
00:48:23 WOULD THINK OF IT AS MONEY IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS SHORT
00:48:24 TERM MONEY NOT OUR RETIREMENT
00:48:26 FUNDS THAT'S HANDLED BY SOMEONE ELSE.
00:48:27 OUR LONG TERM LIKE THIS IS ALL OUROMGM SHORT TERM MONEY.
00:48:30 WE MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE. AVAILABLE
00:48:33 WHEN IT'S I NEEDED AND OUR AVERAGE DAILY BALANCES ARE
00:48:35 CREEPING UP TOWARDS ABOUTAGAG ALMOST $20 BILLION THAT WE HOLD
00:48:38 ON TO FOR THE CITYY AND KEEP IT SAFE.
00:48:41 >> GOSH, YOU KNOW THIS IS ALL FLASHBACKS TO ME AND MY, FIRST
00:48:44 JOB IN COLLEGE WAS WORKING FOR BANK OF AMERICA.
00:48:45 >> OH WORKED MY WAY FOR BANKER. >> OH YES.
00:48:49 LONG TIME AND I REMEMBER GOOD TRAINING.
00:48:50 I. WILL SAY I TELL YOU YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE THE
00:48:52 BUSINESS OF BANKING UNTIL I WAS IMMERSED AS A YOUNG TEEN,
00:48:55 RIGHT? >> I MEAN I WORKED MY WAY FROM
00:48:59 THE TELLER TO I WAS DOING BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, MAKING
00:49:01 FOR OUR OUR BUSINESS GUYS, YOU KNOW, GETTING LEADS
00:49:04 EVEN SUPERMARKET STORES. AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN THEY
00:49:08 SAY BANKS INSIDE SUPER MARKETS I AND I'D BE THE YOUNG GUY LIKE
00:49:12 HI WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU ORDERING OH WOULD YOU LIKE TO
00:49:14 OPENEN IT? >>EA YOU KNOW BUT I REALIZE IT'S
00:49:16 A BUSINESS. I MEAN THEY'RE INVESTING YOUR
00:49:18 MONEY AND THERE'SN T A SO MANY THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT IT AND I
00:49:20 REMEMBER WHEN ONLINE BANKINGR STARTED I DID NOT TRUST PUTTING
00:49:23 ANYTHING OUT IN THEE IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE BACK IN THE
00:49:27 DAY. >> I THINK I CAN BEAT YOU.
00:49:28 I I REMEMBER THE FIRST ATMS. OH WOW.
00:49:31 ATMSTM WERE NEW AND I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU THINKING LIKE THIS
00:49:35 TECHNOLOGY I'M GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THIS MACHINE WITH
00:49:38 ALL MY MONEY. I MEAN YOU COULD GO 24 HOURS A
00:49:41 DAY. YOU COULD GO THERE ON YOU KNOW,
00:49:42 SUNDAY MORNING HAD MONEY ON I O MEAN YOU'D NEVER BEEN ABLE TO
00:49:45 DO THAT BEFORE. >> I WAS YOUNG.
00:49:46 I WASN'T A BIG BANK USER YET AT THAT POINT BUT IT WAS STILL
00:49:49 PRETTY FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY AT THE TIME.
00:49:51 >> IT IS FOG ABSOLUTELY.
00:49:52 I MEAN ALL RIGHT. I JUST GAVE AWAY MY HOUSE.
00:49:54 IHT KNOW YOU KNOW MY GRANDMA'S PUT MONEY UNDER HER UNDER HER
00:49:57 MATTRESS. THAT WAS HER BANK.
00:50:00 I KNOW. I MEAN WE ALL HAD GRANDMAS LIKE
00:50:01 THAT, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING BUT IT'S ABOUT
00:50:04 THAT. >> BUT SOME PEOPLE STILL DO
00:50:05 THIS OR PEOPLE STILL I DO THAT AND AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, A
00:50:08 LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ISW,
00:50:11 EDUCATION. >> IT'S EDUCATION THAT RIGHT
00:50:12 THAT CRAPS IT'S S ME EMOTIONALLY
00:50:15 IT'S JUST PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY GETET TOLD THAT
00:50:19 AND YOU KNOW AND I HELP WITH THAT YEAHH AND SPEAKING OF
00:50:22 HELPING TALK ABOUT THIS SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF T AND THAT'S
00:50:26 IMPORTANT SMALL BUSINESSES I THINK THE HEARTBEAT OFF B OF OUR
00:50:30 CITY SMALL BUSINESS AND IT REALLY IS IT'S IT'S THE PEOPLE
00:50:34 HERE THE BUSINESSES THAT MAKE THIS CITY GO AND TALK ABOUT THE
00:50:37 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION AND PROPOSITION AND HOW
00:50:39 IMPORTANTALAL THAT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT YEAH THAT
00:50:42 WHOLE PROPOSITION PLEASEHO YEAH SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING PROP EM
00:50:46 I WAS ON THE LAST ELECTION AND THE ONE WHERE WE ELECTED
00:50:52 OUR NEW MAYOR AND PROP EM WAS A REVISION TO OUR BUSINESS TAXES
00:50:56 HERE AGAIN OUR LOCAL TAXES I MENTIONED HOME A MINUTE AGO ALL
00:51:00 OF THESE LOCAL TAXES THAT WE COLLECT IT TOOK THE BASICALLY
00:51:04 THE DECADES LONG BUSINESS TAX THAT'S GENERALLY CALLED GROSS
00:51:07 RECEIPTS AND MODIFIED IT A BIT TO DO A LITTLE BIT A BETTER JOB
00:51:14 OF I THINK PUTTING THE BURDEN OF OF REVENUE AND TAX
00:51:18 COLLECTION DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE BUSINESSES.
00:51:21 BUT ONE OF THE I THINK THE MOST CREATIVE THINGS AND YOU JUST
00:51:23 TALKED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES WAS THAT WHAT WE DID WAS WE
00:51:26 SAID THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IS IS A BUSINESS TAX THAT SOME
00:51:30 BUSINESSES HERE PAY DEPENDING UPON THEIR SIZE.
00:51:34 THERE IS ANOTHER TAX IT'S CALLED THE ANNUAL BUSINESS
00:51:38 REGISTRATION TAX THAT EVERY BUSINESS PAYS.
00:51:39 BUT IT'S IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT IS ADJUSTED DEPENDING UPON THE
00:51:42 SIZE OF YOUR BUSINESS. WELL THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENTPE IS
00:51:45 ALSO IN THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX BUT WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WE
00:51:49 SET THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX THAT THE MINIMUM THE MINIMUM YOU
00:51:52 COULD THE MAX YOU THE AMOUNT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY YOU TURN
00:51:57 IN GROSS RECEIPTS TO START PAYING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
00:51:59 WAS $2.5 MILLION OF GROSS RECEIPTS ANNUALLY.
00:52:01 NOW THAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS ANYONE BELOW TWO AND A HALF
00:52:04 DOLLARS MILLION OF BUT THEY HAD NOAR GROSS RECEIPTS TAX PRIOR TO
00:52:08 PROP EM WHAT PROBLEM DID WAS IT DOUBLED THAT LOWER CUTOFF IT
00:52:12 RAISED IT UP TO $5 MILLION SO NOW ANY BUSINESS IN SAN
00:52:16 FRANCISCOLIS THAT HAS GROSS RECEIPTS IN ONE YEAR OF 5
00:52:22 MILLION OR UNDER $5 MILLION IN THAT YEAR THEY ONLYER GROSS
00:52:26 RECEIPTS TAX WE DOUBLED THE SIZE ESSENTIALLY OR THEAX LIMIT
00:52:29 OR THE VOLUME OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS OF THE PEOPLER ACCEPTEDE
00:52:33 OUT OF PAYING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND I SEE THAT AS
00:52:34 HUGE RELIEF TO THESE STILL STILL SOMEWHAT
00:52:38 SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN BUSINESSES EVEN UPA
00:52:42 TO E 5 MILLION THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG BUSINESSES.
00:52:44 THEY'RE REALLY THE MOM AND POPS WE THINK M ABOUT HERE.
00:52:48 THEY'RE THE MUCH SMALLER BUSINESSES.
00:52:49 ANYBODY THAT'S THAT'S BIGGER THANAN THAT IS PAYING BOTH THAT
00:52:52 THAT TAX AND THE REG THE REGT FEE TAX NOW THE SMALL
00:52:55 BUSINESSES JUST PAY THEHE LOT TE SMALLER ONE AND GOOD ON THEM
00:52:59 AND GOOD FOR THE CITY FOR MAKINGOO THAT CHANGE.
00:53:02 YEAH, THAT'S AMAZING. I MEAN NOW THAT OF COURSE ALL
00:53:03 CHANGES TO TAXESES HAVE TO BE DONE BY THE VOTERS SO THAT WAS
00:53:07 PART OF PROP M AND THAT WAS VOTED IN BY THE VOTERSSF.
00:53:10 >> SO THE VOTERS MADE THAT THE VOTERS MADE THEM.
00:53:11 YEAH. WOW.
00:53:12 THANK YOU FOR SHARING ON THATHEC THAT SURE YOU DID IT BY VOTING
00:53:14 FOR IT. YEAH I DID.
00:53:15 I DID. I DID
00:53:16 AH WANT TO ASSUME YEAH I DID ACTUALLY I REMEMBER THAT BUT
00:53:19 EXPANDING ON THAT. SURE.
00:53:22 TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC JUSTICEE CENTER.
00:53:25 THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE CENTER. OH MY GOSH.
00:53:26 YOU KNOW, WE HELPED BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATETE C
00:53:29 DEBT. I MEAN DEBT IS ONE OF THOSE
00:53:30 THINGS I MEAN SOME TEACH YOU IN COLLEGE SOME NOT.
00:53:34 YOU KNOW, YOU GET THOSE CREDIT CARDS THIS AND THAT AND THEN
00:53:35 JUST PILESYOHO UP THE INTEREST. IT'S IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE V
00:53:38 SOMETIMES MONEY IS COMPLICATED. I GOT TO TELL YOU FINANCE IS ITL
00:53:42 REALLY IS CRAZIER AND CRAZIER. SO THIS ISS A STORY THAT
00:53:45 ACTUALLY GOES BACK QUITE ATU WAY .
00:53:48 ALSO REMEMBER I MENTIONED THAT THAT MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM
00:53:49 APPOINTED ME WELLOON TO HIS CREDIT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
00:53:52 HE DID WAS INVITED ME IN OURR OFFICE TO JOIN HIM TO LAUNCH A
00:53:56 BRAND NEW PROGRAM. HE CAME UP WITHM A LOT OF FRESH
00:54:00 IDEAS AND HE CAME THEY'RE A BRAND NEW PROGRAM TO HELP LOW
00:54:03 INCOME PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO TAKE UP THE FEDERAL BENEFITRA
00:54:07 CALLED THE ITC ORCR EARNED INCOE TAX CREDIT.
00:54:09 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHEN THEY FILE THEIR
00:54:12 TAXES EVERY YEAR IF THEY HAVE A LOW INCOME AND PARTICULARLY IF
00:54:15 THEY'RE WORKING AND HAVE CHILDREN THEY STAND TO GET
00:54:19 THOUSANDS OF EXTRA DOLLARS NOT JUST ANY TAX REFUNDS BUT EXTRA
00:54:22 MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
00:54:23 THE ISSUE IS WHICH IS GREAT
00:54:26 AND MANY PEOPLE DO GET THAT THEE PROBLEM IS NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW
00:54:30 ABOUT IT SO PLENTY OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE MISS THIS
00:54:31 OPPORTUNITYY JUST BY NOT APPLYING IT.
00:54:34 IT'S ONE MORE FORM WHEN THEY DO THEIR TAXES EACH YEAR T.
00:54:37 BUT HE WANTED TO TAKET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE PEOPLE
00:54:41 INVOLVED SO THE CITY OFFERED AY SMALL EXTRA BENEFIT THAN WE
00:54:46 JUST ADVERTISED THE OUT OF IT AND SAID IF YOU APPLY FOR THEAN
00:54:47 ITC WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER FEW BUCKS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY GIVE
00:54:51 YOU. YOWE GOT 10,000 PEOPLE TO APPLY
00:54:54 FOR THE ITC THE FIRST YEAR WE MADE THAT AND WE OPERATED THAT
00:54:57 O. OF OUR OFFICE LONG STORY SHORT THE TAX SEASON
00:55:01 ENDS. WE'RE SENDING OUT 10,000 LOCAL
00:55:04 MATCHED DOLLAR CHECKSS TO PEOPLE AND AGAIN SOMEONE SMARTER THAN
00:55:08 I AM CAME TO ME AND SAID YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
00:55:11 THAT FULLY HALF OF THOSESE 10,00 CHECKS YOU SEND OUT THAT
00:55:14 RECIPIENT WON'T HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT00E WHICH MEANS YOU JUST
00:55:18 GAVE THEM ONE MORE PAPER CHECK THEY HAVE TO TAKE TO A CHECKNE
00:55:20 CASHERA PAY AN EXORBITANT FEE JUST TO GET ACCESS TO THEIR OWNB
00:55:23 MONEY AND THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, TURNED THE LIGHT BULB ON
00:55:26 FOR MELL B THAT SAID THAT'S THAS CRAZY.
00:55:29 >> THERE'S NO REASONT' WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A
00:55:34 BANK ACCOUNT AT A BANK OR IF EVEN THEY WANT A CREDITT UNION.
00:55:37 THERE'S TONS OF PLACES TO GET SAFE AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTS THAT
00:55:39 AREFE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A CASHIER WITH ALL YOUR PAYCHECKS
00:55:42 FOR A YEAR W COULD ADD UP TO BEING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A
00:55:46 YEAR. AND IF DRS SOMEONE'S ONLY MAKIN0
00:55:47 OR 30,000 THAT'S CRAZY. YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY.
00:55:52 WHEREAS A BANK ACCOUNT MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS MAYBE
00:55:55 100 BUCKS, MAYBE LESS IF YOU'RE
00:55:56 GETTING DIRECT DEPOSIT IN YOUR IS FREE.ACCOUNT M
00:55:59 SO I MEAN WE LAUNCHED SO THAT REALLY SPURRED ME TO LAUNCH ONE
00:56:03 OF OUR FIRST OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH WE CALLEDE BANK ON SAN
00:56:07 FRANCISCO BANK ON SAN FRANCISCO.
00:56:08 WE WE WE CONVENED ALLAN THE BANS AND CREDIT UNIONS IN TOWN
00:56:11 AND WE SAID LOOK, WE'RE GOING TOTO USE OUR VOICE THE CITY'S
00:56:15 VOICE TO TELL FOLKS TO GO GET BANK ACCOUNTS, GO AND BECOME
00:56:19 YOUR CUSTOMERS. >> YOU KNOW, NOTOTUR SOMETHING E
00:56:22 CITY DOES VERY OFTEN OR ADVERTISE FOR, YOU KNOW, A FOROR
00:56:24 PROFITNO INDUSTRY. BUT I SAID WE DO THAT BECAUSE
00:56:27 THEY'RE GETTING ENDING UP IN A WORSE SITUATION BY WORKING WITH
00:56:31 THE CHECK CASHERS AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT A BETTER OUTCOME
00:56:34 . R THEM >> WE WE USED THE SAME VOICE
00:56:38 THE CITY HASE BECAUSE REMEMBER CITY CITY GOVERNMENTS COME UP
00:56:42 WITH ALL SORTS OF MESSAGES. POLICE SAYAYOM LOCK YOUR DOORS T
00:56:45 NIGHT. FIREFLY FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS
00:56:46 CHECK YOUR SMOKEK DETECTORS. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GREAT
00:56:49 HEALTH BENEFIT MESSAGES. WHY CAN'T THE CITYARAR SAY KEEP
00:56:52 YOUR MONEY SAFE AND STOP THE CHECKPPED OFF BYEY
00:56:56 CASHERS? HERE'S A LIST OF BANKS
00:56:57 AND CREDIT UNIONS THATYY WILL OFFER YOU LOW COST, MAYBE EVEN
00:57:01 NO COST ACCOUNTSOW A AND YOUR MY WILL BE SAFER AND YOU'LL STOP
00:57:05 HAVING TO GET RIPPED OFF. WEWE LAUNCHED THAT.
00:57:08 WE STILL HAVE THAT PROGRAM NOW 20 YEARS LATER AND IN THE FIRSTL
00:57:11 INITIAL YEARS WE HAD OUR PARTICIPATING BANKS AND CREDIT
00:57:15 UNIONS REPORT THEY WERE OPENINGA AS MANY AS 10,000 ACCOUNTS EACH
00:57:18 YEAR FOR FOLKS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY NEVERNTHO HAD A BANK
00:57:22 ACCOUNT. >> I MEAN IT'S CRAZY WE'RE
00:57:23 TALKING ABOUT JUSTT. NG GRANDMAS
00:57:25 PUTTING MONEY IN THE WELL BUTUT NOWNE YOU'RE LIKE IT'S FUNNY YOU
00:57:29 SHOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE THE CHRONICLE ACTUALLY AT THAT YEC E
00:57:33 WANTED TO DO LIKE A FOLLOW UP ON OUR PROGRAM AND THEY WENT
00:57:37 OUT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HAS SIZE ANYBODY HEARD THIS?
00:57:38 >> IS ANYBODY BENEFITED? THEY FOUNDYB> A WOMAN NAMED MISS
00:57:41 VIRGINIA, AN OLDER LADY WHO O LIVED IN AN SRO, A LOW INCOME
00:57:45 PROPERTY WITH HER DISABLED GRANDSON WHO SHE CARED FOR FULL
00:57:49 TIME. YEAH, EVERY MONTH SHE WOULD
00:57:53 TAKE HER SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK AND HER GRANDSON'SL DISABILITY
00:57:56 CHECKS TO A CHECK. CASHER CASHED THEM AND THEN PAY
00:57:58 HER RENT AND THINGSSH LIKE THAT. OUR PROGRAM GOT HER CONNECTED
00:58:01 UNIONOCAL CREDITOU NORTHEAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.
00:58:04 THEY OPENED UP A FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR HERER AND SHE SAVED
00:58:07 HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT SHE NOW COULD SPEND ON HER GRANDSONE
00:58:10 . >>>> AND I MEAN THIS IS A PERSON
00:58:12 WHO WAS LIVING ON THE LOWEST INCOME AND THEY ARE CHANGING
00:58:15 IN WAYS NOW THEY HAVE THIS MONEY FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE
00:58:17 THIS ELDERLY WANT FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE SHE'D EVER HAD A
00:58:19 BANK ACCOUNT. >> I MEAN I MEAN
00:58:19 CC THAT'S THE KIND OF OUTCOMES WE WERE
00:58:21 LOOKING TO SEE AND WE KNOW WE
00:58:24 WERE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO LIVED
00:58:26 HERE LOW INCOMEE FOLKS, FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP THE MOST.
00:58:29 YEAH. I MEAN YOU HAVE TO THINKNK ABOUT
00:58:31 EVERY SAN FRANCISCANIS OF EVERY GRAPHIC AND WRITE THAT MAKING
00:58:36 IT EQUITABLE. YOU KNOW T AND ACCESSIBLE AND D
00:58:39 EVERYONE BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE'S AT THEW SAME LEVEL.
00:58:42 OF COURSE NOT AND I THINK PEOPLE ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW A TO
00:58:46 LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO YOU GOT TO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY
00:58:48 WHICH ISS LARGELY TRUE. >> NO ONE'S GOING TO DENY
00:58:51 RIGHT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT LOW
00:58:52 LIVE HERE.LE DON'T THEY DO.
00:58:55 THEY LIVE HERE. THEY WORK HERE.
00:58:56 THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE. THEY SEEEEKK THEIR DOCTORS HERE.
00:58:59 THEY DO ALL THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CANAN DO O
00:59:00 HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED THE HELP THE MOST.
00:59:03 >> YEAH, THEY REALLY DO. DOEA WELL, THANK YOU FOR
00:59:06 SHARING THAT. I CAN IMAGINE MY GRANDMAMA LIKE
00:59:10 OPENING AN ACCOUNT. I MEAN BECAUSE SHE WAS SO OLD
00:59:11 SCHOOL SHE FINALLY ENDED UP DEAD DOWN THE ROADED, YOU KNOW?
00:59:13 >> BUT WHEN WE STARTED ANOTHER PROGRAM CAN I TELL YOU ANOTHER
00:59:17 STORY? YEAH YEAH TO KNOW AND IT'S
00:59:18 AGAIN YEAH PLEASE. KIND OF A SAD START TO I T WHAT
00:59:21 TURNED OUT TO BE AN EXCELLENT PIECE A BODY OF WORK LIZUT WE IM
00:59:24 SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS BUT WE WE OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:59:26 WEE ADMINISTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES AND BUT THIS
00:59:32 AFFORDABLE LOW INCOME BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING THERE'S A
00:59:36 LONG WAITING LIST FOR IT LONG PEOPLE ARE ON THAT WAITING LIST
00:59:37 FOR YEARS SOMETIMES. SO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
00:59:41 HOUSING OR WHATEVER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGES THAT LIST
00:59:43 AND AS YOU MOVE UP THE LIST YOU FINALLY CAN GET A SIGNED TO AN
00:59:47 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
00:59:51 THIS WAS ANOTHER CHRONICLE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND WHAT
00:59:55 HAPPENED WAS THIS WAS LIKE 2012, 13, 14.
00:59:58 THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, A HUSBAND OR WIFE AND TWO
01:00:02 CHILDREN. THEY HAD BEEN ON THE LIST FOR
01:00:06 YEARS. THEY WERE THEY WERE FINALLY AT
01:00:07 THE TOP OF THE LIST. THEY GOT A NOTICE THEY SAID
01:00:10 NEEMA THAT NEW BUILDING ON MARKET STREET AND WHATEVER IT
01:00:13 IS 10TH OR 11TH JUST HAD BEEN BUILT AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU'RE
01:00:18 AT YOU'RE READY FOR AN Y APARTMENT IN THIS BRAND NEW
01:00:21 BUILDING. >> GET READY AND MOVE.
01:00:22 YEAH .
01:00:24 >> SO WHEN THEY FINALLY FINISHED TO DO THE PAPERWORK
01:00:26 THEIR CREDIT SCORE DIDN'T MEETTT THE CUTOFF TO MOVE INTO ONE OF
01:00:29 THESE FORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND BE TRUSTED
01:00:32 TO PAY THE RENT. >> AND IT JUST BROKE MY HEART
01:00:33 BECAUSEE WE HAD KNOWN THIS THIS FAMILY WAS ON THIS LIST W FOR
01:00:40 YEARS. >> WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING
01:00:41 WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEIRM TIME CAME UP THAT
01:00:44 THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE B OR FULLY ELIGIBLE FOR
01:00:48 THAT UNIT. SO WE JUMPED ON THEHE BANDWAGON
01:00:52 THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LAUNCH A
01:00:53 PROGRAM CALLED FINANCIAL COUNSELINGNG L.
01:00:56 WE OFFER FOROR FREE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY LOW INCOME
01:01:00 PERSON OR FAMILY TO MEET WITH A FINANCIAL COUNSELOR AND HAVEONNA
01:01:03 FINANCIAL COUNSELING SESSIONS THE SAME KIND OF COUNSELING
01:01:04 THAT WEALTHY PEOPLEOUTH YOU KNO, UNDERTAKE RIGHT IF IT LIKE NEED
01:01:08 HELP MANAGING THEIR MONEY LOW N INCOME PEOPLE NEED HELP
01:01:12 MANAGING THEIRS TOO. WE OFFER THIS FOR FREEMEMEOO.
01:01:15 YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY, YOU CAN GET THESE KIND OF THINGS
01:01:17 MAYBE THROUGH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS O AND THROUGH THE
01:01:20 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. WE SPECIFICALLY MAKE SURE THAT
01:01:21 THE FOLKSG. WHO ARE ON THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAITING LIST
01:01:24 DO NOT END UP ON THE PLACE THAT THAT FAMILYKS ENDED UP IN.
01:01:28 AND WHAT WE DO IS THEY M MEET WITH A COUNSELOR ONE ON ONE
01:01:31 IN PERSON. THEY LOOK AT ALL THEIR FINANCES
01:01:35 ABOUT WHATK TO THEM KIND OF DEBT THEY HAVE, WHAT
01:01:36 THEY HAVE IFGSKI THEY HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR IF
01:01:39 THEY DON'T THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHAT'T HAPPENS IS WITH THE
01:01:42 PRACTICES THEY LEARN THERE'S OFTEN A REALLYY REAL ABILITY TO
01:01:46 EITHER PAY DOWN OR EVEN SHRINK SOME OF THE
01:01:49 DEBT AND INCREASE THE SAVINGS AND MAJORITY OF THE
01:01:54 FOLKS WE COUNSELED THEIR CREDIT SCORES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY
01:01:56 IN LESS THANN A YEAR AND THAT THAT IS THE KIND OF WORK AGAIN
01:02:02 THAT I I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BRING TO RESIDENTS OF SAN
01:02:04 FRANCISCO. >> ABSOLUTELY T S.
01:02:06 I MEAN THAT EDUCATION IS POWER E AND FINANCIAL LITERACY LIKE FOR
01:02:10 FREE THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOW YOU KNOWY, PAY ALL THESE
01:02:14 CRAZY FEES TO GET TO GET A A PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.
01:02:17 >> RIGHT. AND THE CITY IS PROVIDING THIS
01:02:19 AND THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALLLL IN OUR WEBSITE BY THE WAY, ALL THE
01:02:22 OTHER PROGRAMS I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT'S JAVIER I.
01:02:25 A COUPLE MORE IGH MIGHT TALK ABOUT.
01:02:26 YEAH NO THERE'S A LOT ISRE L S.. TREASURE.ORG SO IT'S A TREASURE
01:02:30 TO GO ON THAT SITE GO ONE THAT HOW TOEY CAN ALSO SEE
01:02:34 PAY THEIR TAXES THERE BUT THERET IS A WAY WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT
01:02:37 ABOUT THESE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS AND THESE
01:02:41 OTHER PROGRAMS. >> I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING
01:02:42 THESE STORIES TOO. THESE ARE REAL STORIESESATIEIE N
01:02:45 FRANCISCANS AND PEOPLE THAT EVERY DAY THATER IT CHANGES.
01:02:48 THAT'S AWESOME. SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.
01:02:49 THERE WAS B WHAT DO YOU GOT CHILDREN SAME COLLEGE SAVINGS
01:02:53 ACCOUNT THAT IS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO OKAY OH MY GOSHRA I
01:02:59 MEAN LITTLE KIDS TO COLLEGE. >> I MEAN IT'S
01:03:00 AMAZING. SO WE KNEW FOR A LONG TIME THAT
01:03:03 THERE IS EVER BEEN A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KIDS
01:03:10 THAT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THOSE KIDS
01:03:11 GO TO COLLEGE KAT AND ANOTHER GP YEAH.
01:03:14 IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM I THINKUPN THEY'RE CALLD
01:03:18 REPRESENTED VERSUS UNDERREPRESENTED THE
01:03:19 UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP TDEN STEY HAS FAR FEWER KIDS THAT END UP
01:03:22 GOING U COLLEGE. THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH
01:03:26 AROUND THAT PHENOMENON .
01:03:30 >> THERE'S A LOT OF OF OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT HOW TO
01:03:34 TACKLE IT, WHAT TO DO IT A LOT OF IT REALLY APPEARED TO BE
01:03:38 THAT THERE'S JUST A WHOLE WAY THAT THAT SOME KIDS ARE RAISEDH
01:03:39 WHERE YOU KNOW COLLEGE IS IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE GOING TO
01:03:43 GO AND THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF KIDS WHERE THEY NEVER HEAR
01:03:46 ABOUT COLLEGE. >> IT'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT
01:03:47 IN THE PICTURECOT' ANYWAY. SO THEN BASED AROUND THAT AT
01:03:50 THE TIME THIS WAS OVER A DECADE AGO NOW THERE WAS A LOT OF
01:03:54 RESEARCH AND WHAT RESEARCH SHOWED THAT IF A CHILD GREWED UP
01:04:00 IN A FAMILY WHERE THEY HAD OPENED UP A COLLEGE SAVINGSOL
01:04:02 ACCOUNT THAT JUST HAVING THE ACCOUNT CAUSED CONVERSATIONS TO
01:04:08 HAPPEN THAT PUT THE IDEA OF COLLEGE INTO THE KID IN THE
01:04:09 FAMILY'ST MINDS AND THEY MORE OFTEN FOLLOWED UP ON IT
01:04:13 AND WENT TO COLLEGEOFOF AND WHAT THE RESEARCH ALSO SHOWED YES
01:04:17 WAS IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEY SAVED A LOTED
01:04:19 OF MONEY OR A LITTLE MONEY.
01:04:21 IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEIR INCOME WAS HIGH OR LOW.
01:04:22 IT DIDN'T MATTER REALLY WHERE
01:04:24 THEY WENT TO SCHOOL OR ANY OF THAT.
01:04:25 THE IMPACT WAS STILL THE SAMET EVEN A MODEST AMOUNT OF MONEY A
01:04:28 SAVED IN A LITTLE COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN THE CHILD'S
01:04:32 NAME MADE A DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WENT TO E
01:04:35 COLLEGE. >> THAT'S AMAZING.
01:04:36 SO WE BUILT SO WE TOOK THAT EG
01:04:37 AND MODEL. WE WORKED WITH SOME NONPROFITS
01:04:40 THAT WERE STUDYING WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ADMINISTER THIS
01:04:44 AND LO AND BEHOLD THEY THOUGHT THE BEST WAY MIGHT BE FOR A A T
01:04:46 GOVERNMENT TO DO IT BECAUSE GOVERNMENTS ARE KIND OF
01:04:48 NEUTRAL. YOU KNOW PEOPLEINF ARE GOING TO
01:04:51 TRUST THEM MORE THAN A PRIVATE CORPORATION OR A COMPANY AND IF
01:04:54 A BANK TRIED TO TELL THEM OH YOU REALLY SHOULD DO THIS, THIS
01:04:56 , UNDS A LITTLE SELF-SERVINGRILL RIGHT AND RIGHT.
01:04:58 SO ANYWAY, WE KIND OFF FOLLOWED THEIR RECIPE AND AGAIN WITH THE
01:05:05 WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM AT THE TIME
01:05:07 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE TIME IN 2011 WE CREATED THE
01:05:12 FIRST LOCAL GOVERNMENT REALLY I THINK ANY GOVERNMENTT RUN
01:05:16 AUTOMATIC CHILDREN'S SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAMTO IN THE COUNTR.
01:05:19 WOW. WE CALLED IT KINDERGARTEN TO
01:05:21 COLLEGEN AND WE CALLED IT THAT BECAUSE HERE'S HOW WE
01:05:24 IMPLEMENTED IT. WEHAE WORKED WITH THE SAN
01:05:28 FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH BY THE WAY IS
01:05:29 MAJORITYOHE KIDS ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH BECAUSE THEY'RE
01:05:33 LEGITIMATELY LOW INCOME FAMILIES FROM LOW INCOME
01:05:36 FAMILIES. >> AND WE SAID EVERY CHILD WHEN
01:05:40 THEY ENTER KINDERGARTEN WE'RE GOING TO THE LIST OF KIDS FROM
01:05:44 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A COLLEGE
01:05:45 SAVINGS ACCOUNT AUTOMATICIS O IN THEIR NAME NO PAPERWORK, NO
01:05:49 GOING ANYWHERE. NOTHING.
01:05:52 BOOM. AND IN THE FALL OF THEIR
01:05:53 KINDERGARTEN CLASS YEAR WE WOULD SEND THE LETTER HOME TO
01:05:56 THE PARENTS AND SAY T WE ALREADY OPENED UP A COLLEGE SAVINGS
01:06:00 ACCOUNT FOR YOUR CHILD. SUZY BILLY YOU KNOW WHATEVER
01:06:03 THE NAME IS WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN HIM OR HER A COLLEGE SAVINGS
01:06:08 ACCOUNT. WE PUT $50 IN THE ACCOUNT SO
01:06:10 IT'S NOT EVEN A ZERO BALANCE ACCOUNT.
01:06:11 THERE'S MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT ALREADY DONE ALREADY
01:06:14 AND OPENING THAT ACCOUNT IT'S REALLYAD EASY FOR YOU TO ADD MOE
01:06:17 MONEY INCLUDING YOU COULD WALK RIGHT INTO A BANKMO BRANCH
01:06:20 AND PUT WALK UP TO A TELLER WINDOW AND HAND OVERAN WHATEVER
01:06:24 YOU WANT 5 OR $10 OR MORE OR YOU COULD GO DO IT ONLINE OR
01:06:28 YOU COULD DO AN AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OR WHATEVER AND EVERY
01:06:32 YEAR WE'VE OPENED UP ACCOUNTS FOR EVERY INCOMING
01:06:36 KINDERGARTNER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
01:06:37 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS BEEN OUR TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN THIS
01:06:40 EFFORT. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
01:06:41 YEAH. AND TOIT DATE WE HAVE OVER 60,00
01:06:44 ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN OPENED AND YOU KNOW, TEN PLUS MILLIONS
01:06:48 OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SAVED IN THOSE ACCOUNTSAV A.
01:06:52 THAT'S HUGE. IT'S HUGE.
01:06:53 THAT IS VERYUG ABSOLUTELY HUGE AS I SAID, NOT ALL FAMILIES
01:06:56 HAVE HUGE BALANCES IN THEREAS BT WE JUST WANT TO SEE THE
01:07:00 ACTIVITY. WE WANT TO GET THEM IN THE
01:07:01 RIGHT TRACK W. RIGHT.
01:07:04 BECAUSE WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
01:07:05 THEY'VE SAVEDD I MORE IMPORTANTY REPRESENT MILLIONS OF
01:07:08 CONVERSATIONSMPT THAT THOSE PARENTS HAVE HAD WITH THEIR
01:07:12 KIDS ABOUT HEY, I PUT 20 BUCKS IN YOUR COLLEGE SAVINGSGS W P AT
01:07:14 TODAY. >> I WANT YOU TO GET THAT
01:07:15 MESSAGE. YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE
01:07:16 THINKING W ABOUT THAT. >> YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE IT
01:07:19 YOU REALIZE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MEANT FOR YOU
01:07:20 I. >> YOU'RE LIKE FORECASTING
01:07:23 AND YOU PUT IT WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE MANIFESTINGOR
01:07:26 IT, YOU'RE MANIFESTING AND LIKE YOU GO TO COLLEGE IT'S SO THAT
01:07:28 IT MAKES IT SOE LET ME JUST SAY GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
01:07:31 SO THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. VERY PROMISINGDDST.
01:07:34 GREAT PROGRAM. LET'S JUMP TO THE END.
01:07:35 WE'VE NOW. HAD J THREE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES GRADUATES
01:07:38 WITH THE ACCOUNTSSRA THAT WE HAD OPENED UP AND KINDERGARTEN IT'S
01:07:42 BEEN THAT LONG AND AND SO WE DID OUR RESEARCH ON THE FIRST
01:07:47 CLASS AND I THINK WE'RE DOING IT NOW ON THE SECOND CLASS.
01:07:49 BUT WHAT WE SHOWED REMEMBERSTNKI SAID THERE'S A GROUP OFF HIGH
01:07:52 SCHOOL SENIORS EVERY YEAR THAT GRADUATE AND ALMOST ALL OF THEMU
01:07:55 ARE PRETTY MUCH 100% OF THEM GO TO COLLEGE.
01:07:56 >> YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP UNDERREPRESENTED00 GROUP THAT FR
01:08:00 FEWER GO TO COLLEGE EACH YEAR THAT UNDERREPRESENTEDER GROUP WE
01:08:04 INCREASED THE NUMBER THAT WENT MORE THAN A 10%
01:08:07 INCREASE IN THOSE KIDS GOING TO COLLEGE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT
01:08:10 PATTERN HOPEFULLY OVER MANY YEARS.
01:08:13 BUT OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS ALREADY.
01:08:14 SO WE'RE EXCITEDEDY. THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MODEST LITTLE
01:08:18 PROGRAM IT DOES COST THE CITY TO OPEN UP THOSE
01:08:21 ACCOUNTS AND PUT THAT MONEY IN. >> IT LOOKS LIKEP WE'RE SEEING
01:08:25 REAL RESULTS AND THAT CAN CHANGEINS.
01:08:28 THAT WILL CHANGE LIVES. IT DOES CHANGE LIVES.
01:08:30 ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN YOU'RE
01:08:30 PLANTING THOSE SEEDS AND IT'S GROWING TO SEE
01:08:33 HOW FAR CAN GROWHO. BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T
01:08:37 REALIZE IT UNTIL THEY GET YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUMP STARTEDOMOM
01:08:40 SOMEHOW AND SAID HEY, IT'S HERE FOR YOU.
01:08:41 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU HERO AND THAT IS WHAT YU
01:08:44 KNOW, OUR CITY AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DOING FOR
01:08:47 OUR CITIZENS AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT IT
01:08:50 LOVE TO SHARE ON THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
01:08:52 KNOW ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW AND AND THIS IS GREAT
01:08:55 THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THIS I WANT TO THANK YOU
01:08:59 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT BECAUSE PEOPLEE KNOW NOT ENOUGH
01:09:02 PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT HAVE
01:09:04 FOR THEIR CHILDUT T IN THE PUBLC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
01:09:06 THEY COULD BE SAVING MONEY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS.
01:09:07 THEY COULDISVI BE GOING WITH THR CHILD TO THE BANK.
01:09:10 WE ACTUALLY DO DEPOSIT WE WE'VE DONE SOME HERE IN CITY HALL OR
01:09:14 IN DIFFERENT LIBRARYWE BRANCHES. YEAH.
01:09:18 AND I'LL TELL YOU I SHOULD BRING YOU TO ONE OFH.G THOSE
01:09:19 AMAZINGZI WATCHING THESE FIFTH GRADERS SHOW UP AND MAKE THEIR
01:09:22 OWN DEPOSITS IN PERSON .
01:09:25 OH MY GOSH, THAT'S SO CUTE TO SEE THAT ADORABLE.
01:09:30 MYYEAH, YOU'RE LIKE OH GOSH.
01:09:31 IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IT'S REALLY JUST THE MOST
01:09:32 EXCITING THING. J YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
01:09:34 >> BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL TO MANY OF THESE FAMILIES TO B HAVE LIKE
01:09:37 THAT THAT THAT POWER THAT CONTROL I WILL PUT MONEY INTO
01:09:41 MINE AND WHEN IT INVEST IN MY FUTURE AND ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE
01:09:45 . >>. REALLY?
01:09:46 ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.
01:09:46 WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO ASK THEM, I ALWAYSSSO.
01:09:50 YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GO
01:09:51 YEAH, TOO MANY PEOPLET G NOT NOT TOO MANY BUT THEY SURPRISE SO
01:09:54 MANY OF THEM WANT TO BE BASKETBALL PLAYERS.
01:09:55 >> OHATAT T WELL THE RISE OF THE WARRIORS AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
01:09:58 RIGHT NOW I O O CAN'T BLAME THE, OF COURSE.
01:10:01 RIGHT. I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC GOAL.
01:10:02 YEAH. THAT'S SO FAR T
01:10:03 SENKTA. BUT THEY WANT EVERYTHING FROM
01:10:05 ASTRONAUTS TO POLICE TO FIRE SAO BUT IT IS THAT THAT BUT THAT'S
01:10:09 THE KIND OFHA THINKING WE WANT IN A YOU WANT THAT DIALOGOU ANDA
01:10:15 FIRST GRADER AND THEN A 12TH GRADER THAT'S A THAT'S A HUGE
01:10:18 SUCCESS NO I SHARE THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING AND AND
01:10:22 WHAT I LIKE AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'VE
01:10:24 BEEN HERE VERY BLOODY LONG TIME IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY
01:10:27 WORKS AND TO BEO AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
01:10:30 YOU KNOW IT GIVES YOU SOME DEGREE OF FREEDOM.
01:10:34 I CAN WORK WITH THE FORCES THAT MAKE THE REAL DECISIONS HEREHE
01:10:37 LIKE A MAYOR OR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
01:10:38 I CAN ALSO WORK OUTSIDE WITH PARTNERS BANKS, FINANCIAL
01:10:42 UNIONS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AND WITH GOOD IDEAS
01:10:45 AND SOME SOME REAL REAL WORK INVOLVED.
01:10:49 YEAH, WE CAN HOPEFULLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE.
01:10:52 >>NG WE CAN HOPEFULLY MAKE THINS BETTER FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT
01:10:54 THERE. ABSOLUTELY.
01:10:56 >> YEAH SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT THEN THEN I SAY ONE LAST
01:11:01 STORY I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A JOHN IF YOU'VE BEEN HERERY QUITE SOME
01:11:05 TIME SO YOU JUST SO MANY GOOD WINS WELL THAT YOU'D LOVE TO
01:11:06 SHARE I'LL THERE'S W ONE LAST STORY THAT YEAH REALLY IT
01:11:10 REALLY TOOK ME BY SURPRISE R OKY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
01:11:14 YOU KNOW THERE WAS THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK FERGUSON
01:11:17 THERE WAS THIS REALLY BAD INCIDENT THAT WENT ON THERE
01:11:21 WITH LOW INCOME PEOPLE GETTING PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE FORTIH
01:11:24 UNNECESSARY TICKETS AND FINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
01:11:25 AND IT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS RACIALKE A BASED AND LOW INCOME.
01:11:28 YEAH, YEAH. AND REAL BADAD OUTCOMES AND A LT
01:11:32 OF THAT WAS BASED ON REALLY PUNISHING FINES AND FEES THAT
01:11:36 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WEREIN PUTTING ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE AS
01:11:39 A WAYPU NUMBER ONE TO GAIN REVENUE BUT MAYBE FOR OTHER BAD
01:11:45 MOTIVATED REASONS AND SOMEONE CAME TO B B ME AND SAID ONE OF Y
01:11:49 STAFFERS CAME TO ME AND SAID I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT HOW OUR
01:11:54 FINES AND FEES ARE AFFECTING LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND I SO
01:11:57 HIS HE SAID YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT'S
01:11:58 GOING ON OVER THERE AND I'M LIKE SAN FRANCISCO Y YAN.
01:12:01 SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT LIKE THAT PLACE.
01:12:02 WE WOULDN'T DO THAT HERET. AND THEY WERE LIKE WEUL REALLY
01:12:06 SHOULD LOOK FOR SO WE CONVENED A COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THE
01:12:13 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY
01:12:14 GOVERNMENT. YEAH.
01:12:15 AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
01:12:16 ISSUE FINES AND FEES AND ALL THE ENFORCERS AND THE SHERIFF
01:12:20 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND WE SAID LET'S JUST TALK
01:12:21 ABOUT WHATLL THAT LANDSCAPE WAS LIKE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCOT
01:12:24 AND AFTER SIX MONTHS OR DID YOU FIND THAT WE WERE DOING MUCH OF
01:12:28 THE SAME THING WE WERE WE WERE WE WERE PUTTING UNNECESSARILY
01:12:31 OVERSIZE BURDENSRS ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T
01:12:35 FEEL THE SAMEEND. I'LL GIVE YOU A G COUPLE
01:12:39 EXAMPLES. WE HAVE A PARKING TICKET OR A
01:12:42 YOU KNOW, NOT A MOVING VIOLATION BUT A PARKING OR SOMEI
01:12:45 WHATEVER TICKET THE BIGGEST PARKING TICKET
01:12:48 AND MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IS LEAVING YOUR CAR
01:12:50 PARKEDAR IN A PLACE THAT HAS TOTAL TIME AT THE TOPTA BECAUSEI
01:12:56 THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. >> I DON'T KNOW.W.
01:12:57 I HAVE BEEN THERE AND THEY DON'T ASK ME THAT QUESTION BUTUT
01:13:00 I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT IF YOU PARK IN THE WRONG
01:13:01 PLACE AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IT BECOMES NO PARKING AT
01:13:04 CERTAIN TIMEE THE CITY WILL TOLL YOUR CAR AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO
01:13:08 THE TOW LOT AND PAY. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKET
01:13:12 FOR BREAKING THAT RULE AND PAY FOR THEHE MONEY OR CHEAP BEER.
01:13:15 WELL IN SAN FRANCISCO IT'SSA NEARLY $500 DAY ONE NOT STORAGE
01:13:18 FEES DAY ONE YOU KNOW IT TESTIFY TO THAT.
01:13:21 >> IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU IT'S'S THE HARD WAY.
01:13:24 >> YES. ES$500 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
01:13:28 LOW INCOME FAMILY. MANY DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF
01:13:31 MONEY. SO MANY A LOW INCOME FAMILY
01:13:32 WOULD JUST LOSE THE CAR THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET THE CAR
01:13:35 BACK. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS IF A T
01:13:36 FAMILYLY LOSES THEIR CAR AND A JOB WAGE EARNER CAN'T GET TO
01:13:42 WORK, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WAGE EARNER WILL LOSE THEIR JOB?
01:13:44 AND IFNER THAT WAGE EARNER LOSES THEIR JOB AND LOSES THEIR
01:13:46 INCOME, DOES THAT MEAN THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT?
01:13:49 AND IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'LL
01:13:51 END UP EVICTED AND HOMELESSANIR DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT PARKING
01:13:54 IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME SHOULD CAUSE A FAMILYRO THT
01:13:57 TO BE IMPACTED SUCH THAT THEY ARE END UP GETTING TO BE
01:13:58 HOMELESSET JUST BECAUSE OF MAKIG THAT ONE MISTAKE?
01:14:02 ABSOLUTELY NOTOT IS MY ANSWER. AND WHAT WE TOOK A LOOKK AT WAS
01:14:08 A NUMBER OF THE T PENALTIES WHIE YOU STILL DESERVE AES PENALTY FR
01:14:12 BREAKING A RULE I MEAN THEY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BY
01:14:16 ACCORDING TO ONE'S ABILITY TO PAY TOO MANY PEOPLE $500 IS
01:14:19 NOTHING. IT'S A NUISANCE, YOU KNOW, BUT
01:14:20 SOME PEOPLE IT WAS NOT LIFE ENDING.
01:14:23 BUTE I LET THEY'RE LIVING AND THEY'RE LIVING 500 IS A LOT
01:14:27 FOR USRE AND IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBE AMOUNT AND IT HAD IMPOSSIBLE
01:14:31 KINDS OF OUTCOMES FOR THEM WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE MTA WHO
01:14:38 WHO HERE MANAGES THAT THAT ACTIVITY AND THAT FINE WE
01:14:41 WORKED WITH THEM AND NOW IF SOMEONE IS LOW INCOME AND TRULY
01:14:46 LOW INCOME WE CAN VERIFY IT IT'S ANYBODY WHO GETS PUBLIC
01:14:49 ASSISTANCE OR WHO GETS FOOD STAMPS.
01:14:50 WE KNOW THEY'RE LOW INCOME. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN CHECKED.
01:14:53 IT'S TRUE THEY'RE LOW INCOME THAT $500 AMOUNT DROPS TO $100
01:14:57 AND NOW EVERYONE'S ABLE A TO GET THEIR CARS BACK STILL PAYING A
01:15:01 FINE FOR FOR BREAKING THE RULE AND WE IMPLEMENTED THAT ACROSS
01:15:05 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT T PARKING TICKETS AND OTHER TYPES OF
01:15:08 FINES AND FEESS AND AND NOW WE SEE THAT WE'RE CAUSING LESS
01:15:12 PAINOW AND HARM IN OUR CITY FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY DESERVE YOU
01:15:16 KNOW, SOME CONSIDERATION AND SOME UNDERSTANDING AND JUST
01:15:20 SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT SAYS YEAH ,YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY SOMETHING
01:15:23 BECAUSE YOU BROKE A RULE BUT ITT DOESN'T HAVE TO.
01:15:26 >> YEAH AND YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR LIFE
01:15:30 RIGHT AND YOU'RE FACTORING THAT AND CARING ABOUT THAT SAID HEY
01:15:33 YOU GOT TO PAYU THE FINE, YOU GOT TO DO THIS BUT YOU MAY NOT
01:15:38 HAVE THAT NOW YOU'VE ADJUSTED IT AND YOU'VE HOW LONG SEVEN
01:15:40 YOU SAID WE DID THAT ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO.
01:15:43 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON MAKING
01:15:45 SURE THAT ANY NEW FINES ORKI FES ARE ADJUSTED AND MADE
01:15:48 APPROPRIATE SIZED. >> THE ONE MORE FEE THAT WE
01:15:52 FOUND IT WASN'T EVEN A FINE SOMEBODY WAS LET OUT OF JAIL OR
01:15:58 PRISON. THEY COME BACK TRYING TO ENTER
01:15:59 THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE ON PROBATIONTHTY FOR A
01:16:02 WHILE. I PROMISE YOU NEARLY EVERY
01:16:03 GOVERNMENT CHARGESYRY A FEE FOR BEING ON PROBATION.
01:16:07 WE CHARGE A FEE. IT WAS $60 A MONTH FOR BEING ON
01:16:10 PROBATION. OKAYROON.
01:16:12 WE H ALSO HAD SOME REASON THE BRILLIANT IDEA THATIL THAT FEE
01:16:16 SHOULD BE PAID UPFRONT SO WE BILLED FOR THREE YEARS
01:16:17 IN ADVANCE AND SENTT P OUT A BIL FOR A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A
01:16:22 PERSON JUST COMING OUT OF PRISON TRYING TO STAND UP
01:16:25 THEMSELVES IN A LIFE AND INEM A WAY YOU WILL PROBABLY WON'T BE
01:16:31 SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT OVER 90%D OF THOSE BILLS NEVER GOT PAID
01:16:33 BECAUSE THAT PERSON BE DOESN'T HAVE 3000 THOUSAND DOLLARS
01:16:35 SITTING AROUND AND THEY 3 WERE JUST TRYING TO STAND THEIR
01:16:40 LIVES BACK UP AND LOOKING FOR A JOB AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO
01:16:41 LIVEVEKING. NOT ONLY WE'RE SENDING THEM
01:16:43 THIS BILL THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAYEN WE WERE REPORTING TO TO
01:16:47 THE CREDIT UNION, TO THE CREDIT AGENCIES AND WE T WERE LOWERING
01:16:50 THEIR CREDIT SCORES BY SHOWING UNPAID BILLSEI ON THEIR CREDIT
01:16:54 REPORT. >> WE WENT TO THE BOARD OF
01:16:58 SUPERVISORS AND THE MAYOR AT THE TIME AND WE TF SAID THIS IS
01:17:01 ONLY HARMING PEOPLE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY AND IFHI 90%
01:17:05 OF THEM AREN'T GETTING PAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY
01:17:06 MONEY BY REALLY YOU KNOW, JUSTOF ELIMINATING THEM AND STOP DOING
01:17:09 THIS PRACTICE. SO THE BOARDIN AND THE MAYOR AT
01:17:13 THE TIME DID EXACTLY THAT. THEY ELIMINATEDY THOSE SO NOBODY
01:17:17 WAS GETTING THAT ANYMORE AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED BACK
01:17:21 OVER PRIOR YEARS THEY TRACED ALL THAT DEBT FROM PEOPLE'S
01:17:22 CREDITIT REPORTS AND PEOPLE'S CREDIT SCORES JUMPED OVERNIGHT
01:17:26 BECAUSEIG WHAT DO WE WANT FOR SOMEONE BELIEVING WE WANT THEM
01:17:30 TO MAKE IT EASY TO FIND A JOB, TO MAKE IT EASY TO FIND A PLACE
01:17:33 TO LIVE AND FIND THEM A WAY TO STAND UP A SUCCESSFUL LIFE FOR
01:17:38 THEMSELVES BACK IN OUR CITY OR WHEREVER THEY DECIDE THEY WANT
01:17:42 TO GO. BUT WE WERE STANDINGERO IN THE Y
01:17:44 OF THAT SUCCESS SO WE'RE NO LONGER JUST SOME THINGS IN THAT
01:17:46 OKAYHA AND SOME THINGS YOU JUSTI WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMED THAT
01:17:49 THIS THE LIBERAL CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY OF
01:17:53 SAN FRANCISCO WHICH BUT YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN
01:17:56 IN PLACE FOR DECADES A LONG
01:17:59 TIME WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO LOOK THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE
01:18:00 DID. >> THANKS FOR SHARING T T THOSE
01:18:03 STORIES. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING
01:18:04 INITIATIVE STOP SCAMT'. OH YEAH.
01:18:07 OKAY. LET'S TRANSITION TO THAT
01:18:11 HELPING SAN FRANCISCANS YOU KNOW FROM FINANCIAL FRAUD.
01:18:15 I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY SCAMS OUT THERE.
01:18:19 I MEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY. YEAH.
01:18:20 WITH TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE AND WHATNOTEC.
01:18:23 YEAH. TALK ABOUT STOP SCAM AS WELL
01:18:24 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF
01:18:28 US ARE VIOLENTLY AWARE OF HOW PREVALENT THIS IS.
01:18:31 >> WE OH I KNOW I AND I KNOW EVERYONE I KNOW GETSNE MESSAGES
01:18:38 TEXT MESSAGES, EMAIL MESSAGES THAT STUFF I MEAN THEY'RE SO
01:18:42 SOPHISTICATED TRY AND FILTER IT OUT BUT IT'S CRAZY PHONE
01:18:45 CALLS ,YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S THE
01:18:46 MOST HEARTBREAKING YOU KNOW SOMEONENG WHO'S UNSUSPECTING GES
01:18:50 A PHONE CALL SOMEONE LIES TO THEM, SAYSNE I'M YOUR COWORKER,
01:18:53 I'M YOUR RELATIVE, I'M YOUR NIECE, I'M YOUR THISIS, I'M YOUR
01:18:57 THAT I NEED $10,000. PLEASE GO DO IT.
01:18:58 DON'T HESITATEO JUST GO AND THEY THEY GO AND THEY THEY LOSE THISO
01:19:02 MONEYHE AND SOMETIMES MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND IT DOESN'T
01:19:08 FEEL LIKE PEOPLE REALLY HAVE AN ABILITY TO VALIDATE A IS THIS
01:19:12 REAL OR IS IT NOT? AND ANDAN AND WHAT WE'RE GOING O
01:19:17 TRY AND DO WITH THIS PROGRAM IS WE'RE GOING TO AGAIN WE DID I
01:19:21 SAID WE STARTED DOING WAY BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR
01:19:22 PROGRAMS WHICH IS JUST USE THE CITY'S'SCH VOICE THAT TRUSTED
01:19:25 VOICE. WE'RE NOT ANY KIND OF A PROFIT
01:19:28 MAKING COMPANY. WE'RE NOT ANY ANYONE ELSE THAT
01:19:30 THAT YOU MIGHT BE SUSPICIOUS OF.
01:19:33 WE'RE JUST THE CITY'S VOICE AND THAT VOICE IS GOING TOIT SAY
01:19:35 WHATEVER WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT TO BE SUSPICIOUS FOR IF WE HAVE
01:19:39 ALERTS ABOUT SOMETHING WE'LL SHARE IT.
01:19:40 BUT MOSTLY IT'S GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOWW I, IF SOMEBODY
01:19:43 APPROACHES YOU IF A MESSAGES IS IS REACHING YOUES THAT SAYS DO
01:19:46 THIS OR DO THAT AND YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT S T PAUSE, PAU.
01:19:50 CHECKSE IT OUT. CHECK WITH US.
01:19:54 CHECK WITHKEC SOMEONE AND BEFORE YOU ACT YES.
01:19:57 AND JUST YOU WON'T HURT
01:19:58 ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING WILL COME OUT OFE
01:20:02 THAT IS IS A BETTER RESULT. YEAH I AND AND SO JUST DON'T
01:20:06 DON'T FOLLOW THE IMPULSE DON'T JUST TAKE KNEE ACTION JUST
01:20:10 PAUSE A MINUTE. CHECK OUR DATABASE CHECK OTHER
01:20:14 PLACES TALK TO A FRIEND TALK TO A RELATIVE AND THINK BEFORE YOU
01:20:21 DO SOMETHING. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT'S
01:20:22 GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO OTHERWISE ARE TURNING INTO
01:20:26 VICTIMS. >> YEAH, AND THERE'S SO MANYY
01:20:29 OUT THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO SESSION ON HUGE AMOUNTS OF
01:20:30 MONEY. I KNOW IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE
01:20:33 DAY. EVERY DAY.
01:20:33 YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY VICTIMS AND TARGETSNO ESPECIALLY
01:20:37 A LOT OF THE SOME OF THE ELDERLY FOLKS I KNOW WHEN MY
01:20:38 DAD WAS AROUNDRL HE GOT SO MUCH HE ALMOST GOT INTO SOME OF
01:20:41 THOSE SERIOUSLY? YES.
01:20:44 IT'S HEARTBREAKING. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.
01:20:45 LET'S LET'S REEVALUATE DON'T DON'T DON'T RUSH INTO WELL, YOU
01:20:48 KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S Y GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR
01:20:52 FACULTIES START TO DIMINISH AND NOT SPEAKING FROM
01:20:56 EXPERIENCE YET BUT WHO KNOWS SOMEDAY AND YOUNGNG KNOW, WE'RE
01:20:59 WE'RE WE'RE JUST WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO JUST KIND OF
01:21:00 ACTING AND I THINK OUR PRIMARY MESSAGE IS SLOW DOWN.
01:21:07 MAYBE PAUSE FOR A MINUTE, TALK TO SOMEONE, CHECK OUR DATABASE,
01:21:10 CHECK OUR RESOURCES, GIVE US A CALL.
01:21:11 YEAH, WHATEVER A
01:21:13 AND JUST SEE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAYS BEFORE
01:21:14 YOU TAKE ACTION. >> SO JOSET, WHAT IS THE BEST
01:21:18 PART OF YOUR JOB? >> LOOKED AT THAT.
01:21:20 IT'S JUST ON THE DAYAY I MEAN YU JUST DOING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS
01:21:22 I MEAN YOU SHARE SOMEOR AMAZING STORIES OF, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS
01:21:26 STORIES OF THESE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED
01:21:29 THIS AND THAT. I GOT I GOT IMAGINE THAT THAT'S
01:21:30 WHAT IT IS. IT SEEMS LIKE THE END LIKE LIKE
01:21:34 THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PEOPLETI IN THE END.
01:21:37 >> RIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF THAT THERE IS
01:21:38 REALLY A LOT OF THAT IHE LIKE I SAID I CAN'T SIT I'M A BROKEN
01:21:41 RECORD ABOUT HOW GREAT THE STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS.
01:21:44 THEY THEY WORK WITH EVERYBODY FROM THE FOLKS THAT IMPLEMENT
01:21:48 THE PROGRAMS I JUST TALKED ABOUT TO THE FOLKS THAT COLLECT
01:21:49 TAXESS T, THE FOLKS THAT MANAGE OUR THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO
01:21:53 AND KEEP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SAFEIT.
01:21:56 THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. IT'S SERIOUS WORK.
01:21:57 IT'ST IS CONSEQUENTIAL WORK AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A TRUE
01:22:01 HERO AND DOES THE WORK VERY, VERY WELL.
01:22:04 PERSONALLY IER JUST LOVE WHO TO KNOWN BUT I LOVE CITY
01:22:08 GOVERNMENT. I LOVE WHAT WE'RE ABLEWN TO DO
01:22:11 FOR PEOPLE I LOVE. >> I REALIZE THAT WE'RE KIND OF
01:22:12 . E HIDDEN TREASURE I THINK MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE,
01:22:16 WORK AND VISIT HERE HAVE NOIV CLUEO NEXT TO NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT
01:22:19 CITY GOVERNMENT DOES AND REALLY HOW IT KEEPST THE STREETS
01:22:23 LOADING IF THEY ARE CLEAN, IF THEY KEEPS THE WATER RUNNING,
01:22:24 KEEPS THELOLO THE LIGHTS ON OR WHATEVER THAT WE DO ARE ABLE TO
01:22:28 DO AND AND AND MAKES THIS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE VISIT OR
01:22:31 WORK IN. BUT BUT I
01:22:34 JUST I THINK FROM MY MYM VANTAGE POINT AS AN ELECTED
01:22:38 OFFICIAL I'VE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WONDERFUL
01:22:39 THINGSAL AND THIS WAS BEFORE I ACTUALLY I WAS THE TREASURER I
01:22:42 WAS AN EMPLOYEE WORKING AT THE MTA TAL.
01:22:44 BUT AGAIN IN THAT FIRST YEAR OF NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR GAVIN
01:22:49 NEWSOM YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO STARTMA
01:22:53 PERFORMING SAME SEX MARRIAGE. YES, I REMEMBER THAT FEBRUARY
01:22:54 OFOF 2004. HUGE AND IT WAS HUGE.
01:22:58 IT ROCKED THE WORLD. IT ROCKED OUR WORLD AND I WAS A
01:23:05 LOT OF CITY EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY JUST
01:23:06 BECAUSE THE VOLUME WAS SO HUGE TO COME AND GET SWORN IN AND
01:23:09 PERFORM WEDDINGS AND ON THAT FIRST THREE DAY WEEKEND I CAME
01:23:13 DOWN ONE DAY AND GOT SWORN IN AND I PERFORMED D 36 WEDDINGS
01:23:17 IN ONE DAY AND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE LINED
01:23:20 UP TO GET MARRIED. NOW UNFORTUNATELY THOSE
01:23:23 MARRIAGES DID GET REVERSED OVER TIME BUTSE YOU I WISH YOU TWO
01:23:27 COULD HAVE BEEN HERE. THE JOY ON THEIRRE FACES, THE TE
01:23:32 EXCITING I COULD ONLY IMAGINE THE VALIDATIONNGE THAT THESE FOS
01:23:36 WERE SAYING YOU KNOW, I NEVER DREAMED I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
01:23:37 IN MY W IOR LIFETIME. THIS COUPLE SHOWED UP.
01:23:43 THESE LADIES HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 38 YEARS AND THEY SAID WE
01:23:45 THOUGHT H WE'D NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THIS.
01:23:48 ANOTHER COUPLE SHOWED UP. THEY FLEWW IN FROM NORTH
01:23:51 CAROLINA. >> WOW.
01:23:52 AND THEY HADAD THEIR FAMILY OF FRIENDS ON THEIR CELL PHONE
01:23:56 LISTENING TO US PERFORM THE CEREMONY O O AND AT THE EMAIL WN
01:24:00 I FINISHED THE CEREMONY THE PHONE STARTED SCREAMING WITH
01:24:03 LETTERS FROM ALL THE FAMILIES AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS
01:24:07 IS AMAZING THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS
01:24:09 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT AND TO BE PART OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT
01:24:12 THAT'S GOT A HAND IN MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN A REAL JOY.
01:24:15 >> I'M PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR THAT YOU KNOW I AM TOO AND SO
01:24:18 MANY THINGS ARE TRENDSETTERS, RIGHT?
01:24:19 DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS WHAT'S
01:24:23 SPECIAL ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. >> THIS LIFE SO MUCH AND SO
01:24:27 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS
01:24:28 VILLAGE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS MY DAY JOB.
01:24:31 YOU KNOW A I STILL COME IN FIVE
01:24:33 DAYS A WEEK BUT I THINK THAT WAS MY HAPPIEST AT
01:24:35 CITY HALL. >> THAT WAS A PRETTY DARN HAPPY
01:24:38 DAY. THAT IS ONE BIG THAT'S A BIG
01:24:39 MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY. >> DO CREDIT TO EVERYBODY THAT
01:24:42 WAS INVOLVED WITH IT AND OF COURSE THE MAYOR AT THE TIME
01:24:43 FORE COURSE. SO WHAT WHAT KIND OF ADVICE
01:24:46 LETS YOU KNOW FOR THE LISTENERS THAT ARE TUNING IN RIGHT
01:24:49 AND WATCHING THIS, WHAT KIND OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM
01:24:53 YOUNG PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO GET INTO THIS KIND OF WORK THAN
01:24:54 YOU DO YOU KNOW, FINANCE, PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT KIND OF
01:25:00 COMBINATION WHATEVER. >> WHAT'S THE WHAT'S LIKE THE
01:25:01 BIGGEST ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT I WOULD HOPE
01:25:04 THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T DO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
01:25:07 WHICH IS LEARN JUST LEARN ABOUT THEM. GOING ON AROUND
01:25:11 YEAH LEARN ABOUT HOW DO THOSE BUSSES SHOW UP EVERY DAY
01:25:13 AND JUST TRAINS HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
01:25:15 HOW YOU KNOW WHO DECIDESES WHERE THE BIKE LANES GO AND WHO MAKES
01:25:20 THOSE CHOICES AND AND HOW TO MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE A
01:25:24 CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY IN THAT. IS THERE A WAY FOR ME TO BE
01:25:27 HEARD? I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
01:25:28 THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS THE CITY WANTS TO LISTEN TO THE
01:25:32 PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WORK HERE AND EVEN VISIT HERE.
01:25:35 WE WANT TOW KNOW WHAT WE CAN BE DOING BETTER.
01:25:37 BUT MOST PEOPLE ASSUME THAT THEY DON'T.
01:25:39 THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
01:25:40 TI THINK THE ONE THING I WOULD TELL PEOPLE IS WE DO WANT TO
01:25:43 HEAR FROM YOUE AND YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL SUPERVISORS OFFICE.
01:25:47 YOU CANOUP TALK TO YOUR BUS DRIVER, YOU CAN COME INTO THE
01:25:51 TAX COLLECTORS OFFICEE. YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU LIKE.
01:25:54 BUT YOU KNOW, DON'T BE. SHY AND JUST IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
01:25:57 ASK THIS QUESTION IF YOU'RE NOT CURIOUS YOU COULD.
01:26:01 SURE. EXACTLY.
01:26:01 IT'S REALLY LET ME ASK YOU TO BE CURIOUS'S ABOUT HOW IS ALL OF
01:26:05 THIS HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW, IT'S CONFUSING.
01:26:09 THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT HOW DO THE PARKS I HEARD A
01:26:11 STATISTIC THATT EVERY RESIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS NO MORE
01:26:14 THAN TEN MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM A PARK HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:26:16 >> I LOVE THAT. HOW DID THAT HAPPENENRA T AND WO
01:26:19 KEEPS THEM ALL LOOKING AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY ARE?
01:26:20 WHERE DID ALL THOSE A PLAYGROUNS COME FROM EXACTLY?
01:26:23 WELL, THERE'S ANSWERS TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONSAYM AND THEY'RE
01:26:26 DARN GOOD ANSWERS MOST OF THE TIME AND THERE'S PROBABLY
01:26:27 THINGS THATWE QUESTIONS THAT STILL NEED BETTER ANSWERS FOR
01:26:31 THEM. YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT
01:26:32 THIS OR WHAT CANTTE A K WE DO AT THAT?
01:26:34 IF YOU LIVE HERE OR WORK HERE AND HAVE IDEAS
01:26:37 , THIS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
01:26:38 I PROMISE YOU. YES, YOU T T JUST HAVE TO GET GB
01:26:41 ONE OF US. >> YEAH.
01:26:42 AND IF IT'S NOT IFNE WE'RES.H. T THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THAT WE
01:26:45 KNOW HOW TO SAY NO TOIN THE PERSON THAT WAS H RIGHT AND ANDI
01:26:48 TELL YOU OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO L LISTEN.
01:26:52 IT REALLY IS TO LISTEN AND TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN DO WHAT WE
01:26:56 CAN. OKAY.
01:26:57 WELL THAT HAS BEEN GREAT AS WE WRAP UP THIS AMAZINGEE INTERVIEW
01:27:00 HERE. I MEAN THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK
01:27:01 ABOUT. I KNOW WE ONLY SCRATCHED THE
01:27:02 SURFACEEWEWUCLL SO TAXES WOULD S EXCITING YOU HEY BUT I HAVE
01:27:08 LEARNED A LOT. >> HE IS A SAN FRANCISCAN.
01:27:09 I'M LIKE WOW. OKAYSCA.
01:27:12 >> THAT'S AMAZING FOR SHARING THAT.
01:27:13 JUST TALK ABOUT THIS BRING IT BACK TO
01:27:15 SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR AND OUR LOVE FOR THIS CITY.
01:27:16 IS THERE ACO SHOUT OUT THAT YOU WANT TO DO LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD
01:27:20 LIKE IS THERE SPECIFIC ORRH YOU KNOW, BUSINESS ANYTHING THAT
01:27:24 YOU JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT? >> I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND
01:27:25 THE OTHERGUSUS DAY AND I DON'T E A LOT OF LIKE YOU KNOW, STUFF
01:27:31 THAT I GET HUNG UP ABOUT BUT I MISSED ON REMINDS YOU EVER GO
01:27:35 TO TOWN REMIND RESTAURANT IT WAS AS A AS A A MEXICAN
01:27:38 RESTAURANT IN THE MISSION THEY WENT AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO
01:27:40 AROUND THE PANDEMICAUAUAR AND TY UNFORTUNATELY HAVEN'T COME BACK
01:27:43 BUT I JUST THE FEELING INSIDE THAT RESTAURANTAT LIKE SO MANY
01:27:47 PLACES IT WAS LIKE GOING HOME THAT WAS LIKE BUT IT WAS WAS ITS
01:27:51 A FAMILY KIND OF FEELING. IT WAS FAMILY RUN IEE R WAS FROM
01:27:54 DAY ONE AND AND THE FOUNDING FAMILY STILL RAN IT OFO AND YOU
01:27:57 KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT FEELING, A GREAT A GREAT MENU A GREAT
01:28:01 LOCATION SOMETIMES A LOT OF CITY HALL PEOPLEOM ENDED UP THEE
01:28:05 BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY FAR AWAY FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION RIGHT
01:28:07 NOW. AND BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, IT NO
01:28:09 MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IT WAS STILL A FANTASTICT Y
01:28:12 PLACE HELD MANY AN EVENT THERE AND JUST MISSED THAT PLACE A
01:28:17 PLACE THAT I'VE HEARD OF I'D NEVER FAMILIES EVEN BEEN THEY
01:28:18 SAY MAN YOUEE MR. I GREW UP IN THE DARK.
01:28:21 >> WHAT WAS THE BEST IN TOWN? OH IAT I LET ME SOME GOOD BLOCK.
01:28:24 WELL HOPEFULLY THERE'S ANOTHER RESTAURANT OUT THEREER THAT CAN
01:28:28 MATCH I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
01:28:29 HOW'S THAT? R R?
01:28:32 SOME GREAT FOODS HERE IN SAN FRAN.
01:28:34 YEAH, THEY'RE SORT OF OUT OF DOUBT.
01:28:35 GREAT THINGS. . RE OKAY, SO WE ALWAYS ASKT OUR A
01:28:36 GUESTS AS THE PART OF THE CLOSED LIKE THE HEADLINE IN THE
01:28:40 NEWSPAPER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT
01:28:42 HEADLINE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO READ IN FIVE YEARS THEY PICK UP
01:28:49 YOU KNOW WE DON'T PICK UP THE PAPER ANYMORE BUT YOU LOOK AT
01:28:50 ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN ONLINE WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT DOES THAT
01:28:54 SAY? SAN FRANCISCOS,, SAN FRANCISCO
01:28:56 KIDS ALL ENDED UP IN COLLEGE AND ENDED UP DOING WHAT THEY
01:29:01 WANT TO DO WITH THEIR FUTURE. YOU GOOI I WANT TO SEE EVERY KID
01:29:05 THAT GROWS UP HERE, COMES HERE, LIVES HEREO, GRADUATES HERE HAVE
01:29:08 EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED. TOO MANY KIDSETU FEEL SHUT OUT.
01:29:12 TOO MANY ADULTS DO TOO. BUT I THINK IF WE O CAN D GRAB M
01:29:14 WHENB THEY'RE CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE
01:29:18 EVERY OPPORTUNITY THE SAME AS EVERYBODYEV ELSE IT'S JUST UP TO
01:29:20 THEM. THAT'S THE KIND OF SUCCESS I.
01:29:22 THINK REALLY BUILDS OUR CITY AND I LOVE THAT.
01:29:25 >> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO CLOSE.
01:29:26 THAT'S INSPIRINGD D E. THANK YOU.
01:29:28 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH, THAT'S ARIAN GOODR HEADLI.
01:29:31 AND SO ONE LAST THING YOU KNOW,
01:29:32 WE NORMALLY ASK GUESTS TO BRINGE SOMETHING TO ADD HERE BUT YOU
01:29:36 KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING COOL HERE THAT YOUOW LIKE TO POINT OT
01:29:39 AND FROM OUR GUESTS A BROADER VARIETY OF THINGSO THERE'S
01:29:43 POTENTIAL ACTUALLY YOU CAN ALREADY SPOT A COUPLE OF THINGS
01:29:44 I THINK I BROUGHT YAL. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU KNOW THAT
01:29:47 SQUARE A SQUARE AT THE TOP? OH, SURE IT IS.
01:29:51 THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLES PIGGY BANK.
01:29:54 NOT IN THE SHAPE OF A PIG, BUT IT'S A PIGGY BANK.
01:29:56 ARE THERE IN THE SHOW? YES.
01:29:56 A LEGO P AND IT'S GOT THIS I LOE THIS AND TO COLLEGE LOGO ON G TE
01:30:03 FRONT OF IT YEAH AND IT'S GOT A YOU KNOW A COIN SLOT IN THE TOP
01:30:04 WHO CARRIES COINS ANYMORERECO BT ANYWAY IT'S THE WHOLE IDEA IS
01:30:07 TO BRING THE IDEA OF SAVINGS INTO THE FAMILIES SO EVERY TIME
01:30:11 MANY TIMES WHEN WE DO AN EVENT WE'LL BRING THINGS LIKE
01:30:15 GIVEAWAYS LIKE THAT TO TELL THE ISOVE THAT YOU KNOW THISWI
01:30:18 JUST ONE MORE REMINDER WE'RE MAKING IT AS EASY AS WE CAN TO
01:30:19 SAVE FOR YOUR KID'SAN FUTURE $50 WHATEVER.
01:30:22 YOU CAN DO THIS AND GOWH HOME AND TALK ABOUT IT AND TELL YOUR
01:30:26 KID HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE CHANCES
01:30:27 IN THE I T WORLD. >>
01:30:29 WELL, THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING CONVERSATION.
01:30:30 OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:30:31 THANKEEEEON YOU FOR YOUR THAT'SE THE CENTERPIECE RIGHT THERE.
01:30:34 ACTUALLY WE'RE BUILDING THIS Y T PODCAST STUDIO AND YOU DID
01:30:37 CONTRIBUTE THAT EARLY ONND. WE'LL TAKE THE CENTER SPOT.
01:30:41 YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. BUT IT IS IT'S ABOUT KIDS
01:30:44 FUTURES AND IT'S ABOUT KIDS FUTURES.
01:30:46 IT REALLY IS. IT'S AMAZING.
01:30:46 THANK YOU SO MUCHS.. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
01:30:49 THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND THEN ONE MORE TIME HOW CAN
01:30:53 PEOPLE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, DRIVE IT BACKI ON
01:30:55 THE WEBSITE. >> ALL THE INFORMATION WE
01:30:57 TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WHETHER IT'S ON THE BUSINESS AND TAX
01:31:00 SIDE OR ON THE SERVICES SIDESI AND THE PROGRAMS S.F. TREASURER
01:31:03 TALKS, S.F. TREASURER ONE WORDGE GEORGIE JUST GO THERE AND FIND
01:31:11 YOUR WAY AROUND TO THE QUIET PLACE YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
01:31:12 IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS PAYING TAXES AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE
01:31:15 WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. YOU CANYO ALSO JUST PICK UP 311
01:31:19 AS AS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TOO JUST NOW 311 AND FOLKS THERE
01:31:22 CAN ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS AWE R SEND YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT CANAN
01:31:26 GIVE YOU MORE COMPLICATED ANSWERS.
01:31:27 ED. HANK YOU SO MUCH >> SAN FRANCISCO'S TREASURE MR.
01:31:29 JOSE CISNEROS ALL RIGHT. , YOU KNOW,CIALLY
01:31:33 DONE THERE YOU GO. >> THE GAVEL, THE CAR.
01:32:02 I'M VERY PROUD TO LEAD THE POLSKY CENTER FOR INNOVATION
01:32:06 AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
01:32:10 AND WELCOME TO THIS VERY HISTORIC DAY AS WECA OFFICIALLY
01:32:14 RIBBON CUT THE THIRD COAST FOUNDRY.
01:32:15 WHAT STARTED AS A DEMO DAY 12 MONTHS AGO WITH A FEW OF OUR
01:32:21 UNIVERSITIES HAS NOW LED TO A TRULY HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP
01:32:24 BETWEEN EIGHT GREAT PROUD WORLD CLASS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
01:32:29 FROM THE MIDWEST. AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW
01:32:30 STATISTICD OF THE THIRD COAST FOUNDRY YOU SEE THAT EIGHT
01:32:34 SCHOOLS BEHIND CYO ME BUT THOSE SCHOOLS EDUCATE 300,000
01:32:39 STUDENTS. THEY DOS. $10 BILLION OF RESEARH
01:32:42 A YEAR. THEY'VE LED TO WORLD CLASS
01:32:43 INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY
01:32:46 ALTERING. AND IF YOU WEREE TO JUST TAKE
01:32:49 THE REGIONS WHERE THOSE UNIVERSITIES ARE ECONOMICALLY,
01:32:54 THEY'D BE IN THE G-7. SO YOU KNOW, THEHE GRADUATES OF
01:32:58 THIRD COAST FOUNDRY INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTTH
01:33:01 OVER 30% OF THE ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS
01:33:02 AND THE BUILDERS IN THIS COUNTRYHEHE.
01:33:04 I'D LIKE TO THANK ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM AT THE POLSKY CENTER
01:33:06 MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
01:33:09 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT IRPI SERVED
01:33:12 PREVIOUSLY BEFORE AT UCHICAGO AS DEPUTY MAYOR IN CHICAGO.
01:33:15 SO I TRULY HAVE A UNIQUE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION FOR MAYOR LURIE
01:33:19 AND THE JOB THAT HIS TEAM HAS DONE.
01:33:20 THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY WELCOMINGD OF ALL OF US AND HAE
01:33:24 EMBRACED US HERE IN SAN FRANCISCOE.
01:33:27 YOU KNOW WE SAID THAT WHEN WE DID THE SOFT LAUNCH IT WASN'T
01:33:29 ACTUALLY OFFICIAL. IT WAS ON HIS INSTAGRAM.
01:33:32 SO WE THANK YOU MAYOR LEARY
01:33:35 AND WITH THAT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 46TH MAYOR OF SAN
01:33:36 FRANCISCO, MAYOR DANIEL. >> ANYTHING.
01:33:45 >> THANK YOU. THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY IN SAN
01:33:49 FRANCISCO AT NORTHWESTERN CARNEGIE MELLON, OHIO STATE.
01:33:53 PURDUE. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
01:33:54 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.
01:33:57 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON ,WASH.
01:34:01 U AND ST LOUIS WELCOME TO SAN FRANCISCO THE GREATEST CITY
01:34:06 IN THE WORLD AND YOU ARE GOING IT EVEN STRONGER.
01:34:09 WE ALL HOPE THAT WHILE YOU'RE IN OUR CITYLL, SAN FRANCISCO
01:34:13 FEELS LIKE A HOME AWAY FROM HOMEIS JUST A LITTLE COOLER
01:34:16 DURING THE SUMMERTIME. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL ALL THE
01:34:21 LEADERS FOR CHOOSING OUR INCREDIBLE CITY.
01:34:24 I I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY BIAS BUT THERE IS NO BETTER
01:34:31 PLACE TO BE THAN HERE IN THE GLOBAL CENTER OF INNOVATION.
01:34:35 >> BUT INNOVATION DOESN'T JUST BELONG TO ONE CITY.
01:34:39 IT HAPPENS WHEREVER TALENTED PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TACKLEO
01:34:43 HARD PROBLEMS AND THINK DIFFERENTLY.
01:34:44 LOOKING AT THE WORK TE REPRESEND HERE TODAY AND WHAT YOU JUST
01:34:48 MENTIONED WITH ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE
01:34:51 UNIVERSITIES IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SPIRIT IS THRIVINGNTNT ACROS
01:34:54 THE MIDWEST AND ACROSS OUR GREAT COUNTRYW.
01:34:58 THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU HERE NOT JUST
01:34:59 VISITORS BUTWE AS PARTNERS. THIRD COAST FOUNDRY WILL BECOME
01:35:06 A HOME FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOME OF THE NATION'S
01:35:07 LEADING INSTITUTES FTW AND ONE F THE MOST DYNAMIC INNOVATION
01:35:11 ECOSYSTEMS ON THE PLANET. THROUGH DEMO DAY SEMINARS,
01:35:15 WORKSHOPS AND RECEPTIONS, THIS SPACE WILL HELP STUDENTS
01:35:18 RESEARCHERS AND ENTREPRENEURS TURN IDEAS INTO OPPORTUNITIES
01:35:23 UNIVERSITIES, AS WE ALL KNOW, BRING INCREDIBLE ENERGY.
01:35:27 THEY BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY.
01:35:30 THEY STRENGTHEN THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION THAT HAS DEFINED
01:35:34 DEFINE SAN FRANCISCO FOR GENERATIONS.
01:35:38 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT MORE OF HERE IN DOWNTOWN
01:35:42 SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUILDING A DOWNTOWN THAT IS A
01:35:47 VIBRANT 24 SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK,
01:35:52 PLAY AND LEARN. A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE
01:35:57 LEARNING, FOUNDERS ARE BUILDING COMPANIES.
01:35:58 RESIDENTS ARE RAISING FAMILIES
01:36:00 AND VISITORS ARE DISCOVERING WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO SO
01:36:02 SPECIAL. AND WITH TODAY'S OPENING WE ARE
01:36:05 MOVING CLOSER TO THAT GOAL.
01:36:08 I ALSO WANT TO THANK EACH UNIVERSITYI FOR YOUR COMMITMENT
01:36:12 TO OUR CITY. WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH
01:36:13 YOU A AND BUILD A FUTURE TOGETHER.
01:36:16 AND TO EVERY STUDENT AND ENTREPRENEURUR WHO WALKS
01:36:20 THROUGH THESE DOORS, THIS CITY IS BEHIND YOU AND PRESIDENT
01:36:24 IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AND TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME G BEAS
01:36:27 ROOTS TO YOU. SO WITH THAT I WILL SAY LET'S
01:36:32 GO SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
01:36:42 >> THANK YOU. MAYOR LURIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
01:36:43 FOR THAT WELCOME. I'M PAUL OLIVER SANTOS,
01:36:46 PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOO.
01:36:50 AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITHAN REPRESENTATIVES FROM A
01:36:54 TRULY WORLD CLASSIV GREAT UNIVERSITIES FROM ACROSS THE
01:36:58 MIDWEST. AMERICANSES ACROSS THE MIDWEST
01:37:02 ARE HELPING TO SPONSOR THESE H AMAZING UNIVERSITIES WHERE WE
01:37:06 CARE DEEPLY ABOUT CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EDUCATING
01:37:10 PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALSO WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF INNOVATION THAT RUNS
01:37:14 VERYLEA DEEP. WE HAVE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
01:37:18 WHO ARE GREAT FOUNDERSTU OF WONDERFUL COMPANIES AND WHAT'S
01:37:22 SPECIAL ABOUT TODAY O IS EIGHT TRULY GREAT UNIVERSITIES FROM
01:37:26 ACROSS THE MIDWEST HAVE COME TOGETHER.
01:37:30 WE'VE COME TOGETHER NOT SEPARATELY BUT ALL TOGETHER TO
01:37:34 BRING OUR FOUNDERS HERE TO SAN FRANCISCOR TO WORK WITH THE
01:37:38 COMMUNITY OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
01:37:42 ABLE TO SPONSOR COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WHO WILL WORK
01:37:47 IN THOSE COMPANIES TO HELP US BRING OUR THE BENEFITS OF THAT
01:37:50 KNOWLEDGE CREATION TOO THE FUTURE OF AMERICA AND TO
01:37:54 INNOVATION IN GENERAL. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED.
01:37:57 WE'RE ALSO FEELING KEENLY THAT THISRE IS A PLACE OF A LOT OF
01:38:02 EXPERIMENTATION. PEOPLE TRY NEW O THINGS HERE WE
01:38:05 ARE GOING TO HAVE FACULTY AND STUDENTS TRYING TO DO
01:38:09 THINGS IN ENTIRELY NEW WAYS TOGETHER AND IT'S GOING TO BE
01:38:13 VERY SPECIAL. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ACROSS SAN
01:38:16 FRANCISCO WILL SEE THIS AS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT AND ONE OF
01:38:20 GREAT SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
01:38:21 WELCOMING. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:38:28 THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT ALVA SOROS IT IS
01:38:32 SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CARNEGIE MELLON
01:38:35 UNIVERSITY MY NAME IS MEREDITH MAYER GREELEY AND I'M HERE WITH
01:38:38 OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, DR. THERESA MAYOR AND OUR
01:38:42 SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS AND MUCH OF ENERGY.
01:38:45 SO WE ALL KNOW TALENT EXCELLENCE EXISTS ALL ACROSS
01:38:49 THE COUNTRY THOUGH I WILL ADMIT TO VISIT THE NUMBER ONE I
01:38:54 IN CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY TO VISIT THE
01:38:58 LARGEST UNIVERSITY ROBOTICS PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY.
01:39:02 YOU GOT TO TRAVEL TO PITTSBURGH .
01:39:05 >> IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE YEAH, MAYBE NOT THE GREATEST CITY
01:39:10 IN THE WORLD AS YOU STATED EARLIER, CERTAINLY THE PARIS OF
01:39:14 APPALACHIA. >> SO I TOOK A DRIVERLESS WAYMO
01:39:18 THIS MORNING FROM MY HOTEL TO HERE.
01:39:21 AND WHAT YOU MAY NOT REALIZE ISO THAT TECHNOLOGY M HAS A STRAIGHT
01:39:25 LINE BACK TO CARNEGIE MELLON, THE CAR THAT WON THE DARPA
01:39:29 URBAN CHALLENGE WAS A CARNEGIE MELLON CAR.
01:39:33 THE ENGINEER WHO BUILT THAT CAR WHO LED THAT TEAM WOULD GO ON
01:39:40 TO FOUND WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS A WAYMO.
01:39:41 AND SO WHENT YOU GRAB A WAYMO IN THIS GLORIOUS CITY YOU CAN
01:39:48 REST ASSURED THAT YOU ARE BEING WRITTEN DRIVEN A MIDWESTERN
01:39:52 RESEARCH AS THE PACE OF INNOVATION ACCELERATES, OUR
01:39:56 SHARED FUTURE ECONOMY WILL BE BUILT.
01:39:57 COMPANY BY COMPANY AND BY
01:39:59 PEOPLE WHO BACK RESEARCH EARLY. THEY NEED TO BACK RESEARCH.
01:40:04 WE E NEED TO BACK RESEARCH OFTEN WHEN IT STILL SITS
01:40:08 IN UNIVERSITY N LABS. THIS IS WHERE OUR MOST NOVEL
01:40:12 TECHNOLOGIES A ARE ORIGINATING. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE THINK
01:40:16 ABOUT PHYSICAL A.I. WHICH WE THINK ABOUT A LOT AT CARNEGIE
01:40:19 MELLON, WE KNOW THAT NEARLY W HALF OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
01:40:23 PHYSICAL A.I. COMPANIES THOSE THAT HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $30
01:40:26 MILLION IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS ARE PAID FOUNDER FOUNDER LAB
01:40:32 YOU ALREADY KNOW SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF
01:40:37 THIS NEW RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM MANY OF WHOM POPULATE SAN
01:40:41 FRANCISCO. YOU KNOW ABOUT DUOLINGO WHICH
01:40:44 MAY BE HOW YOU LEARN LANGUAGES. YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT AURORA WHICH
01:40:48 IS RUNNING THE FIRST DRIVERLESS TRUCKS ON AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS A
01:40:52 BRIDGE WHICH IS THE LEADING MEDICAL SCRIBE COMPANY IN THE
01:40:56 COUNTRY AND IS REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF AMBIENT A.I.
01:40:59 AND SKILLED THAT'S BUILDING BRAINS FOR ANY KIND OF ROBOT
01:41:03 AND IS CURRENTLY VALUED AT SOMETHING LIKE $15 BILLION.
01:41:06 THESE ARE JUST CARNEGIE MELLONN COMPANIES THE POTENTIAL THAT
01:41:10 EXISTS IN THIS COLLECTIVE ECOSYSTEM
01:41:11 XI OF EIGHT LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IS SIMPLY
01:41:15 ASTOUNDINGIV AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP
01:41:19 PUTTING IT ON DISPLAY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WHAT WE'RE
01:41:23 DOING HERE TOGETHER I I WITH UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S
01:41:26 LEADERSHIP AND VISION ISVE'S HARDWIRING OUR CONNECTION
01:41:30 BETWEEN OUR COLLECTIVE FOUNDERS AND THE CAPITAL MENTORS
01:41:33 AND TALENT THAT M LIVE IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY BAY AREA
01:41:38 ECOSYSTEM THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP TURN OUR GROUNDBREAKING
01:41:42 RESEARCH K INTO WORLD LEADING COMPANIES.
01:41:45 SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMIR, THE ENTIRE POLSKY
01:41:49 AND UNIVERSITY E OF CHICAGO TEAM AND TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
01:41:53 IN THISGO COLLECTIVE. WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE IN THIS
01:41:57 GLORIOUS MIX T OF TALENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION
01:42:00 POTENTIAL. THANK YOU.
01:42:07 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
01:42:11 MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
01:42:12 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS SUCH A P PLEASURE.
01:42:16 MY NAME IS RASHID BASHIR. I'M PROUD AND HUMBLED TO BE THE
01:42:19 DEAN OF THE GRANGER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY
01:42:20 OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAGNE AND ON BEHALF OF MY THERE CODING HERE
01:42:23 AND MY OTHER DEANA- BROOKE ELLIOT, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF
01:42:30 BUSINESS AND OTHER COLLEAGUES. WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED TO BE
01:42:31 HERELE R. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE
01:42:34 ESPECIALLY HERE WITH OUR EIGHT PARTNER UNIVERSITIES OPENING
01:42:37 THIS TURQUOISE FOUNDRYRYIT. AND I WILL NOTE I THINK AS MANY
01:42:41 OF YOU KNOW, IT ISS NOT EASY TO GET EIGHT UNIVERSITIES TO AGREE
01:42:44 TO ONE THING AND VOLUNTARILY AS PAUL SAID EARLIER.
01:42:48 >> SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
01:42:52 AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR ALL OF US TO COME
01:42:54 TOGETHER. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD
01:42:56 EARLIER DISCUSSION WE WERE HAVING ABOUT HOW EVERYONE IS
01:42:57 ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO AMPLIFYY THIS PARTNERSHIP.
01:43:00 WOULD SAY THAT THIS HAS REALLY BEEN
01:43:03 NOTHING BUT A SOCIAL ENGINEERING MIRACLE.
01:43:06 SO THANK YOU, SAMIR. AND WHEN WE DO PULL THESE
01:43:08 MIRACLES OFF IN THE MIDWEST QUITE OFTEN.
01:43:11 ONELET ME START WITH JUST SIMPLE OBSERVATION THAT THE
01:43:14 MIDWEST HAS THE RESEARCH, THE TALENT AND THE INSTITUTIONS TO
01:43:18 INNOVATE. WHATES IT HAS LACKED IS STARTUPS
01:43:22 THAT SCALE. YOU HEARD SOME GREAT EXAMPLES HS
01:43:25 BUT WE NEED MORE OF THEM. AND I THINK THAT'S THE
01:43:27 OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHATSHI THIRD COAST FOUNDRY WILL
01:43:30 HELP ACCELERATE. SO CONSIDER WHAT'SS C WHAT'S BEN
01:43:33 GATHERED HERE UNDER ONE ROOF EIGHT UNIVERSITIES I THINK IT
01:43:35 WAS MENTIONEDE THIS MORNING OVER 350,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THESE
01:43:41 EIGHT GREAT UNIVERSITIES RIGHT HERE.
01:43:42 OVER 10 BILLION IN ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES.
01:43:45 SO NO SINGLE SCHOOL CAN COMMAND THAT.
01:43:48 AND WE BELIEVE IN THESE RADICAL PARTNERSHIPS, THESE
01:43:49 TRANSFORMATIVEVE PARTNERSHIPS. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY WHAT
01:43:53 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IN THIS COMBINATION IS A WHOLE
01:43:56 POINT BECAUSE WE AS I MENTIONED, WE BELIEVEVEHO IN DEY
01:43:59 IN RADICAL COLLABORATIONS. THE BIGGESTE PROBLEMS
01:44:03 AND CHALLENGES DON'T RESPECT INSTITUTIONALEM BOUNDARIES.
01:44:07 WE SHOULDN'T EITHER. AND WE PUTIE THAT CONVICTION, Y
01:44:11 THE WAY, TO FOR EXAMPLE, TO T CHANGE THE CORPORATE BIO HUB.
01:44:14 THE SECOND ONE THAT WE WON, IN THE MIDWEST WITH YOU
01:44:15 CHICAGO, NORTHWESTERNPOPO AND YU ARE YOU SEE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OR
01:44:18 NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CHICAGOES O QUANTUM EXCHANGE WIH
01:44:21 MANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS HERE OUR PARTNERS
01:44:24 AND ALSO THE ILLINOIS QUANTUM
01:44:25 AND ELECTRONICS PARK FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE HOPE TO BUILD
01:44:28 THE FIRST VAULT ORDER AND QUANTUM COMPUTER IN THE
01:44:31 WORLD. THIRD BECAUSE FOUNDRY IS THE
01:44:32 SAME INSTINCT NOW POINTED AT THE BAY AREA AND AS I WOULD SAY
01:44:35 THAT NOW WE ARE QUANTUM MECHANICALLY ENTANGLED WITH THE
01:44:37 BAY AREAA. IF YOU WANT PROOF ALSO JUST FOR
01:44:45 AGAIN FOUNDERS FROM ALL OF THESE GREAT PLACES I'LL JUST
01:44:47 SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANNOY BUT I KNOW EVERY ONE OF THESE
01:44:49 INSTITUTIONS HAS SIMILAR STORIES AND WE'RE NOT NEW TO
01:44:53 THE BAY AREA. WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED BUILD IT
01:44:56 . THE CO-FOUNDERS OF YOUTUBE,
01:44:57 PAYPAL MARC ANDREESSEN WHO BUILT THE FIRST POPULAR WEB
01:45:01 BROWSER MOSAIC NOW SITS AT THE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY
01:45:05 VENTURE CO-FOUNDERS OF ORACLE, TOM SIEBEL AND C3 A.I.
01:45:11 AND SIEBEL SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
01:45:12 SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT I MEAN WE'RE NOTNG HOPING TO BREAK IN.
01:45:16 WE HAVE BUILT BUILD THIS PLACE SO IT'S REALLY AMAZING NOW THAT
01:45:19 WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PAUL AND SAMIR AND OTHERS WE ALL ARE
01:45:21 COMING TOGETHERR. WE'VE TRIED TO DO THINGS
01:45:23 INDIVIDUALLY AND NOW WE'RE COMING COLLECTIVELYY.
01:45:26 SOLE THAT'S REALLY THE POWER OF OF OF THISF ENTERPRISE.
01:45:30 WE'RE SO EXCITED AND OUR STRENGTHS I THINK TODAY ARE
01:45:31 EXACTLYRE WHAT THE WHAT THE WORD NEEDS.
01:45:35 YOU HEARD ABOUT PHYSICAL AND ROBOTICSU, WORLD CLASS
01:45:38 RESEARCH AND A.I. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE NUCLEAR
01:45:41 WHETHER IT'S FISSION MICRO NUCLEAR REACTORS OR FUSIONIS
01:45:44 BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY COMBININGNU WITH
01:45:49 BUSINESS EDUCATION ALL OF THESE GREAT DISCIPLINESES WE CAN BRING
01:45:53 IT ALL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A PORTFOLIO THAT I THINK NOHE
01:45:57 SINGLE COST COULD MATCH. WE WANT TO ENHANCE, EXPAND
01:45:58 AND COLLABORATENG T. SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO
01:46:05 BE HERE AND INN SO SO IN SUMMARY IN CLOSING I THINK THIRD COAST
01:46:06 FOUNDRY IS THIS BRIDGE WE HOPE IT'LL BE THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN
01:46:10 THE MIDWEST INNOVATION AND THE COASTAL CAPITAL AND TALENT
01:46:13 AND BUILD ON THE BELIEF THAT THE BEST THINGS GET BUILT
01:46:16 TOGETHER. IT'S LIKE AGAIN IN THE QUANTUM
01:46:20 LINGO IT'S THE EINSTEIN. ROSEN BRIDGE THIS CONNECTION
01:46:24 BETWEEN THE MIDWEST AND GETTING A TO TECHNICAL BUT THAT'S
01:46:28 EXCITING NERD DEEP AT HEART AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY
01:46:31 EXCITING SO I'M REALLY JUST PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL
01:46:33 OF MY PARTNERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:46:33 >> THANK YOU FOR EUS SUPPORT. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT THE
01:46:38 RIBBON SO IF I COULD GET ALL THE INSTITUTIONAL
01:46:42 REPRESENTATIVES T UP HERE
01:46:45 AND MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU AN OVERSIZEIO.
01:46:48 YES. AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE GIFT
01:46:49 BAG FOR YOU THE INAUGURAL SWAG BAG FROM THE OCEAN THROUGH NO,
01:47:07 I DON'T. THERE IS YEAH.
01:47:24 OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO COUNT EVERYBODY
01:47:25 HOLD A RIBBON TIEIE, MAYBE SQUEEZE IN.
01:47:28 THERE'S SOME ROOM BACK HERE IF ANYONE WANTS TO DIVIDEE
01:47:33 EVERYBODY EVERYBODY. >> MY NAME IS SHAWN ELLSBERG
01:47:59 AND CEO OF SPUR. THANKK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
01:48:02 AFTERNOONFT. >>>> YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY,
01:48:10 MANY REASONS WHY I LOVE MY WORK AT SPUR.
01:48:11 WHY IRE ARE MANY REASONS S LOVE THE ORGANIZATION BUT
01:48:15 REALLY MUCHIO AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THIS EVENT THIS
01:48:19 AFTERNOON. >> AS A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE
01:48:25 WHO HAS NOMINATED MANY COLLEAGUES WHO HAS BEEN AT THIS
01:48:29 EVENT MANY TIMES AND CELEBRATED NOMINEES CELEBRATED WINNERS
01:48:33 AND ADMITTEDLY AS A CITY EMPLOYEEED WHO IS VERY JEALOUS F
01:48:38 NEVER WINNING MYSELFNI, I DO KNW PERSONALLY HOW INSPIRATION
01:48:45 AND ALL THIS AFTERNOON IS AND HOW REWARDING THIS
01:48:46 RECOGNITION ISEC. >> SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT HONOR
01:48:50 FOR ME TO BE A PART OF THE AND I WOULD LIKE TO
01:48:53 PUT TODAY'S EVENT IN THE OF SOMETHING THAT
01:48:56 HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK LAST THURSDAYUS WAS THE ANNUAL I WANT
01:49:01 TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT. SAMUEL. HEYMANN SERVICE TO
01:49:05 AMERICAN MEDAL CEREMONY KNOWN AS THE SAMMIES WHAT ARE
01:49:08 THE SAMMIESS?
01:49:11 >> THE SAMMIES ANECDOTALLY ARE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THEY OSCARS
01:49:16 FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. IT'S AN EVENT THAT IS VERY
01:49:17 SIMILAR.. TO THIS BUT FOR OUR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
01:49:21 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BHU. BUT LAST WEEK UNFORTUNATELY WE
01:49:27 SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF DISTRUST, WHEN
01:49:32 WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF DISRESPECT D AND WE HAVE ANRA
01:49:36 ATMOSPHERE OF FRANKLY DODGY CONDESCENSION TOWARDS PUBLIC
01:49:40 EMPLOYEESEM AND A TYPICAL YEAR YOU'LL HAVE OVER 400 NOMINEES,
01:49:46 YOU'LL HAVE NEARLY 100 WINNERS THIS YEAR.
01:49:49 >> LAST WEEK THERE WERE LESS THAN 200 NOMINEES.
01:49:52 THERE WERE MANY NOMINEES WHO L RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID
01:49:56 PLEASE WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION. >> THE FEAR OF DISTRUST AND THE
01:50:02 FEAR OF BRINGING ATTENTION TO THEIR WORK SCARED PEOPLE AWAY.
01:50:07 >> THANKFULLY WE ARE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
01:50:11 THANKFULLY WE ARE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THANKFULLY HERE
01:50:15 IN SAN FRANCISCO WE CELEBRATE
01:50:18 OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES .
01:50:22 WE CELEBRATE THE WORK OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO WAY TOO OFTEN GO O
01:50:27 UNRECOGNIZED EVEN AS THEIR WORK SHAPES THE HEALTH, SAFETY
01:50:33 AND OPPORTUNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:50:37 THAT'S WHY THIS AFTERNOON MATTERS BECAUSE IT GIVES US A
01:50:41 CHANCE TO HONOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY
01:50:45 KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES AT A TIME
01:50:50 WHEN TRUSTT AND INSTITUTIONS IS BEING TESTED AND OUR
01:50:53 COMMUNITIES FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGES, GOOD GOVERNMENT IS
01:50:58 MORE ESSENTIALCHCH THAN EVER. IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF A JUST
01:51:02 RESILIENTT AND FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY AND THE PEOPLE WE
01:51:08 ARE HONORING TONIGHT EXEMPLIFY WHAT
01:51:09 THAT T LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE. >> I'M PROUD THAT WE I GET TO
01:51:17 SHED A LIGHT ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO SAY VERY
01:51:19 CLEARLYER THEIR WORK MATTERS AND IT IS VALUED.
01:51:21 SO PLEASED COLLECTIVELY LET'S RECOGNIZE ALL THE NOMINEES
01:51:26 AND WINNERSL. >> NOW THIS IS THE PORTION OF
01:51:37 THE INTRO WHERE I USUALLY GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED
01:51:41 TO RECOGNIZE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM AS A
01:51:44 FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WAS IGNORED
01:51:48 DURING THIS PART. I KNOW HOW THAT CAN KIND OF
01:51:52 FEEL. SO WHAT I WILL SAY COLLECTIVELY
01:51:55 EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ALLEL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM
01:51:57 ARE FAR MOREIA MATURE THAN I EVR WAS MAYBE FOR MY OWN
01:52:00 EMBARRASSMENT LET'S RECOGNIZE ALL THEFF ELECTED OFFICIALS
01:52:03 IN THE ROOM BUT THE ONE ELECTED WE WILL OF COURSE NAME IT IS MY
01:52:16 HONOR. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME
01:52:17 TO THE STAGEGE OUR MAYOR,
01:52:21 MAYOR DANIEL LURIE IS IT CHIEF OF STAFF IS IT SUPERVISOR?
01:52:35 IS IT CEO SHAWN SHAWN WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN HERE MY
01:52:43 INCREDIBLE CHIEF OF STAFF STACEY SLAUGHTER SAID YES,
01:52:51 SHE'S RIGHT OVER THERE WHO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS
01:53:02 ALWAYS BEEN KIND TO HER. SHAWN, YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY
01:53:05 KIND TO HER. I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:53:06 SAID THAT THIS WASIB HER FAVORIE AWARDS CEREMONY WRIT LARGE
01:53:10 ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE WE HONOR
01:53:15 AND WE OWE IT TO EVERY SAN FRANCISCAN TO MAKE SURE THEIR
01:53:19 GOVERNMENT WORKS AND YOU ALL ARE MAKING IT WORK EVERY SINGLE
01:53:22 DAY. SO ON BEHALF OF STACEY
01:53:25 AND MYSELF, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY IN THIS
01:53:27 ROOM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
01:53:35 MAYOR MAKING SURE THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE
01:53:37 OF SAN FRANCISCO S HAS BEEN OUR
01:53:40 FOCUS FROM DAY ONE BREAKING DOWN SILOS, FOSTERINGUS
01:53:44 COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND STAYING LASER
01:53:45 FOCUSED ON RESULTS NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF IN I CAN SAY
01:53:52 THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AT A MOMENT WHEN CONFIDENCE A
01:53:56 IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IS FRAGILE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY F SN
01:54:00 FRANCISCO WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE
01:54:06 IN 2024, 22% OF SAN FRANCISCANS THOUGHT WE WERE HEADING IN THE
01:54:11 RIGHT DIRECTION. TODAY THAT NUMBER ISIR 65% THAT
01:54:18 THAT IS THANKS TO ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM.
01:54:23 THE STRENGTH OF THIS CITY IS
02:02:41 S.F. GOV TV, SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
02:16:58 . >> THANK YOU.
02:16:58 WE ARE RECONVENE AND WELCOME BACK TO START.
02:17:03 WE HAVE REACHED MORE DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT ALSO THIS MORNING
02:17:10 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS I NEGLECTED TO ANNOUNCE
02:17:14 THAT THE COMMITTEE ALSO REJECTED OR REJECTS
02:17:18 RECOMMENDATION 14 AND AS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
02:17:24 ,WE'RE ALSO REJECTING RECOMMENDATION 20 WE ALSO WANT
02:17:28 TO BE MORE EXPLICIT THAT FOR THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WE ARE
02:17:35 ACCEPTING RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH SIX.
02:17:38 THIS MEANS THAT WE'RE PRETTY 50% OF THEIR FIRST YEAR OF
02:17:44 FUNDING AND THEN SECOND YEAR FOR FUNDING ON RESERVE.
02:17:50 WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
02:17:54 AND WILL BE REJECTING RECOMMENDATIONS SIX SEVEN,
02:18:01 EIGHT, NINE, TEN AND 11. WE HAVE ALSO REACHED AN
02:18:04 AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
02:18:09 HOUSING AND WILL BE REJECTING THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
02:18:12 ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT
02:18:19 AND CURRENT YEAR RECOMMENDATION ONE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
02:18:26 THE COMMITTEE REJECTS RECOMMENDATION ONE, TWO, THREE,
02:18:31 FOUR AND FIVE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
02:18:35 >> THE COMMITTEE IS REJECTING RECOMMENDATIONS 123 FOUR FIVE,
02:18:41 SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND TEN BUT WE WILL BE PLACING THOSE
02:18:45 AMOUNTS ON RESERVE I BELIEVE AND WITH THOSE RESERVE IS WITH
02:18:53 THE INTENT THAT WHEN THE DEPARTMENT RETURNS FOR THE
02:18:56 RELEASE OF THAT FUND THEY WILL REPORT BACK THEIR CAPITAL PLAN
02:19:03 FOR THEIR POLICE STATIONS AND INCLUSIVE OF ARCTIC AS WELL
02:19:07 AS THEIR FLEET MANAGEMENT PLAN .
02:19:11 >> AND SO WITH THAT WE CONCLUDE THE OUTSTANDING BUDGET
02:19:15 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:19:19 BUT IF THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TELL US WE MISSED SOMETHING WE
02:19:26 CAN EITHER ANNOUNCE NOW OR LATER.
02:19:27 >> THANK YOU. CHAIR JAN DEVIN MCCALL A
02:19:31 CITYWIDE BUDGET MANAGER. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
02:19:33 HEARD SHERIFF SIX THE ACTION TAKEN THAT YES THE
02:19:38 RECOMMENDATION THE COMMITTEE REJECTS RECOMMENDATIONS ONE,
02:19:41 TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX. THANK YOU.
02:19:44 THANK YOU. >> AND SO WITH THAT WE ALSO
02:19:49 NEED TO DISPENSE WITH THE OUTSTANDING TRAILING
02:19:53 LEGISLATION. MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 18.
02:19:56 >> YES I DON'T NUMBER 18 IS A RESOLUTION CONCERNING OR
02:20:00 CONCURRING WITH THE COMPTROLLER CERTIFICATION THAT DEPARTMENT
02:20:04 SERVICES CAN BE PERFORMED A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR A LOWER
02:20:07 COST AND SIMILAR WORK PERFORMED BY A CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES
02:20:11 FOR THE MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE
02:20:15 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU
02:20:16 COLLEAGUES. IT IS MY INTENTION TO MAKE THE
02:20:20 MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE
02:20:28 REJECT THIS CONTRACT FOR MATERIAL TESTING IT MEANS THAT
02:20:34 WE ALSO HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
02:20:36 WORKS THAT THEY WILL RESTORE THESE POSITIONS WITHIN THEIR
02:20:40 DEPARTMENT. >> SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO
02:20:46 TABLE THE ITEM SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR WALTON IN A ROLL
02:20:52 CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHANCE
02:20:56 SECONDED BY MEMBER WALTON THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE TABLED.
02:20:59 VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY ABSENT MEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER
02:21:04 WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER MADELINE HI MADELEINE I CHURCH
02:21:11 IN I MY APOLOGIES OH A VICE CHAIR DORSEY ON THE MOTION TO
02:21:19 TABLE ITEM NUMBER 19. DORSEY I AND CHURCH IN I JANAI
02:21:29 WE HAVE FIVE EYES IN THE MOTION PASSES AND THEN WITH THAT I AM
02:21:37 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WE WILL NOW GO BACK ON RECESS CONTAIN A
02:21:41 CONVERSATION AND THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTROLLER TO
02:21:45 SEE IF 3 P.M. OR 330 AT GREG WAGNER CONTROLLER EITHER WAY IS
02:21:56 FINE WITH US COLLEAGUES I THINK WE WILL RETURN AT 3:00 AND SO
02:22:00 WE WILL GO ON RECESS NOW. >> THANK YOU.
02:22:07 THANK YOU
02:22:42 ASAPH GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
02:23:59 EVERYONE IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU.
02:24:00 >> I WANT TO A SAY HAPPY PRIDE SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEKEND
02:24:04 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL GATHER TO CELEBRATEDS ONE F
02:24:10 SAN FRANCISCO'S BIGGEST AND BEST WEEKENDS CULMINATE
02:24:14 WITH PRIDE WITH THE PRIDE PARADE ON SUNDAY I WANT TO
02:24:18 RECOGNIZE S.F. PRIDE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZANNE FORD. AND THE
02:24:21 ENTIRE S.F. PRIDE TEAM THIS WEEKEND WOULD NOT HAPPEN
02:24:25 WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR CITY IS GRATEFUL.
02:24:29 >> THANK YOU SUZANNE. THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS
02:24:34 HELPED DEFINE SAN FRANCISCO FOR GENERATIONS.
02:24:38 THEIR COURAGE AND CULTURE HAVE MADE OUR CITY STRONGER
02:24:41 AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE VALUES WE PRIDE PROUDLY STAND
02:24:45 FOR TODAY AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
02:24:49 ALL OF THE LEADERS UP HERE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS WEEKEND IS
02:24:52 AND WE ARE READY. SAN FRANCISCANS WE KNOW HOW TO
02:24:57 HOST MAJOR EVENTS. WE WELCOME SUPER BOWL 60, THE
02:25:01 WORLD CUP, THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME AND MORE.
02:25:05 EVERY TIME OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS HAVE DELIVERED PRIDE WILL
02:25:09 BE NO DIFFERENT. >> AND OUR CITY IS PREPARED.
02:25:16 I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISTURBING
02:25:18 VIDEO FROM THIS WEEKEND OF A CAR DRIVING THROUGH DOLORES
02:25:22 PARK. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK SFPD WHO
02:25:24 ACTED QUICKLY TO MAKE AN ARREST .
02:25:28 I WANT TO REASSURE SAN FRANCISCANS THAT WHETHER YOU
02:25:29 ARE JOINING THE TRANS MARCH ON FRIDAY, THE DATE MARCH ON
02:25:32 SATURDAY OR WALKING DOWN MARKET STREET FOR SUNDAY'S PRIDE
02:25:36 PARADE DURING CELEBRATION IN OUR CITY, YOUR SAFETY IS OUR
02:25:43 TOP PRIORITY. MONTHS OF PLANNING
02:25:47 AND COORDINATION HAVE GONE INTO MAKING THIS WEEKEND SAFE
02:25:50 AND SUCCESSFUL AND FUN. OUR POLICE OFFICER, SHERIFF'S
02:25:55 DEPUTIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS WILL BE
02:25:56 DEPLOYED ACROSS THE CITY THIS WEEKEND.
02:26:00 CHIEF LEW WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS AND HOW ATTENDEES
02:26:03 CAN DO THEIR PART THIS WEEKEND .
02:26:06 >> MY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
02:26:10 REPORT ANYTHING CONCERNING AND KNOW THAT EVERY FIRST
02:26:13 RESPONDER CITY WORKERRYIT AND VOLUNTEER HAS ONE GOAL TO
02:26:16 HELP EVERYONE CELEBRATE SAFELY. I WANT TOAF THANK OUR PUBLIC
02:26:20 SAFETY LEADERS S.F. PD CHIEF DEREK LU, SHERIFF PAUL MIYAMOTO
02:26:27 ,FIRE CHIEF DEAN CHRISMAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROOK JENKINS
02:26:29 DEPARTMENTEN OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
02:26:32 MARY ELLEN CARROLLAN THE S.F. PD LGBTQ PLUS ADVISORY FORUM
02:26:39 AND S.F. PD PRIDE ALLIANCE. >> I WANT S TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
02:26:43 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS WEEKEND SAFE FOR
02:26:46 EVERYONE. SAN FRANCISCO IS READY.
02:26:50 >> HAPPY PRIDE AND LET'S GO. SANAP FRANCISCO GO.
02:26:55 AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE DEREK LIU.
02:27:01 GOOD. >>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:27:08 THIS WEEKEND SAN FRANCISCO HOSTS THE ANNUAL PRIDE PARADE
02:27:11 AND CELEBRATION ONE OF THE LARGEST LGBTQ PLUS GATHERINGSGS
02:27:15 IN THE WORLD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THIS CITY
02:27:17 DOES BETTER THAN T ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
02:27:20 THESE EVENTS ARE A PARTARVE OF N FRANCISCO'S RICH CULTURAL
02:27:24 HISTORY AND IDENTITY. CAND THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
02:27:27 DEPARTMENT TAKES OUR ROLE IN PROTECTING THOSE WHO COMEORT
02:27:30 HERE FROM NEAR AND FAR. TO CELEBRATE MARCH OR A SIMPLYTE
02:27:34 WATCH VERY SERIOUSLY. >> AS
02:27:35 ALWAYS, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE SAN FRANCISCO IN OUR
02:27:39 LONGSTANDING STATUSOUTU AS A SAE HAVEN FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ
02:27:43 . US COMMUNITY >> I WANT TO TAKE THIS
02:27:47 OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALLNI THE LGBTQ
02:27:50 PLUS MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. >>>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK MEMBES
02:27:54 OF OUR PRIDE ALLIANCE FOR JOINING TODAY.
02:27:55 THESE M OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING TRUST
02:27:58 AND LASTING PARTNERSHIPS H WITH OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
02:28:02 YOU WILL SEE MANY OF OUR OFFICERS INCLUDING ME WEARING
02:28:05 PRIDE BADGES THAT SUPPORT OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
02:28:09 AND HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVENESS.
02:28:12 THIS PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2019 BY OUR PRIDE ALLIANCE.
02:28:17 THIS YEAR01 FUNDS FROM THE PROJECT WILL GO TO OPEN HOUSE,
02:28:20 A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES HOUSING AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
02:28:24 FOR LGBTQ PLUS ELDERS. >> A BIG THANK YOU TO OFFICER
02:28:28 KATHLEEN MCKIERNAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRIDE ALLIANCE
02:28:32 FOR HER WORK AND COMMITMENT TO THISFO IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
02:28:35 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CAPTAIN CHRIS DELGAUDIO WHO IS
02:28:39 HERE WITH US TODAY. CAPTAIN DELGADILLO IS NOT ONLY
02:28:41 THE COMMANDINGCO OFFICER OF CENTRAL STATION, ONE OF OUR
02:28:43 DEPARTMENT'S MOST DEMANDING ASSIGNMENTS
02:28:46 BUT HE ALSO LEADS THE SET PIECE LGBTQ PLUS
02:28:51 ADVISORY FORUM AND IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RANKING LGBTQ O PLUS
02:28:55 MEMBERS. >> THIS FORM MELDS MEMBERS OF
02:28:56 THE CPD AND THE COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE
02:28:59 PARTNER IN PUBLICNI SAFETY IN SN FRANCISCO.
02:29:03 >> WHILE WE WILL BEN HIGHLIGHTING OUR VALUES AS A
02:29:06 WELCOMING CITY THIS WEEKEND WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:29:10 SHOW EVERYONE THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS A SAFE CITYY
02:29:13 AND AMONGST THE SAFEST IN AMERICA.
02:29:17 I WANT TO THANK MAYOR LURIE, OUR SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SAFETY
02:29:18 TEAM WITH US TODAY AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN
02:29:21 WORKING CLOSELY WITH OVER THE PAST MONTHS TO ENSURE THIS
02:29:25 WEEKEND IS SAFE AND FUN FOR ALL.
02:29:29 AND WHILE THIS IS A BIG LIFT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, REST
02:29:33 ASSURED. FOR DECADES THE PD HAS HOSTED
02:29:34 THIS EVENTFO AND OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS ACROSS THE
02:29:37 CITY JUST LIKE ANY LARGE
02:29:40 GATHERING OF THIS TYPE. PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE
02:29:44 PRIORITY AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE READY.
02:29:48 LEADING UP TO THIS THIS WEEKEND WE'VES. BEEN PLANNING
02:29:52 AND COORDINATING AS A DEPARTMENT AND WITH OUR CITY
02:29:53 STATE AND FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THIS IS A
02:29:57 SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EVENTAFUR FOR ALL.
02:30:00 WE HAVE A FULL STAFFING PLAN AND WE WILL HAVE OFFICERS AT
02:30:04 ALL DISTRICT STATIONS AND SPECIALIZED UNITS FANNED
02:30:07 OUT ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE AND IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY
02:30:10 READY TO RESPOND TO ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE.
02:30:14 >> AND WHILE OUR OFFICERS WORK TO ENSURE WE'RE ALL SAFE, WED
02:30:17 ALSO NEED THE PUBLIC TO DO THEIR PART TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE
02:30:21 ANOTHER. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOUR
02:30:22 FRIENDS AND LOVED ONESNEUT AND Y ALERT TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
02:30:25 BE MINDFULNDER OF YOUR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS LIKE YOUR WALLET,
02:30:30 PURSE AND CELL PHONESSOU. DRINK RESPONSIBLY SO YOU'RE NOT
02:30:33 AND DON'T ACCEPT DRINKS FROM STRANGERS.
02:30:36 AS ALWAYS DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE.
02:30:40 >> WE HAVE WORLD CLASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONAN IN TAXIS OR
02:30:44 RIDESHARE SERVICES TO CHOOSE FROM.
02:30:47 THERE'S NO EXCUSE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.
02:30:49 PLEASE LET US KNOW. IN CLOSING I WANT TO REMIND
02:30:53 EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE AND TO HAVE FUN.
02:30:56 THIS IS A TREMENDOUS EVENT FORND OUR CITYRE AND THE SPEEDY WILL E
02:31:00 HERE TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS SAFE.
02:31:01 PEREHAPPY PRIDE. >> I'D LIKE TO'D NOW INTRODUCE
02:31:05 SHERIFF MIYAMOTO FOR REMARKSER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
02:31:15 SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CITY WHERERE PEOPLEE CAN BE
02:31:19 EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE DURING PRIDE WEEKEND.
02:31:20 WE ASK EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY KEEPING AN EYE ON
02:31:24 YOUR FRIENDSDS, HAVING A PLAN FR HOW YOU'RE GETTING HOME
02:31:28 AND BEING RESPECTFUL TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
02:31:31 CHIEF LEW MENTIONED THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THE WORLD CLASS
02:31:32 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE THE ONE MODE OF
02:31:36 TRANSPORTATION WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU AVOID THIS
02:31:39 WEEKEND IS THE PARTY BUSSES THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
02:31:41 WILL HAVE OUTSSTM THERE. >> ONE MORE PIECE OF ADVICE.
02:31:44 STRUT LIKE YOU'RE ON A RUNWAY. CELEBRATE LIKE YOU'RE AMONG
02:31:48 FAMILY AND REMEMBER THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS HERE SO THAT THEHE ONY
02:31:54 THING THAT WE HAVE TO GETHA CARRIED AWAY THIS WEEKEND IS
02:31:55 THE GLITTER ON THE GROUND WHEN WE'RE DONE.
02:31:58 THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE O TORO
02:31:59 INTRODUCES DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROOKE JENKINS.
02:32:04 >> WELL, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW T BUT YOU KNOW, HAPPY
02:32:09 PRIDE, EVERYONE. E.I AM HONORED TO BE HERE ONCE
02:32:13 AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST JOYOUS WEEKENDS IN SAN
02:32:16 FRANCISCO EVERY YEAR. IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN PARADES
02:32:19 THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN EACH AND EVERY
02:32:23 YEAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS UP AND IT SHOWS
02:32:27 OUT FOR PRIDE. BUT WHAT WE ALSO KNOW WHO ARE
02:32:31 IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IN THE PAST THIS HAS OFTEN BEEN A
02:32:34 TRYING WEEKEND WHEN IT COMES TO STREET CRIME.
02:32:38 AND SO I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR
02:32:41 SHERIFF. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BE
02:32:44 VIGILANT, LOOK OUT FOR EACHFO OTHER, PROTECT YOUR BELONGINGS B
02:32:48 ,MAKE SURE THAT YOU DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
02:32:49 SP OF ALL REPORT TO THE POLICE OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
02:32:56 AGENT THAT YOU SEE OUT ON THE STREET IF THERE IS SOMETHING
02:32:57 SUSPICIOUS THATUT YOU BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
02:33:01 >> THIS ISOUEY ALSO A TIME YES. FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SUCH
02:33:04 STREET CRIMEAN. BUT I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP
02:33:08 ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC WHICH . HATE CRIMESO
02:33:11 >> THIS HAS BEEN A TRYING TIME FOR OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY
02:33:16 IN OUR COUNTRY. AND JUST LAST WEEKKOU I ANNOUNCD
02:33:20 CHARGES IN A HATE CRIME THAT WAS TARGETED TOWARDS OUR LGBTQ
02:33:24 COMMUNITY IN THE CASTRO. >> AND SO I I WANT TO REMIND
02:33:30 ANYONE THINKING OF COMING TO OUR PRIDE FESTIVITIES
02:33:31 P WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT ANY HARM
02:33:35 TOWARDS OUR O FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THERE
02:33:39 WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS
02:33:42 HERE. AND SO WHILE AS MUCHSE. AS WE WT
02:33:46 TO BE JOYOUS, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THIS OCCASION VERY
02:33:47 SERIOUSLY AND I TAKE MY JOB SERIOUSLY TO PROTECT SAN
02:33:50 FRANCISCO. YAND SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE
02:33:54 GO OUT AND WE HAVEUR FUN. AND AGAIN, PLEASE B BE REASSURED
02:33:58 THAT WE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO
02:34:02 KEEP EACH AND EVERYRY ONE OF YOU SAFE.
02:34:06 >> AT THIS TIME I WILL THEN NOW BRING UP FIRE CHIEF DEAN
02:34:09 CRISPINN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:34:18 I FIRST LIKE TO THANK MAYOR LURIE AND ALL OF OUR
02:34:20 PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS FOR THEIR COLLABORATIONYOER
02:34:22 COMMUNICATION LEADING UP TO THIS EXCITING WEEKEND.
02:34:23 AT I WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO
02:34:26 THANK ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF ERIKA BROWN OF OUR HOMELAND
02:34:27 SECURITY TEAM FOR HER EFFORTS IN MAKING SURE THE SAN
02:34:31 FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STAFFED AND PREPARED.
02:34:34 AS WE ENTER W PRIDE WEEKEND, THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
02:34:38 STANDS PROUDLY WITH OUR LGBTQTM PLUS COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATING
02:34:42 A TRADITION DEEPLY WOVENUS INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY.
02:34:46 >> PRIDE IS AE POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE RESILIENCE, DIVERSITY
02:34:50 AND UNITY THAT MAKE SAN FRANCISCO EXTRAORDINARY.
02:34:53 OUR UNITS WILL BE FULLY STAFFED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND TO
02:34:57 ENSURE THE RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND PARTICIPANTS CAN CELEBRATEEE
02:35:00 SAFELY. WE ARE COORDINATING CLOSELY
02:35:01 WITH CITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORTIN ALL SCHEDULED EVENTS, PARADES
02:35:05 AND GATHERINGS. WHILE WE EXPECT LARGE CROWDS P,
02:35:09 OUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR TEAMSNT
02:35:13 ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WHEREVER NEEDED
02:35:16 . DURING THE PRIDE PARADE SFD
02:35:17 WILL PROVIDE CHIEF OFFICERS TO STAFFE OPERATIONS POSITIONS AT
02:35:20 ALL EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS A COMMANDNDON POST.
02:35:24 WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES ALONG THE ROUTE AT
02:35:25 FIXED T AND MOBILE LOCATIONS. PLEASE APPROACHH AND NOTIFY ONE
02:35:30 OF OUR UNIFORMED MEMBERS OR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS
02:35:32 SHOULDD YOU SEE ANYTHING UNUSUL OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS?
02:35:35 IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
02:35:38 PLEASE KNOW THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL
02:35:42 BE FULLY STAFFED TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE REST
02:35:44 OF THE CITY GH ALL WEEKEND.
02:35:46 WE ASK EVERYONE JOINING THE CELEBRATION TO STAY AWARE
02:35:50 OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
02:35:51 LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND FOLLOW EVENT SAFETYLO OT
02:35:54 GUIDANCE. SIMPLE STEPS STAYING HYDRATED.
02:35:57 REPORTING UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND KEEPING PATHWAYS CLEAR FOR
02:35:59 EMERGENCY RESPONDERS UAN. HELP US KEEP THE W WEEKEND SAFE
02:36:03 FOR ALL. ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:36:07 FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WISH EVERYONE A JOYFUL, SAFE
02:36:08 AND AFFIRMING L PRIDE WEEKEND.
02:36:10 WE ARE HONORED TO SERVE THIS CITY AND STAND WITH ALL WHO H
02:36:12 PROMOTE EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND RESPECT.
02:36:14 AND WITH THAT I WOULDAL BRING TO THE STAGE THE DIRECTOR OF THE
02:36:19 DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MARY ELLEN CARROLL
02:36:24 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:36:29 THANK YOU, CHIEF CRISPIN. THANK YOU MAYOR LAURIE AND ALL
02:36:30 OF OUR PARTNERSU,HAHA UP HERE. PRIDE IS ONE OF O THE MOST
02:36:33 MEANINGFUL TIMES OF THE YEAR TO BE IN SAN T FRANCISCO.
02:36:36 AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO PROUD. BECAUSE WE HAVE VISITORS FROM
02:36:39 ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE HERE FOR WORLD CUP.
02:36:41 SO WE REALLY GETHERE TO SHOW OF. WE'RE PREPARED FOR A A SAFE
02:36:47 AND VERY JOYFUL WEEKEND. ON SUNDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:36:48 EMERGENCYL S MANAGEMENT WILL OPERATE THE EMERGENCY
02:36:51 OPERATIONS CENTER FOREM THE PARADE.
02:36:56 WE'LL HAVE STAFFING FROM ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETYL
02:36:58 AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS AND WE WILL ALSOS BE MONITORING
02:37:03 MARCHES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT DOLORES PARKMA AND THROUGHOUT
02:37:07 THE CITY. >> FROM THE EOC WE MONITOR 911
02:37:10 VOLUME CALLS EMS HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND POLICE AND FIRE
02:37:14 RESOURCES. WE COORDINATE ACROSS
02:37:15 F CITY AGENCIES AND CENTRALIZE PUBLIC
02:37:18 INFORMATION SOO THE CITY SPEAKS WITH ONE CLEAR VOICE.
02:37:22 SPEAKING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AS ALWAYS I WOULD
02:37:29 LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE IF YOU'RE
02:37:30 NOT ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR ALERT S.F. THAT YOU SHOULD DO SO.
02:37:33 YOUS. CAN TEXT PRIDE S.F. TO 888777 AND GET CRITICAL
02:37:40 INFORMATION THAT WILL COME FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
02:37:44 AND TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFENDRY I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE
02:37:48 SIMPLEST THINGS WILL HELP US TO TAKE CARE OF THE MORE
02:37:52 COMPLICATED THINGS THAT HAPPEN. SO HAVE FUN.
02:37:55 >>AC LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND STAY HYDRATED.
02:37:57 THANK YOUOU. >> OKAY.
02:38:02 AND IT IS MY PLEASURE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO INTRODUCE
02:38:06 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS WHOLE THING, S.F. PRIDE SUZANNE
02:38:08 FORD. >> THANK YOU.
02:38:14 THANK YOU, MAYOR LURIE. THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS
02:38:18 BEHIND ME, DISTRICT ATTORNEY. EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED
02:38:21 IN COORDINATING THIS EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
02:38:22 >> HAPPY PRIDE, EVERYBODY. HAPPY PRIDE.
02:38:26 OKAY. THAT'S WHERE YOUY ARE SUPPOSED
02:38:29 TO SMILE AND SAYMI OKAY. I'M SO HONORED TO LIVE IN AI'
02:38:33 CITY THAT HAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME LIKE I DO HERE L TODAY
02:38:37 PLANNING A PRIDE TOGETHER FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE NATION
02:38:41 AND FOR THE WORLD. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO W
02:38:45 COME TO SAN T FRANCISCO. AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE THE
02:38:48 RESPONSIBILITY OF DEMONSTRATING THAT WE D CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER
02:38:51 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LGBTQOG COMMUNITY IS CENTERED FOR THIS
02:38:55 WEEKEND. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MYRE
02:38:57 STAFFNK CHRIS AND ALL OF MY FOUR OTHER GREAT PEOPLE ALL THE
02:39:03 CONTRACTORS, SILVERBACK PRODUCTIONSVE.
02:39:07 >> YOUU CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT AREND
02:39:08 WORKINGRK RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS EVENT.
02:39:12 >> I'D LIKE T T TO JUST RUN DOWN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM
02:39:15 HERE ON OUT AS FAR ASS EVENTS ON THURSDAY TOMORROW TOMORROW
02:39:19 W 10 A.M. WETING AT WILL HAVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS
02:39:21 CONFERENCE AND IT WILL BE AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB.
02:39:25 >> AND THAT WILL GO ALL DAY LONG.
02:39:26 AILWE WILL HAVE A BLOCK PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT.
02:39:29 >> YOU'RE GOING TO DISTRICTI AND A WATCH PARTY FOR THE FIFA.
02:39:33 AND THENFO SATURDAY MORNING AT 0 A.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
02:39:36 FIRST EVER WE'RE HAVING A A POLITICALL MARCH NOT THE PARADE
02:39:40 BUT A MARCH DOWN THE SAME COURSE.
02:39:41 >> AND THATT IS THE TRANS ALLY MARCH INDIVISIBLE AS F ALONG
02:39:44 WITH US W THE PEOPLE'S MARCH, TE MARCH AND THE DIKES ON BIKES
02:39:51 WILL BE LEADING THAT MARCH. >> WE WILL HAVE OUR TWO DAYLL
02:39:52 STREET FAIR O AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
02:39:55 SUNDAY MORNING I HOPE THEREHE AE A MILLION PEOPLE DOWN MARKET
02:39:59 STREET FOR THE PARADE. >> AND THENLIN SUNDAY AFTERNOONE
02:40:02 WILL ALSO HAVE AN EVENT AT THE ASIAN ART MUSEUMO.
02:40:06 YOU CAN GO TO S.F. PRIDE.ORG YOU CAN STILL BUYO TICKETS FOR
02:40:10 THOSE EVENTS AND YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE DONATE BUTTON.
02:40:11 ITBUT AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
02:40:14 THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU MAYOR LURIE.
02:40:17 >> THANK YOU. T TQUESTIONS THANK YOU.
02:40:31 OKAY SO MY $0.02 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SECTION FOR
02:40:37 ME FOR THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT HAVING NIGHT TIME PATROLSLS.
02:40:42 LIKE LIKE FOOT PATROLS IN THE CASTRO BUT IN RECENT WEEKS
02:40:44 WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF DISTURBING
02:40:46 INCIDENTS OF LIKE THE HATE CRIMES THE ALLEGED
02:40:47 THAT KIND OF STUFF YOU MENTIONEDME AND ALSO ALLEGEDLY
02:40:54 YOU KNOW, IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS FOR POLICE TO RESPOND TO AN
02:40:56 INCIDENT AT F A NIGHTCLUB WHERE SOMEONE WAS BEING THREATENING.
02:40:59 SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO RECONSIDER THOSE
02:41:02 EARLIER DECISIONS? >> WELL, I CAN JUST SAY THAT
02:41:06 WE'RE ALWAYS ASSESSING OUR RESOURCES HOW WE DEPLOY THEM.
02:41:12 AND I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE INCIDENT INCIDENTS THAT
02:41:13 YOU'RE REFERENCING. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS MONITORING
02:41:17 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES.
02:41:21 SO WE'RE WE'REPL WE'RE NOT FIXED IN THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS.
02:41:24 AND IF THERE'S ANIN ISSUE THAT E THINK NEEDS ADDRESSING, WE WILL
02:41:28 WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUTDS IT. >> OKAY.
02:41:32 SO I'M LOOKING'M TO ENGAGE IN YEAH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE
02:41:35 ALWAYS IN A STATE OF OF OFA OF IMPROVING OUR DEPLOYMENTS.
02:41:39 BUTVI BALANCING THAT AGAINST WHT OUR RESOURCES ARE.
02:41:43 SO THE ANSWER IS YES. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
02:41:46 CHIEF. GOGO RIGHT BACK.
02:41:49 SORRY. SO WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE
02:41:53 LICENSE PLATE READERS. THE DATA BREACH THAT IT'S
02:41:56 UNRELATED TO THIS BUT MANY PEOPLE IN THESE EVENTS ARE
02:42:01 AFRAID TO CALL 911 THEY HAVE THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN FEARFUL OF
02:42:04 HAVING THEIR DATA HOURS AND STATUS, YOU KNOW, LEAKED OR
02:42:07 WHATEVER. CAN YOU JUST REITERATE THEY SAY
02:42:11 TO CALL THEM WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T ASK
02:42:14 FOR IMMIGRATION, SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SHARE WITH
02:42:16 IMMIGRATIONON AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS OR ICE?
02:42:19 >> YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S A TWO PART
02:42:22 ANSWER HERE. SO NUMBER ONE, UNEQUIVOCALLY WE
02:42:23 DO NOT COOPERATE UM WITH ANY SORT
02:42:26 OF IMMIGRATION AGENCY AT ALL. THERE'S STATE CITY LAW, OUR OWN
02:42:30 ORDINANCES, OUR OWN RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT IS NOT
02:42:34 IN OUR DNA WHATSOEVER. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL 911.
02:42:38 WE DON'TAT DON'T C COOPERATE ASR AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS
02:42:42 CONCERNED AS FAR AS LICENSESE PLATE PLATE READER CONCERNS.
02:42:45 OUT, AS SOON AS WE FIGURED THAT THERE WAS POTENTIALLY A AN
02:42:52 INAPPROPRIATE ACCESS WE SHUT THAT OFF.
02:42:53 IT CONTINUESOPAT TO BE SHUT OFF. IT'S A A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL TO
02:42:57 THIS CITYY THAT CONSTANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO PUBLIC SAFETY
02:43:01 OVERALL. ERAND SO WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT
02:43:04 AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE USING IT IN THE RIGHTHTATY
02:43:09 . >> AND THERE'S KIND OF BEEN A
02:43:10 SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW
02:43:12 WEEKS T F.
02:43:13 THERE'S A THERE'S THE DEA THAT HAS FILED CHARGES AGAINST THIS
02:43:15 GUY FOR HATE CRIME A. >> THIS IS JUST LAST WEEK WITH
02:43:18 THOSE CHARGES FILED THIS WEEKENDTHA KNUCKLEHEAD DRIVING O
02:43:22 DOLORES PARK AND APPARENTLY THERE'S VIDEO OF AND DRIVING
02:43:24 THROUGH CASTRO P A WELL, ACTING KIND OF WEIRD AND THEN THERE'S
02:43:26 THIS CONTROVERSY AROUND THE SAN
02:43:30 FRANCISCO GIANTS AND THE SCRIPTURE ON THEIR CAPS.
02:43:31 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNSBI
02:43:34 AND SHOULD PEOPLE BE ON GUARD OR IS IT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE
02:43:38 KIND OFEO CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AT THE
02:43:42 MOMENT? >> YEAH.
02:43:42 LISTEN, IPPG T AS YOU CAN SEE BE THE MEN C AND WOMEN BEHIND ME WO
02:43:48 ARE SO INCREDIBLY FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SAFETYAR AND MAKING SURE
02:43:52 THAT PRIDE IS COMES OFF SAFELY .
02:43:56 SUZANNE FORD'S LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHERNN IS
02:44:00 ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE. WE LIVE IN A IN A BIG CITY I
02:44:04 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO THINGS THAT ARE NOTOTE
02:44:08 LEGAL AND WE ARE GOING TO FIND THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO ARREST
02:44:10 THEM LIKE WE DID WITH THAT THAT DROVE THROUGH
02:44:12 DELORES PARK ON THEHE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ISSUE.
02:44:17 WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM
02:44:20 YOU REPRESENT NOT ONLY THE GIANTS ORGANIZATIONSE BUT YOU
02:44:24 REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE LGBTQ PLUS
02:44:28 COMMUNITY IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR CITY.
02:44:32 AND IOU HAVE TO SAY THE GIANTS HAVE LED THE WAYH FOR DECADES
02:44:39 IN MAKING SURE THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WAST PART AND PARCEL
02:44:43 OF THAT TEAM. AND WHAT I WANT TO SEEEE NOW IS
02:44:47 THEM RECOMMIT TO THEOM LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND I THINK YOU WILL
02:44:52 SEE THAT IN THE COMING DAYSNKOM BUT YOU BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF
02:44:56 INSTANCESS OF OF OF YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR WORDS NOTUR MINE OF
02:45:02 KNUCKLEHEADS. I SEE GREAT THINGS FROM THE
02:45:06 PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO EVERY SINGLE DAY I SEE PEOPLE COMING
02:45:09 IN FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO CITYRATE THE GREATEST
02:45:14 IN THE WORLD IN SAN FRANCISCO OUR VALUES HAVE BEEN ON FULL
02:45:15 DISPLAY TUE DURING THIS PRIDE MH WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AH. PRIDE FLAG
02:45:22 RAISING AT CITY HALL. INCREDIBLE IN THE SPIRIT
02:45:26 WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH IS ON FULL DISPLAY
02:45:30 AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
02:45:31 HI THE GREATNESS OF OUR THOSE FEWS OUTSHINES
02:45:37 THAT MAKE IT ABOUT THEMSELVES. WE'RE UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:45:42 EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT WEEKEND, HASOER A FUN WEEKEND AND THAT OR
02:45:46 LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IS LIFTED UP AND FRONT AND CENTER THIS
02:45:50 WEEKEND AND I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
02:45:53 >> ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
02:45:57 PRIDE MICROSOFT Y IS IN A LOT OF THE CONTROVERSY THAT'S COME OUT
02:46:02 SINCE YESTERDAY'S BUSTER POSEY, HE HAD A LOTE OF QUESTIONS FROM
02:46:05 REPORTERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT A LOT OF QUESTIONS
02:46:09 STILL REMAIN THAT KIND OF GETS A DOUBLING DOWN ON THE BLANKET
02:46:13 STATEMENT MADE BY THE GIANTS ORGANIZATIONN B.
02:46:16 DO YOU THINK IT MAKES THINGS WORSE FOR THOSE WHO ARE
02:46:18 CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WE GO INTO PRIDE?
02:46:21 AND ALSO HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE GIANTSS ABOUT TRYING TO
02:46:24 OFFER YOUR SUPPORT? >> YEAH, I I I'VERT BEEN IN TOUH
02:46:28 WITH A FEW LEADERS IN THE
02:46:28 GIANTS ORGANIZATION AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
02:46:33 IN TOUCH WITH LEADERS OF W THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND THAT
02:46:36 IS GOOD TO HEAR. THAT IS P P A GOOD FIRST STEP.
02:46:39 AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR G FROM THEM T AND FROM THE FRONT
02:46:43 OFFICE IS THAT THEY RECOMMIT TO THE LGBTQ F COMMUNITY.
02:46:46 AS I SAID BEFORE, WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT JERSEY B YOU'RE NOT JUST
02:46:50 REPRESENTING YOURSELF. YOU'RE REPRESENTING A STORIEDST
02:46:54 FRANCHISE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND WHATN MAKES OR
02:46:57 CITY SO INCREDIBLE IS THE DIVERSITY AND IS OUR LGBTQ PLUS
02:47:03 COMMUNITY. AND SO IIT AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT
02:47:06 THEY WILL RECOMMIT TO THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND ONCE AGAIN
02:47:11 THEY HAVE BEEN DOINGNG A THIS FR DECADES AND DECADES.
02:47:14 AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOTOTNDF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, YOU
02:47:18 KNOW, WANT TO SAY THEY NEED TO DO THIS OR THEY NEED TO DO
02:47:22 THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MOMENT
02:47:23 OF EDUCATION IN OUR CITY AND WE CAN HEAL AND WE CAN BRING
02:47:26 PEOPLE TOGETHER. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WE ARE
02:47:30 ALL UP FOR THE PINK TRIANGLE EVENT WHICH IS AND IT WAS AN
02:47:37 EDUCATION EVENT. IT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
02:47:38 PAST. WANT TO SEE HAPPEN
02:47:41 AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WHEN EVENTS LIKE THIS
02:47:42 HAPPEN I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE
02:47:45 PEOPLE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE STILL NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
02:47:49 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VIBRANCY AND AND THE CRITICAL
02:47:55 NATURE OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY PLACE IN OUR CITY
02:47:57 AND WILL HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO THINK THESE COMMENTS ARE NOT
02:48:04 A LOT OF EDUCATION DO YOU THINK WHAT DO YOUON THINK AND WHAT ARE
02:48:07 THOSE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH I THINK THAT'S UP FOR L
02:48:08 THE GIANTS TO DO IT AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM
02:48:11 THEM THAT THEY ARE IN TALKS WITH LEADERS OF THE LGBTQ
02:48:15 COMMUNITY. I ALSO THINK THEY SHOULD BE
02:48:18 IN TALKS WITH THE MEMBERS OF AND LEADERS FROM THE FAITH
02:48:19 COMMUNITYY AS WELL. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
02:48:24 LOT OF DIVISIVE THIS IN THIS COUNTRY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:48:28 WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PRACTICE IS IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
02:48:34 AND AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE GIANTS WILL LEAD ON THAT IN THE
02:48:37 DAYS AHEAD. >> OKAY.
02:48:38 THANKS SO YEAH YEAH. I MEAN YEAH, JUST JUST A
02:48:45 AND YOU'RE MUCH ABOUT THE THEME I KNOW THAT IT MEANS A LOT
02:48:49 EVERYTHING IS SAY EVERY YEAR HAS A LOT OF BACKGROUND BEHIND
02:48:53 IT SO WHAT ISEE RESILIENCE AND ACTION MEANS BEFORE WE GET
02:48:54 TO THAT I WOULD SAY I'M ONE OF THE LEADERS THAT HAS SPOKEN TO
02:48:58 THE GIANTS TO TO REGISTER THE HURTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE
02:49:01 ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM CONCRETE WAYS THAT THEY'RE
02:49:05 GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET BUT
02:49:06 WE'REAV WAITING AND WE DID ASK ALSO IF WE COULD SPEAK TO THE
02:49:10 PLAYERS AND THAT'S ONE THING I NEVER SEE HAPPEN IN THESE
02:49:13 SITUATIONSNG IS WHERE LEADERS, ESPECIALLY TRANS PEOPLE GET TO
02:49:17 SPEAK TO THE PLAYERS. IT DOESN'THEHEO HAPPEN.
02:49:20 SO WE'RE PUSHING FOR THAT AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR P JUST
02:49:24 WHAT I JUST SAID. RESISTANCE IN ACTION IS THE
02:49:25 THEME THIS YEAR AND SPEAKING TO THE GIANTS IS ONE OF THOSE ONE
02:49:30 OF THOSE ACTIONS PROTESTING WHEN PHIL'S COFFEE WAS GOING TOS
02:49:34 TAKE OUT THE RAINBOW FLAGS. THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OFF
02:49:35 RESISTANCE IN ACTION. SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE IS NOT JUST
02:49:39 AN ORGANIZATION THAT THROWSDE A PARADE.
02:49:43 WE ALSO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
02:49:46 >> ALL THOSE EVENTS I JUST LISTED FOR YOU ARE CONCRETE
02:49:50 WAYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOT JUST SIT AT HOME AND SAY THIS IS
02:49:54 INTOLERABLE. THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACING
02:49:55 IN THIS COUNTRY THAT YOU CAN COME OUT BE IN COMMUNITY
02:49:58 AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING SO COME OUT, MARCH WITH THE
02:50:02 COMMUNITY, COME TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT THAT THERE ARE
02:50:04 CONCRETE WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING.
02:50:06 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
02:50:07 APPRECIATEHA. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
02:50:16 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
02:50:52 . >> EVERY DAY MILLIONS OF
02:50:53 DOLLARS QUIETLY MOVE THROUGH THE CITY FUNDING PARKS, BUSSES,
02:50:57 CLASSROOMS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
02:51:01 NOW BEHIND THAT FLOW IS A B SYSTEMEM MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE
02:51:05 BUT IT SHAPES EVERY CORNER OF SAN FRANCISCO
02:51:07 . WELCOME TO I LEFT MY PODCAST
02:51:09 IN SAN FRANCISCO BROUGHT TO YOU BY T F S.F. GOV TV.
02:51:12 NOW THIS IS A SHOW WHERE WE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES WITH
02:51:14 THE PEOPLE SHAPING A Y OUR CITY, OUR LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES
02:51:17 ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT. Y,AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM
02:51:20 THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL. AND TODAY WE'RE JOINED BY SAN
02:51:22 TREASURER JOSE CISNEROS.
02:51:24 WE TALK ABOUT HOW HE CAME INTO PUBLICOS SERVICE FROM THE PRIVAE
02:51:28 SECTOR, THE AMAZING PROGRAMS AND SERVICESSESE FROM HIS OFFICE
02:51:33 LIKE KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE AND JUST AMAZING, SUCCESSFULGA
02:51:36 FINANCE STORIES THAT'LL MELT YOUR HEART.
02:51:37 Y. YOUR HOST FRANCO FINN >> LET'S GET TO THE HEART OF
02:51:41 WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO WORK WELL.
02:51:48 >> WELCOME TO I LEFT MY W PODCAT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:51:52 >> LITERALLY WE ARE IN THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL.
02:51:53 S SYOU'RE HOME. YOU'RE THIS IS PROBABLY THIS IS
02:51:56 YOUR HOME. I'M HERE EVERY DAY.
02:51:57 YOTHIS IS YOUR SECOND HOME. >> MAYBE YOUR FIRST HOME.
02:52:00 REALLY? YOU'RE HERE FOR MANY DAYS
02:52:01 AND FOR SUCH SOUOME A LONG TIME AND YOUR CAREER HAS BEEN
02:52:03 IMPRESSIVE SERVING N OUR CITY,
02:52:06 THE COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCOOU.
02:52:10 >> OUR TREASURER JOSE CISNEROS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOININGIS
02:52:14 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS AMAZING.
02:52:15 SAN FRANCISCO TREASURER. THERE'S AGSA LOT OF
02:52:17 RESPONSIBILITY. YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH IN CHARGE
02:52:19 OF THE MONEY THAT IS COMING IN AND OUT.
02:52:22 YOU'RE THE CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER IF YOU WILL, FOR THE
02:52:26 CITY. NTAND WE'LL GET INTO OBVIOUSLY
02:52:29 YOUR MAIN ROLE HERE. BUT LET'S DARLA JUST BACK HOW
02:52:33 YOU GOT HERE. I WANT TO SEE THE JOURNEY
02:52:34 FROM MUSKEGON,E MICHIGAN.
02:52:36 YEAH. AND THEN MADE YOUR WAY OUT WEST
02:52:40 . >> YEAH.
02:52:40 WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION LIKE?
02:52:41 HOW DID YOU GET TO SANAT FRANCISCO WAS YOUR FIRST MEMORY
02:52:44 OF SAN FRANCISCO YOU REMEMBER? OH GOSH.
02:52:45 WELL LIKE FRBE A LOT OF PEOPLE AS A
02:52:48 YOUNG, YOUNGER PERSON, YOUNG ADULT I AER CAME TO VISIT MANY
02:52:52 TIMES AND OF COURSE LOVEDED IT. >> AND IT'S INTERESTING MYY
02:52:56 JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT. MAI STARTED IN A SMALL TOWN
02:53:00 IN MICHIGAN IN MUSKEGON, MICHIGANIC.
02:53:03 STAY THERE UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO GO TO COLLEGE.
02:53:04 WHEN I WENT TO A COLLEGE IN BOSTON W W AND REALLY ENJOYED
02:53:07 BOSTON IT'S A GREAT TOWN. LOTS OF UNIVERSITIES, LOTS OF
02:53:11 STUDENTS, LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE VERY MODERN, LIVELY SETTING FOR
02:53:14 EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO DOT .
02:53:17 AND DID A LOT OF GROWING UPP THERE GOT MY FIRST COUPLE OF
02:53:21 JOBS THERE. FIRST ONE WAS IN BANKING,E
02:53:23 SECOND ONE WAS FOR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.
02:53:24 >> YOU KNOW IT WAS THERE A GOOD WHILE AND THEN AFTER A WHILEWH
02:53:29 JUSTST HAD VISITED SAN FRANCISCO A FEW TIMES MY PARTNER AND II
02:53:32 VISITEDR ONE LAST TIME AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S TIME
02:53:36 TO MAKE THE MOVE. IMAND WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO WE HD
02:53:39 SOLD THE PLACE, MOVEDR AND WE'RE LIVING HERE AND HAVEN'T LOOKED
02:53:43 BACK. HOW WAS IT WHAT WAS THE ONE
02:53:45 THING YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT YOU JUST LOVED ABOUT SAN
02:53:46 FRANCISCO THAT WAS AMAZINGMB? LIKE WAS IT THE FOOD?
02:53:49 WAS IT THE THE YOU KNOW, JUST THE LANDSCAPE?
02:53:51 LIKE WHAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT YOU SAID GOSH, CISCO, YOU
02:53:53 HAD MY HEART S HERE. THING.RD TO PICK ONE
02:53:56 THERE'S SO MUCH BEAUTY, THERE'S SO MUCH CULTURENE.
02:53:59 THERE'S DIVERSITY OF COURSE THAT TOPS EVERYWHERE ELSE
02:54:03 IN THE WORLD PROBABLY FOR ME I HAVE TO SAY THE THING THAT
02:54:05 STICKS OUT WITH ME THE MOST THOUGH I LOVE IT ALL IS THET
02:54:08 WEATHER. I GREW UP IN MICHIGAN.
02:54:11 IF YOU HAVEN'T GROWN UP AS A SMALL CHILD SHOVELING SNOW
02:54:15 AND YOU KNOW YOU GO AROUND YOUR HOUSE THEN YOU HAVE NOT
02:54:19 EXPERIENCED WINTER. THAT'S MY MEASURE.
02:54:20 YOU KNOW, TELL ME HOW MANY FEET OF SNOW YOU SHOVELED WHEN YOU
02:54:23 WERE 11 YEARS OLD THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
02:54:26 ABOUT WINTER AT ALL. SO IT'S NICE TO LIVE AND EVEN
02:54:27 BOSTON T DOES HAVE WINTERS SO IT'S NICE TO BE SOMEWHERE.
02:54:31 THAT'S NICEE AND WONDERFUL WEATHER WISE BUT IT WAS
02:54:35 PLEASANT FOR THE MOST PART YEAR ,RIGHT?T?
02:54:38 >> YOU KNOW RIGHT. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GREAT.
02:54:39 I MEAN YES, T IF IT GETS TO 80 DEGREES I THINK WE'RE ALL
02:54:41 COMPLAINING HERE AND THEN YEAH WHICH IS BUT WE'RE SPOILED WE
02:54:45 ARE ARE APOLOGIES IS ERIK RIGHT?
02:54:49 RIGHT RIGHT. I MEAN WE'VE GOT TO GO.
02:54:50 NO I THINK THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPLAININ C ABOUT BUT IT'S HARO
02:54:53 BEAT THE WAY THE WEATHER IS. >> YOU KNOW WHAT WEATHER IS
02:54:54 MOVE THIS PEOPLE MUCH, LADIES AND GALS SPECIALLY
02:54:57 WHEN YOU'VE EXPERIENCED OTHER PLACES.
02:54:58 >> YES, I WOULD AGREE. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.
02:55:01 AND SO YOU WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR?
02:55:04 YEAH, FOR QUITE A WHILE. HOW DID YOU TRANSITION INTO
02:55:05 PUBLIC SERVICE? OH, THAT'S PRIVATE TO PUBLIC.
02:55:09 THAT'S A VERY GREAT STORY. SO I WAS AS I SAID WHEN I MOVED
02:55:12 HERE I WAS STILL WORKING FOR A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.
02:55:16 COMPANY CALLED LOTUS DEVELOPMENT.
02:55:17 IT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILEE, HAD SOME GREAT PRODUCTS.
02:55:21 PEOPLE REMEMBER ONE, TWO, THREE LOTUS NOTES ALONG THE WAY IT
02:55:24 GOT PURCHASED BY IBM SO BY THE TIME I MOVED HERE IT WAS
02:55:27 ACTUALLY A DIVISION OF IBM. I HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME
02:55:30 PROBABLY A DOZEN YEARS OR MORE AND I THINK MY OPPORTUNITIES
02:55:34 THERE WERE REALLY STARTING TO WIND DOWN AND I MADE A LOT OFIN
02:55:38 NEW FRIENDS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCOLO AND I MADE SOME
02:55:42 FRIENDS THAT ACTUALLY WORKED HERE IN CITY HALL AND THROUGH
02:55:43 THOSED CONTACTS I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAYOR AT
02:55:46 THE TIME TO APPOINT ME TO A COMMISSION AND AS YOU PROBABLY
02:55:50 KNOW YES, MANY IF NOT ALMOST ALL DEPARTMENTS HERE HAVE A
02:55:54 PUBLIC SETHE OF MEMBERS THAT ACT AS A COMMISSION OR BOARD OF
02:55:58 DIRECTORS. YEAH, RECHECKED THE SAME AS YOU
02:56:01 WOULD SEE FOR A NONPROFIT. RIGHT?
02:56:02 THEY MEET A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH SUBORDINATES BASICALLY
02:56:05 SEE TO SAY THIS IS A BOARD ESSENTIALLY A VOLUNTEER BOARD
02:56:08 IN A WAY AND THEY REALLY HELP OUT.
02:56:12 SO THE MAYOR AT THE TIME, MAYOR WILLIE BROWN HAD
02:56:15 APPOINTED ME TO MY TO MY FIRST COMMISSION THE PARKING
02:56:19 AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION AND NOW LONG RETIRED.
02:56:20 IT'S PART OF THE MTA NOW BUT I GOT A TASTE FOR CITY GOVERNMENT
02:56:26 AND IT WAS FASCINATING. PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT
02:56:27 YOUR GOVERNMENT WIN DOES. I CAN TELL
02:56:31 YOU HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT THOSE PARKING SPACES
02:56:32 ON THEIR BLOCK. YEAH A LOT.
02:56:35 AND WHEN YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING A BIKE LANE
02:56:37 IN AND REDUCINGG THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES OH MY GOSH.
02:56:40 >> YES, YES. NO, AND I'M A FILM COMMISSION.
02:56:43 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO THAT. YEAH.
02:56:44 YES, I'M APPOINTED I WAS PUT IN BY MAYOR BREED OF A FEW
02:56:47 YEARS AGO AND IT OPENED UP MY EYES IT'S YEAH UNBELIEVABLE.
02:56:51 I'M A SAN FRANCISCAN. I BORN AND RAISED HERE WALKING
02:56:55 AIMLESSLY THROUGH SHOES NOW I CANNOT SEE THE CITY THE SAME
02:56:58 WAY I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND OTHERS THAT MAKE THE
02:57:02 CITY RUN EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT YOU MAY NOT HEAR OR SEE
02:57:04 ABOUTH. >> YEAH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
02:57:07 PEOPLE THERE ARE PARTS I COULDN'T AGREE T MORE.
02:57:09 I THINK THAT CITY GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL RIGHT IS
02:57:14 PRETTY LOW ON MOST PEOPLE'S AWARENESS TOTEM POLES RIGHT
02:57:15 RIGHT. BUT
02:57:17 CITY GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTELY THE LEAST AWARENESS AND PAYING
02:57:21 ATTENTION TO BUT IT MY EYES GOT OPENED UP AND THEN IT GETS EVEN
02:57:26 BETTER AND IN 2000 AND THE
02:57:29 MAYOR AT THE TIME MAYOR WILLIE BROWN MOVED ME FROM W THAT MY
02:57:32 FIRST COMMISSION TO THE NEWLY NEWLY CREATED N BOARD OF
02:57:36 DIRECTORS OF THE MTA MUNI MUNI YEAH, MASSIVE FASTIDIOUS OF
02:57:41 OPERATION EVERYTHING IS FOR ALL PEOPLE LOVE TO HATEE ABOUT MUNI
02:57:44 IT IS TREMENDOUS IN MANY MANY WAYS AND THE NUMBER OFEM PEOPLE
02:57:48 IT MOVES EVERY DAY THE OPERATIONS, THE FINANCING, THEPL
02:57:51 CONSTRUCTION EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT LABOR DO A TREMENDOUS
02:57:55 JOB, A HUGE SERVICE TO EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY AND I
02:57:59 WAS I WAS JUST IMMERSED IN IT AND REALLY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY
02:58:03 TO BE ON THE BOARD AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE BOARD I
02:58:05 TRANSITION O TO ACTUALLY BEING N EMPLOYEE OF THE MTA.
02:58:08 I VERY MUCH ENJOYED THAT. WE WORKED ON GETTING THE
02:58:12 FUNDING FOR WHAT BECAME THE CENTRAL SUBWAY THE
02:58:14 EXTENSION FROM THIRD STREET UP UP INTO
02:58:16 CHINATOWN AND I JUST LOVED I DOING THAT WORK AND THEN
02:58:23 ANOTHER MAYOR CHANGED MY LIFE THIS THIS GAVIN NEWSOM MAYOR OH
02:58:27 YEAH, GAVIN NEWSOM HE SHOWED UP AND HE WON HIS ELECTION FOR
02:58:31 MAYOR.
02:58:31 TIHE SHOWED UP IN 2004 AND HE STARTED, YOU KNOW, MOVING SOMEOW
02:58:37 PEOPLE AROUND IN POSITIONS OF AND HE TOOK THE
02:58:42 TREASURER AT THE TIME GAVE HERER A MUCH BIGGER AND DIFFERENT JOB
02:58:45 AND APPOINTED ME TO BE THE TREASURERNT T AND SO THAT WAS
02:58:49 SEPTEMBER OF OHMB FOUR AND I'VE BEEN IN THE JOB EVER S SINCE
02:58:53 AND THIS IS YOUR SIXTH TERM? YES.
02:58:55 THAT ISSI AMAZING AND UNPRECEDENTED HONESTLY SIX
02:58:59 TERMS IS AMAZING. CONGRATULATIONS.
02:59:02 THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF TRUST IN YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DO
02:59:06 BEST AND I MEAN AND YOU'VE GOTTEN THE TASTE FROM YOU'VE
02:59:07 MOVED YOUR A CAREER AND IT'S EVOLVED AND THIS PUBLIC SERVICE
02:59:11 NOW YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG ROLE NOW LET'S GET INTO THAT LIKE
02:59:14 THIS IS THE MAIN PART BECAUSE IT'S THERE IS A LOT OF
02:59:18 RESPONSIBILITY. >> THERE'S A LOT TO MANAGE IF
02:59:19 YOU WILL. YOU'RE THE CHIEF PRETTY MUCH
02:59:22 INVESTMENT OFFICER OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:59:25 >> BREAK IT DOWN AND KIND OF IN LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR SURE.
02:59:28 SURE, SURE. I KNOW THIS KIND OF BANKING
02:59:30 FINANCE WORLD AND HOW MONEY COMES IN AND NOW.
02:59:32 SURE. AND HOW TO MANAGE JOSE, WHAT IS
02:59:33 IT YOUR JOBOW? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT
02:59:37 TO I WANT TO I WANT TO BE OPEN ABOUT THE FULL THE FULL NAME OF
02:59:41 THE DEPARTMENT IS THE TREASURER AND TAXOUOU COLLECTOR'S OFFICE
02:59:43 TREASURER AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT THE POPULAR PART THAT
02:59:45 TAX COLLECTION O I KNOW IT IS IT'S JUST SUPER IMPORTANT.
02:59:51 >> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH A CITY AND A COUNTY.
02:59:55 WE HAVE THE LARGEST TAX COLLECTION JOB OF ANY LOCAL
03:00:00 GOVERNMENT IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE
03:00:03 TAXES THE COUNTIES COLLECT AND EVERY COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA
03:00:07 COLLECTS THE PROPERTY TAXES USUALLYY THE BIGGEST REVENUE
03:00:11 SOURCE FOR ANY COUNTY AND IN OUR CASE IT'S B THE BIGGEST
03:00:14 BIGGEST REVENUE SOURCE FOR OUR CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
03:00:15 Y THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND A VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
03:00:19 BUT AS A CITYSNT WE HAVE DOZENSF OTHER TAXES AND FEES THAT WE
03:00:26 ALSO COLLECT BECAUSE WE GET TO DO DOUBLE DUTY BECAUSE WE'RE A
03:00:28 CITY AND THE GAU COUNTY. >> YEAH.
03:00:30 SO REALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK IT EVERY DAY HELPING TAXPAYERS
03:00:34 BE AWARE OF WHAT THEY OWE, WHY THEY OWE IT, HOW MUCH THEY OWE,
03:00:39 HOW TOO FILE AND DO EVERYTHING AND DO IT ON TIME AND AVOID
03:00:42 LATE FINES AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
03:00:46 SO THAT ISS A MASSIVE JOB AND IT'S PROBABLY THE LION'S
03:00:50 SHARE OF THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE DOESHE.
03:00:52 >> AND I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT THE TAX
03:00:56 COLLECTORS OFFICE THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK EVERY DAY AND I
03:01:00 JUST WANT TO TELL ONE STORY. I AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I DO
03:01:04 GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND I'M NOT THE MOST FAMOUS ELECTED
03:01:07 OFFICIAL. I THINK THE MAYOR STILL HOLDS
03:01:08 ON TOTETE THAT JOB TITLE. BUT NEVERTHELESS A FEW PEOPLE
03:01:11 COME UP TO MEIT IN MY ROLE AND ONE PERSON CAME UP TO ME
03:01:15 AND SAID I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT I MADE TO YOUR
03:01:18 OFFICE AND I SAID OKAY I WANT TO HEAR.
03:01:22 AND THEY SAID WELL I HAD THIS GOT THIS BILL AND I JUST I
03:01:26 COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
03:01:27 WRONG WITH IT. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD ALL THAT
03:01:30 MUCH MONEY. SO I CAME INTO YOUR OFFICE.
03:01:31 I WALKED I UP TO THE COUNTER AND I SAID TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW
03:01:34 THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY BILL.
03:01:35 I NEEDOUNG YOU TO FIX IT OR EXPN THIS TO ME OR WHATEVER SHE SAID
03:01:38 WITH MEON THAT WORKED HELPED ME FOR A GOOD LONG TIME
03:01:44 . YEAH, AND WHAT SHE DID WAS SHE
03:01:45 EXPLAINED EVERYTHING ON MY BILLI AND EXPLAINED IT OVER AND OVER
03:01:49 AGAIN AND MADE SURE I UNDERSTOODVE IT AND AT THE END F
03:01:52 IT I THANKED HER AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WOW.
03:01:56 >> WELL I'M NOTOT HAPPY ABOUT HW MUCH I OH YEAH.
03:01:59 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THATTH STAFFER IN YOUR
03:02:03 OFFICE SPENT AND MADE ME UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH HOW WE GOT
03:02:04 TOD THAT AND NOW I UNDERSTAND AND I'M HAPPY TO KNOW AND I'M
03:02:10 HAPPY TO PAY IT WELL MORE. >> YEAH, BUT BUT THAT I SAID
03:02:14 YOU KNOW WHAT? AND I GO BACK TO MY STAFF AND I
03:02:15 SAY I HEARID THOSEY KINDS OF COMMENTS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S
03:02:19 A AGAIN A REAL CREDIT TO THE WORK OFND THE OFFICE.
03:02:21 YEAH, A LOT OF IT'S CUSTOMER SERVICE.
03:02:23 IT'S CUSTOMEROTF SERVICE, CUSTOR SERVICE TAXPAYERS, OUR
03:02:26 CUSTOMERS THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED THAT WAY.
03:02:30 THEY JUST WANT TO BE THEY DESERVE TO BE SUPPORTED.
03:02:33 YEAH WE TRY AND GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION THEY CAN HAVE.
03:02:35 WE MAKEEAV SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY
03:02:38 BECAUSE SOME TAXES ARE BUT BUT YOU KNOW
03:02:42 THIS IS THE WORK WE DO AND I'M
03:02:42 REALLY PROUD OF HOW WELL WE DO
03:02:45 IT AND WE HAVE A HUGE ON TIME PAYMENT A RECORD AND THAT AND SO
03:02:52 THINGS ARE GOOD. >> YEAH THAT'S COOL.
03:02:53 THANKS FOR SHARING THAT AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE
03:02:57 JOB IS THE TREASURY JOB. ONCE ALL THAT MONEY COMES
03:02:58 IN AND WE COLLECT. HONESTLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE
03:03:01 CITY ALMOST HALF OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGETET COMES IN THROUGH OUR
03:03:04 DEPARTMENTS WORK WE INVEST IT. SO THAT'S THE TREASURY SIDE OF
03:03:08 IT. WE WE KEEP THATE MONEY IN WHERE
03:03:11 YOU WOULD THINK OF IT YOU AND I WOULD THINK OF IT AS MONEY
03:03:13 IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS I SHORT TERM MONEY NOT OUR RETIREMENT
03:03:16 FUNDS THAT'S HANDLED BY SOMEONE ELSE OUR LONGURS TERM LIKE THISS
03:03:19 ALL OUR SHORT TERM MONEY. SAFE, MAKEE IT'S
03:03:23 SURE IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN IT'S NEEDED AND OUR
03:03:24 AVERAGE DAILY BALANCES ARE CREEPING UP TOWARDS ABOUT
03:03:27 ALMOST $20 BILLION THAT WE HOLD ON TO FOR THE CITY AND KEEP IT
03:03:31 SAFE. >> GOSH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL
03:03:33 FLASHBACKS TO ME AND MY FIRST JOB IN COLLEGE WAS WORKING FOR
03:03:35 BANK OF AMERICANDE. >>RK OH WORKED MY WAY THROUGH FR
03:03:38 BANKER. OH YES.
03:03:39 LONG TIME. AND I REMEMBERR GOOD TRAINING.
03:03:41 >> I WILL I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE BUSINESS
03:03:42 OF BANKINGE UNTIL I WAS IMMERSED AS A YOUNG TEEN.
03:03:45 >> RIGHT. I MEAN I WORKED MY WAY FROM THE
03:03:49 TELLER TO I WAS DOING BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, MAKING CALLS FOR OUR
03:03:52 OUR BUSINESS GUYS, YOU KNOW, GETTING LEADS, EVEN SUPERMARKET
03:03:56 STORES. AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN THEY
03:03:57 SAY BANKSES I INSIDE SUPER MARKS AND I'D BE THE YOUNG GUY LIKE
03:04:01 HI WHAT DO YOU WHAT ARE YOU ORDERING OH WOULD YOU LIKE TO
03:04:05 OPEN IT. >> YEAH BUT I REALIZE IT'S AGO
03:04:07 BUSINESS. >> I MEAN THEY'RE INVESTING
03:04:08 YOUR MONEY AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS I LEARNED T A ABOUTT
03:04:11 AND I REMEMBER WHEN ONLINE BANKING STARTED I DID NOT TRUST
03:04:15 PUTTING ANYTHING OUT IN THE IN THE IN THE UNIVERSE BACK
03:04:18 IN THE I THINK I CAN BEAT YOU. >> I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY
03:04:20 ATMS OH WOW ATMS WERE NEW AND I MEAN WHAT ARE YOU THINKING LIKE
03:04:26 THIS TECHNOLOGY I'M GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THIS MACHINE T
03:04:29 WITH ALL MY MONEY. I MEAN YOU COULD GO 24EY HOURS A
03:04:31 DAY. YOU COULD GO THERE ON YOU KNOW
03:04:33 ,SUNDAY MORNING. >> OH, MONEY OUT.
03:04:34 I MEAN, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE.
03:04:35 IING T WAS YOUNG. I WASN'T A BIG BANK USER YET AT
03:04:38 THAT POINT BUT IT WAS STILLLL PRETTY FASCINATING TECHNOLOGY
03:04:41 AT THE TIME. IT IS ABSOLUTELY.
03:04:42 I MEAN ALL RIGHT. I JUST GAVE AWAYY A MY HOME.
03:04:45 >> IY KNOW YOU KNOW MY GRANDMA'S GOT MONEY UNDER HER M UNDER HER
03:04:49 MATTRESS. >> I KNOW THAT WAS HER BANK.
03:04:50 I KNOW. I MEAN WE ALL HK HAD GRANDMAS LE
03:04:53 THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING BUT IT'S ABOUT
03:04:55 THAT. BUT SOME PEOPLE STILLS DO THIS.
03:04:57 >> I I STILL DO THAT AND AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE
03:04:59 WORK THAT YOU DO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IS EDUCATION.
03:05:01 IT'S EDUCATION. IS THAT RIGHT THATLL I
03:05:04 KRABS IT'S ME EMOTIONALLY IT'S JUST PEOPLE
03:05:05 JUST DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY'RE TOLD THAT AND YOU KNOW AND I
03:05:09 HELP WITH THAT. YEAH.
03:05:12 AND SPEAKING OF HELPING TALK ABOUT THIS SMALL BUSINESS
03:05:15 RELIEF AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SMALL BUSINESSES I THINK THE
03:05:19 HEARTBEAT OF OUR CITY SMALL BUSINESS COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
03:05:21 >> IT REALLY IS. IT'S THE PEOPLE HERE, THE
03:05:24 BUSINESSES THAT MAKE THIS CITY GO AND TALK ABOUT THE
03:05:27 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSITION AND PROPOSITION M HOW IMPORTANT
03:05:31 THAT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT WHOLE PROPOSITION
03:05:35 PLEASE. >> YEAH SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING
03:05:37 THE PROBLEMTH I WAS ON THE LAST ELECTION AND THE ONE WHERE WE
03:05:43 ELECTED OUR NEW MAYOR AND PROP M WAS A REVISION TO OUR
03:05:47 BUSINESS TAXES HERE AGAIN OUR LOCAL TAXES I MENTIONED A
03:05:50 MOMENT AGO ALL THESE LOCAL TAXES THAT WE COLLECTLL IT TOOK
03:05:54 THE BASICALLY THE THE DECADES LONG BUSINESS TAX THAT'S
03:05:57 GENERALLY CALLED GROSS RECEIPTS AND MODIFIED IT A BIT TO DO A
03:06:01 LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB OF I THINK PUTTING THE BURDEN OF OF
03:06:06 REVENUE AND TAX COLLECTION DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE
03:06:12 BUSINESSES BUT ONE OF THE IEA THINK THE MOST CREATIVE THINGS
03:06:13 AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSESHI WAS THAT WHAT WE DD
03:06:16 WAS WE SAID THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IS IS A BUSINESS TAX THAT
03:06:20 SOME BUSINESSES HERE PAY DEPENDING UPON THEIR SIZE.
03:06:24 THERE IS ANOTHER TAX IT'S CALLED THE ANNUAL BUSINESS
03:06:28 REGISTRATION TAX THAT EVERY BUSINESS PAYS.
03:06:29 BUT IT'S IT'STI ADJUST THE AMOUT IS ADJUSTED DEPENDING UPON THE
03:06:32 SIZE OF YOUR BUSINESS. WELL THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENTPO IS
03:06:36 ALSO IN THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX OKAY BUT WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT
03:06:39 WE SET THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX THAT THE MINIMUM THE MINIMUM
03:06:44 YOU THE MAX YOU THE AMOUNT YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY YOUR TURN
03:06:48 IN GROSS RECEIPTS TO START PAYING THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
03:06:49 WAS $2.5 MILLION OF GROSS RECEIPTS ANNUALLY.
03:06:52 NOW THAT'S A SMALL BUSINESS ANYONE BELOW TWO AND A HALF
03:06:55 DOLLARS MILLION OF BUT THEY HAD NO O GROSS RECEIPTS TAX PRIOR TO
03:06:58 PROP EM WHAT PROMPTED WAS IT DOUBLED THAT LOWER CUTOFF IT
03:07:03 RAISED IT UP TOHA $5 MILLION. SO NOW ANY BUSINESS IN SAN
03:07:07 FRANCISCO THAT HAS.N GROSS RECEIPTS IN ONE YEAR OF 5
03:07:13 MILLION OR UNDER $5 MILLION IN THAT YEAR THEY OWE NO GROSS
03:07:14 RECEIPTS M TAX. WE DOUBLED THE SIZE ESSENTIALLY
03:07:18 OR THE LIMIT OR THE VOLUME OF
03:07:21 THE NUMBER OF FOLKS OF THEKS PEOPLE ACCEPTED OUT OF PAYING
03:07:24 THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND I SEE THAT AS A HUGE REALLYEE HUGE
03:07:28 RELIEF TO THESE STILL YOU STILL SOMEWHAT SMALL BUSINESSES
03:07:32 BECAUSE YOU KNOW I MEAN BUSINESSES EVEN UP TOOEA 5 MILLN
03:07:35 THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG BUSINESSES.
03:07:36 THEY'RE REALLY THE MOM AND POPS T ABOUT HERE THEY'RE THE
03:07:39 MUCH SMALLER BUSINESSES. ANYBODY THAT'S THAT'S BIGGER
03:07:40 THANAN THAT IS PAYING BOTH THAT THAT TAX AND THE REG THE REG
03:07:44 FEE TAX NOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES JUST PAID A LOTMA THE
03:07:49 SMALLER ONE AND GOOD ON THEM AND GOOD FOR THE CITY FOR
03:07:50 MAKING THAT CHANGE A. YEAH, THAT'S AMAZING.
03:07:53 I MEAN NOW THAT OF COURSE ALL CHANGES TO TAXES HAVE TO BE
03:07:55 DONE BY THE T VOTERS SO THAT WAS PART OF PROP M AND THAT WAS
03:07:58 VOTED IN BY THE VOTERS. SO THE VOTERSP MADE THAT THE
03:08:01 VOTERS MADE THEM. >> YEAH.
03:08:02 WOW THANK YOU FOR SHARING ON THAT THAT SUREE
03:08:04 YOU DID IT BY VOTING FOR IT.
03:08:05 YEAH I DID I DID IGR DON'T WANT TO ASSUME YEAH I DID ACTUALLY I
03:08:10 REMEMBER THAT BUT THANKS FOR EXPANDING ON T THAT.
03:08:13 SURE. TALK ABOUT YOUR THE ECONOMIC
03:08:14 JUSTICE CENTER ECONOMICCOCE JUSE CENTER.
03:08:17 >> OH MY GOSH. YOU KNOW WE HELPED BASICALLY
03:08:18 YOU ELIMINATE DEBTOH G. I MEAN DEBT IS O ONE OF THOSE
03:08:21 THINGS I MEAN SOME MY TEACHER IN COLLEGE, SOME NOT YOU KNOW
03:08:25 YOU GET THOSE CREDIT CARDS THIS AND THAT AND THEN JUST PILES UP
03:08:26 THE INTERESTHO. >> IT'S AT' VICIOUS CYCLE
03:08:28 SOMETIMES MONEY IS COMPLICATEDME .
03:08:32 I GOT TO TELL YOU FINANCE IS IT REALLY IS CRAZIER AND CRAZIER.
03:08:35 SO THIS IS A STORY THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK QUITE A WAY.
03:08:37 ALSO REMEMBER I MENTIONED THAT THAT MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM POINTED
03:08:40 ME WELL TO HIS CREDITON, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID WAS
03:08:44 INVITED ME IN OUR OFFICE TO JOIN HIM TO LAUNCH A BRAND NEW
03:08:48 PROGRAM. HE CAME IN WITH A LOT OF FRESH
03:08:49 IDEAS AND HE CAME THEY'RE A BRAND NEW PROGRAM TO HELP LOW
03:08:52 INCOME PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO TAKE UP THE FEDERAL BENEFIT
03:08:56 CALLED THE EITC OR EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
03:08:59 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHEN THEY FILE THEIR
03:09:03 TAXES EVERY YEAR IF THEY HAVE A LOW INCOME AND PARTICULARLY IF
03:09:05 THEY'RE WORKINGND AND HAVE CHILDREN THEY STAND TO GET
03:09:08 THOUSANDS OF EXTRA DOLLARS NOT JUST ANY TAX REFUNDS BUT EXTRA
03:09:12 MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL . VERNMENT
03:09:15 THE ISSUE IS WHICH IS GREAT AND MANY PEOPLE DO GET THAT THE
03:09:19 PROBLEM IS NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT SO PLENTY OF LOW
03:09:23 INCOME PEOPLE MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST BY NOT
03:09:24 APPLYING IT T TO ONE MORE FORM
03:09:26 WHEN THEY DO THEIR TAXES EACH YEAR.
03:09:27 BUT HE WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE PEOPLE
03:09:30 INVOLVED SO THE CITY OFFERED A SMALL EXTRA BENEFIT THAN WE
03:09:34 JUST ADVERTISED THE OUT OF IT AND SAID IF YOU APPLY FOR THAT
03:09:38 IT WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER FEW BUCKS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY GIVE
03:09:42 YOU. WE GOTIV 10,000 PEOPLE TO APPLY
03:09:44 FOR THAT. YOU SEE THE FIRST YEAR WE MADE
03:09:46 THAT AND WE OPERATED THAT ALL IN OUR OFFICE.
03:09:48 LONG STORY SHORT THE TAX SEASON ENDS.
03:09:52 WE'RE SENDING OUT 10,000 LOCAL MATCHED DOLLAR CHECKS TO PEOPLE
03:09:58 AND AGAIN SOMEONE SMARTER THAN I AM CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU
03:10:00 KNOW, THERE'SHA M A POSSIBILITY THAT FULLY HALF OF THOSE 10,000
03:10:03 CHECKS YOU SEND OUT THAT F RECIPIENT WON'T HAVE A CHECKING
03:10:07 ACCOUNT WHICH MEANS YOU JUST GAVE ME ONE MORE PAPER CHECK
03:10:10 THEY HAVE TO TAKE TO A CHECK CASHER PAY AN EXORBITANTE FEE
03:10:13 JUST TO GET ACCESS TO THEIR OWN MONEY AND THAT REALLY T, YOU
03:10:17 KNOW, TURNED THE LIGHT BULB ON FOR ME THAT SAID THAT'S THAT'S
03:10:21 CRAZY. >> THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY
03:10:22 SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT AT A BANK OR IF
03:10:25 EVEN THEY WANT A CREDIT UNION. THERE'S TONS OF PLACES TO GET
03:10:29 SAFE AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, GOING TO A
03:10:32 CASHIER WITH ALL YOUR PAYCHECKS FOR A YEAR COULD END UP DOING
03:10:36 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. AND IF SOMEONE'S ONLY MAKING 20
03:10:37 OR 30,000, THAT'SSY CRAZY. YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY.
03:10:41 ACCOUNT MAYBE A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS, MAYBE 100
03:10:45 BUCKS, MAYBE LESS IF YOU'RE GETTING DIRECT DEPOSIT IN YOUR
03:10:48 CHECKING ACCOUNT IS FREE. SO IN MEAN WE LAUNCHED SO THAT
03:10:52 REALLY SPURRED ME TO LAUNCH ONE OF OUR FIRST OTHER PROGRAMS
03:10:55 WHICH WE CALLED BANK ON SAN FRANCISCO BANKROLE ON SAN
03:10:59 FRANCISCO. >> WE WE WE CONVENED ALL THE
03:11:00 W IN TOWNCREDIT UNIONS AND WE SAID LOOK, WE'RE GOING
03:11:03 TO USE OUR VOICEK, THE CITY'S VOICE TO TELL FOLKS TO GO GET
03:11:10 BANK ACCOUNTS, GO AND BECOME YOUR CUSTOMERS.
03:11:11 >> YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING THE CITY
03:11:12 K DOES VERY OFTEN GO ADVERTISE FOR, YOU KNOW, A FOR
03:11:15 PROFIT INDUSTRY. BUT I S SAID WE DO THAT BECAUSE
03:11:18 THEY'RE GETTING ENDING UP IN A WORSE SITUATION BY WORKING WITH
03:11:22 THE CHECK CASHERSRS AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT A BETTER OUTCOME
03:11:25 FOR THEMHA. WE WE USED THE SAME VOICE THE
03:11:28 CITY HAS W BECAUSE REMEMBER CITY CITY GOVERNMENTS COME UP WITH
03:11:32 ALL SORTS OF MESSAGES POLICE SAY LOCK YOUR DOORS AT NIGHT.
03:11:36 FIREFLY FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS CHECK YOUR SMOKEOOOO DETECTORS.
03:11:39 HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS GREAT HEALTH BENEFIT MESSAGES.
03:11:40 WHY CAN'T THE CITYAT SAY KEEP YOUR MONEY SAFE AND STOP
03:11:44 GETTING RIPPED OFF BY THEIP CHEK CASHERS?
03:11:47 HERE'S A LIST OF BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS THATTER WILL
03:11:50 OFFER YOU LOW COST, MAYBE EVEN NO COST ACCOUNTSOSOU AND YOUR MY
03:11:55 WILL BE SAFER AND YOU'LL STOP HAVING YOU GET RIPPED OFFNG.
03:11:58 WE LAUNCHED THAT. WE STILL HAVEE THAT PROGRAM NOW
03:12:01 20 YEARS LATERER AND IN THE FIRT INITIAL YEARS WE HAD OUR
03:12:04 PARTICIPATING BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS REPORT THEY WERE OPENING
03:12:05 RS AS MANY AS 10,000 ACCOUNTS EACH
03:12:08 YEAR FOR FOLKS WHO WERES PREVIOUSLYOR NEVER HAD A BANK
03:12:12 ACCOUNT. >> I MEAN IT'S CRAZY.
03:12:13 T' JUSTALKING ABOUTUT GRANDMAS PUTTING MONEY IN WELL,
03:12:16 THEY WERE NOW YOU'RE IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE THE
03:12:20 CHRONICLE ACTUALLYRE T AT THAT E WANTED TO DO LIKE A FOLLOW UP
03:12:24 ON OURUR PROGRAM AND THEY WENT OUT AND SAID YOU KNOW, HAS SIZE
03:12:28 ANYBODY HEARD THIS? >> IS ANYBODY BENEFITEDEDOD?
03:12:30 THEY FOUND A WOMAN NAMED MISS VIRGINIA, AN OLDER LADY F WHO
03:12:34 LIVED IN AN SRO, AVE LOW INCOME PROPERTY WITH HER DISABLED
03:12:38 GRANDSON WHO SHE CARED FOR FULL TIME.
03:12:42 YEAH, EVERY MONTH SHE WOULD TAKE HER SOCIALL SECURITY CHECK
03:12:45 AND HER GRANDSON'S DISABILITY CHECKS TO A CHECK.
03:12:46 CASHER CASHED THEM AND THEN PAY HER RENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
03:12:50 OUR PROGRAM GOT HER CONNECTED TOAY AOT A LOCAL CREDIT UNION
03:12:53 NORTHEAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. THEY OPENED UP
03:12:56 A FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT FOR HER AND SHE SAVED
03:12:57 HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT SHE NOW CND COULD SPEND THE HUSH MOY
03:13:01 ON. >> AND I MEAN THIS IS A PERSON
03:13:02 WHO IS LIVING ON THE A LOWEST INCOME AND CHANGING IN WAYS NOW
03:13:05 THEY HAVE THIS MONEY FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE THISN ELDERLY WANT
03:13:08 FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE SHE'D EVER HAD A BANK ACCOUNT I MEAN
03:13:10 I MEAN THAT'SHER THE KIND OF OUTCOMES WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE
03:13:13 AND WE KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO
03:13:16 LIVED HERE LOW INCOME FOLKS, FOLKSS THAT NEED THE HELP THE
03:13:19 MOST. YEAH.
03:13:20 I MEAN YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERY SANYE M FRANCISCAN OF EVEY
03:13:24 GRAPHIC AND WRITE THAT MAKING IT EQUITABLE, YOU KNOW,
03:13:28 AND ACCESSIBLE AND AND EVERYONE BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE'S AT THE
03:13:32 SAME LEVEL OF COURSE NOT AND I THINK PEOPLE ASSUME THAT YOU
03:13:36 KNOW TO LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO YOU GOT TO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT
03:13:39 OF MONEY WHICH IS LARGELY TRUE. NO ONE'S GOING TO W DENY IT.
03:13:42 >> RIGHT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT LOW
03:13:43 INCOME PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE. THEY DO.
03:13:44 THEY TSNSN LIVE HERE. THEY WORK HERE.
03:13:46 THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE. THEY SEE THEIR DOCTORS HERE.
03:13:49 THEY. DO ALL THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO
03:13:51 HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED THE HELP THE MOST.
03:13:54 >> YEAH, THEY REALLY DO. WE DO WELL, THANK YOUO. FOR
03:13:57 SHARING THAT MEAN I CAN IMAGINE MY GRANDMA LIKEE OPENING ACCOUNT
03:14:01 I MEAN BECAUSE SHE WAS SO OLD SCHOOL SHE FINALLY ENDED UP
03:14:02 DEAD DOWN THE ROAD SIN, YOU KNO. >> BUT WHEN W WE STARTED ANOTHER
03:14:05 PROGRAM CAN I TELL YOU ANOTHER THAT I HAVE TO KNOW
03:14:08 AND IT'S AGAIN YEAH PLEASE. T WHAT A SAD START TO
03:14:11 TURNED OUT TO BE AN EXCELLENT PIECE ABOUT YOUR WORK.
03:14:13 LIZ WE I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS
03:14:16 THIS BUT WE HAVE WE OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:14:17 AFFORDABLEEROW HOUSING RESOURCES AND BUT THISS
03:14:23 AFFORDABLE LOW INCOME BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING THERE'S A
03:14:24 LONGNC WAITING LIST FOR IT LONG PEOPLE ARE ON THAT WAITING LIST
03:14:28 FOR YEARS SOMETIMES IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING OR
03:14:31 WHATEVER DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY MANAGES THAT LIST AND AS YOU
03:14:34 MOVE UP THE LIST YOU FINALLY CAN GET A T SIGNED TO AN
03:14:39 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
03:14:40 >> THIS WAS ANOTHERNGAF CHRONICE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND WHAT
03:14:43 HAPPENED WAS THIS WAS LIKE 2012, 13, 14.
03:14:49 THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, A HUSBANDAS, A WIFE AND TWO
03:14:53 CHILDREN. THEY HAD BEEN ON THE LIST FOR
03:14:55 YEARS. THEY WERE THEY WERE FINALLY AT
03:14:58 THE TOP OF THE LIST. THEY GOT A NOTICE.
03:15:00 THEY SAIDF A NEEMA THAT NEW BUILDING ON MARKET STREET
03:15:02 AND WHATEVER ITLDEE IS 10TH OR H SAID THEIR LIVES JUST HAD BEENAD
03:15:06 BUILT AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU YOU'RE AT YOU'RE READY FOR AN
03:15:09 APARTMENT'R'R IN THIS BRAND NEW BUILDING, GET READY AND MOVE.
03:15:13 >> YEAH. SO WHENNDY THEY FINALLY FINISHED
03:15:16 TO DO THE PAPERWORK THEIR CREDIT SCORE DIDN'T MEET THE
03:15:18 CUTOFF T TO MOVE INTO ONE OF
03:15:20 THESE FORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND BE TRUSTED TO PAY THE RENTE
03:15:23 . AND IT JUST BROKE MY HEART
03:15:24 BECAUSET WE HAD KNOWN THIS THIS FAMILY WAS ON THIS LIST FOR H
03:15:28 YEARS. >> WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING
03:15:32 WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEIR TIMED CAME UP THAT
03:15:35 THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BE
03:15:36 ELIGIBLE FULLY ELIGIBLE FOR THAT UNIT.
03:15:39 SO WE JUMPED ON THEHE BANDWAGON THAT A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES
03:15:43 ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM CALLED FINANCIAL
03:15:44 COUNSELINGTH L WE OFFER FOR FREE AN
03:15:47 OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY LOW INCOME PERSON OR FAMILY TO MEET WITH AI
03:15:51 FINANCIAL COUNSELOR AND HAVE FINANCIALNS COUNSELING SESSIONS
03:15:54 THE SAME KIND OF COUNSELING THAT WEALTHY PEOPLE YOU KNOWAM,
03:15:59 UNDERTAKE. >> RIGHT.
03:15:59 IF IT YOU NEED HELP MANAGING THEIR MONEY LOW INCOMEIT PEOPLE
03:16:02 NEED HELP MANAGING THEIRS TOO. WE OFFER THIS FOR FREE..
03:16:06 YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY. YOU CAN GET THESE KINDS OF
03:16:08 THINGS MAYBE THROUGH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS Y THE AND THROUGH TE
03:16:10 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. WE SPECIFICALLY MAKE SURE THAT
03:16:12 THE FOLKSSS WHO ARE ON THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAITING LIST
03:16:15 DO NOT END UP ON THE PLACE THAT THAT FAMILYAF ENDED UP IN.
03:16:18 AND WHAT WE DO IS THEY MEET WITH A COUNSELOR ONE ON ONE
03:16:21 IN PERSON. THEY LOOK AT ALL O THEIR
03:16:24 FINANCES. THEY TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT
03:16:25 KIND OF DEBT THEY HAVE, WHAT KIND OF SAVINGS THEY HAVE IF
03:16:29 THEY HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR IF THEY DON'T O THINGS LIKE THAT.
03:16:31 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WITH THE PRACTICES THEY LEARN THERE'S
03:16:35 OFTEN A REALLY REAL ABILITY TO EITHER PAY DOWN OR EVEN SHRINK
03:16:39 SOME OF THE DEBT AND INCREASE THE SAVINGS AND MAJORITY OF THE
03:16:43 FOLKS WE COUNSEL THEIR CREDIT SCORES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY
03:16:47 IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND THAT THAT IS THE KIND OF WORK AGAIN
03:16:51 THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BRINGNG TO RESIDENTS OF SN
03:16:55 FRANCISCO. ABSOLUTELY.
03:16:56 I MEAN THAT EDUCATION IS POWER AND FINANCIAL LITERACY LIKE FOR
03:17:01 FREE THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOW YOU KNOW PAY ALL THESE
03:17:05 CRAZY FEES TO GET YOU TO GET A G PROFESSIONAL ADVICE RIGHTES.
03:17:09 >> AND THE CITY IS PROVIDING THIS AND THIS IS ALL THIS IS
03:17:10 ALL ON OUR WEBSITETE BY THE WAY, ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS I'VE
03:17:14 TALKED ABOUT IT'S A COUPLE MORE
03:17:16 I MIGHT TALK ABOUT. YEAH NO THERE'S A LOT IS S.F.
03:17:17 TREASURER DOT ORG SO AS A TREASURER OR GO ON THAT SITE GO
03:17:22 ON THAT SITE THEY CAN ALSO SEE HOW TO PAY THEIR TAXES THERE
03:17:25 BUT THERE IS A WAY WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THESE
03:17:28 FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS AND THESE OTHER PROGRAMS.
03:17:32 >> SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THESE STORIES TOO.
03:17:33 . REAL SANREAL STORIES FRANCISCANS AND PEOPLE THAT
03:17:36 EVERY DAY THAT. ALL RIGHTHT IT CHANGES.
03:17:39 THAT'S AWESOME, COACH. I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST, HUH?
03:17:40 WELL, IT WAS OKAY. WHAT DO YOUOU GOT, CHILDREN?
03:17:43 SAME COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT
03:17:46 IS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> OKAY.
03:17:47 OH MY GOSH. I MEAN A LITTLE KIDS TO
03:17:50 COLLEGE. >> I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING.
03:17:51 SOSO WE KNEW FOR A LONG TIME THT THERE IS EVER BEEN A REAL
03:17:58 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KIDS THAT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL
03:18:02 AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THOSE KIDS GO TO COLLEGE AND ANOTHER GROUPL
03:18:06 YEAH. IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR SCHOOL
03:18:07 SYSTEM I THINK THEY'RE CALLED REPRESENTED VERSUS
03:18:10 UNDERREPRESENTED THE UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPED STEADIY
03:18:14 HAS FAR FEWER KIDS THAT END UP GOING TO COLLEGE.
03:18:17 THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH AROUND THAT PHENOMENON.
03:18:21 >> THERE'S A LOT OF OF OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT HOW TO
03:18:24 TACKLE IT, WHAT TO DO IT A LOT OF IT REALLY APPEARED TO BE
03:18:27 THAT THERE'S JUST A WHOLE WAY THAT THAT SOME KIDS ARE RAISED
03:18:31 WHERE YOU KNOW COLLEGE IS IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE GOING TO
03:18:33 GO AND THERE'S ANOTHERYO NG SET OF
03:18:36 KIDS WHERE THEY NEVER HEAR ABOUT COLLEGE.
03:18:37 IT'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT IN THE PICTUREER ANYWAY.
03:18:40 SO THEN BASED AROUND THAT AT THE TIME THIS WAS OVER A DECADE
03:18:44 AGO NOW THERE WAS A LOT OF RESEARCH AND WHAT RESEARCH
03:18:48 SHOWED THAT IF A CHILD GREW UP IN A FAMILY WHERE THEY HAD
03:18:52 OPENED UP A COLLEGE SAVINGS H ACCOUNT THAT JUST HAVING THE
03:18:55 ACCOUNT CAUSED CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN THAT PUSHED THE IDEA OF
03:18:59 COLLEGE INTO THE KIDHEO AND THE FAMILY'S MINDS AND THEY MORE
03:19:03 OFTEN FOLLOWED UP ON IT AND WENT TO COLLEGEMI
03:19:06 . >> AND WHAT THE RESEARCH ALSO
03:19:07 SHOWED WAS IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEY SAVEDLST A LOT OF MONEY ORA
03:19:10 LITTLE MONEY. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEIR
03:19:11 INCOME WAS HIGH OR LOWITIN. IT DIDN'T MATTER REALLY WHERE
03:19:14 THEY WENT TO SCHOOL OR ANY OF THAT.
03:19:15 THE IMPACT O O WAS STILL THE SAE EVEN A MODEST AMOUNT OF MONEY
03:19:18 SAVED IN A IN AMO LITTLE COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN THE CHILD'S
03:19:22 NAME MADE A DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WENT TO
03:19:26 COLLEGE. >> THAT'S AMAZING.
03:19:27 >> WE BUILT SO WE TOOK THAT MODEL WE WORKED WITH SOME
03:19:30 NONPROFITS THAT WERE STUDYING WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
03:19:33 ADMINISTER THIS? AND LO AND BEHOLD THEY THOUGHT
03:19:35 THE BEST WAYAYAY MIGHT BE FOR A GOVERNMENT TO DO IT BECAUSE
03:19:38 GOVERNMENTS ARE KIND OF NEUTRAL.
03:19:39 YOUGOME KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRUST THEM MORE THAN A PRIVATE
03:19:41 CORPORATION OR A TE COMPANY AND IF
03:19:44 A BANK TRIED TO TELL THEM OH YOU REALLY SHOULD DO THIS, THIS
03:19:45 SOUNDS T A LITTLE SELF-SERVING, RIGHT AND RIGHT.
03:19:48 SO ANYWAY, WE KIND OF FOLLOWED THEIR RECIPE AND AGAIN WITH THE
03:19:54 WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM AT THE TIME
03:19:58 AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE TIME IN 2011 WE CREATED THE
03:20:01 FIRST LOCAL GOVERNMENT REALLY I THINK ANY GOVERNMENT RUN
03:20:06 AUTOMATIC CHILDREN'S SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY.
03:20:10 >> WOW. WE CALLED IT KINDERGARTEN TO
03:20:13 COLLEGE AND WE CALLED IT THAT BECAUSE HERE'S HOW WE
03:20:17 IMPLEMENTED IT. WE WORKED WITH THE SAN
03:20:18 FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
03:20:19 AN WHICH BY THE WAY IS MAJORITY KIDS ON FREE OR
03:20:22 REDUCED F LUNCH BECAUSE THEY'RE LEGITIMATELY LOW INCOME FAMILY
03:20:26 FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES L. AND WE SAID EVERY CHILD WHEN
03:20:29 THEY ENTERND KINDERGARTEN WE'RE GOING TO THE LIST OF KIDS FROM
03:20:33 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A COLLEGE
03:20:36 SAVINGS ACCOUNT AUTOMATICALLY IN THEIR NAME NO PAPERWORK, NO
03:20:39 GOING ANYWHERE, NOTHING BOOM. AND IN THE FALL OF THEIR
03:20:44 KINDERGARTEN CLASS YEAR WE WOULD SEND THE LETTER HOME TO
03:20:48 THE PARENTS AND SAY WE ALREADY OPENED P P UP A COLLEGE SAVINGS
03:20:51 ACCOUNT FOR YOUR CHILD SUSIE BILLY, YOU KNOW WHATEVER THE
03:20:55 NAME IS WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN HIM OROR HER A COLLEGE SAVINGS
03:20:58 ACCOUNT. WE PUT $50 IN THE ACCOUNT SO
03:21:01 IT'S NOT EVEN A ZERO BALANCE ACCOUNT.
03:21:02 THERE'S MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT ALREADY ALREADY.
03:21:05 AND OPENING THAT ACCOUNT IT'S REALLY EASY FOR YOU TO ADD MORE
03:21:08 MONEY INCLUDING YOU COULD WALK RIGHT INTO A BANK BRANCH
03:21:12 AND PUT WALK UP TO A TELLER WINDOW AND HAND OVER WHATEVER
03:21:14 YOU WANT 5 OR $10 OR MORE OR YOU COULD GO DO IT ONLINE OR
03:21:17 YOU COULD DO AN AUTOMATICOU TRANSFER OR WHATEVER.
03:21:20 OPENED UPYEAR WE'VE ACCOUNTS FOR EVERY INCOMING
03:21:25 KINDERGARTNER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
03:21:28 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS BEEN OUR TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN THIS
03:21:30 EFFORT. IT WITHOUT THEM.
03:21:32 DATE WE HAVE OVER 60,000 ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN
03:21:36 OPENED AND YOU KNOWCC, TEN PLUS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
03:21:40 SAVED IN THOSE ACCOUNTS HN . THAT'S HUGE.
03:21:43 IT'S HUGE. THAT IS VERY ABSOLUTELY HUGE EGS
03:21:46 AS I SAID, NOT ALL FAMILIES HAVE HUGE BALANCES IN THERE BUT
03:21:48 WE FN JUST WANT TO SEE THE ACTIVITY.
03:21:51 WE WANT TO GET THEM IN THE RIGHT TRACK RIGHTHE G BECAUSE WT
03:21:54 I LIKE TO SAY IS THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'VE SAVED
03:21:57 MORE IMPORTANTLY REPRESENT MILLIONS OF CONVERSATIONS THATE
03:22:01 THOSE PARENTS HAVE HAD WITH THEIR KIDS ABOUT HEY, I PUT 20
03:22:03 BUCKS IN YOUR COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAYD I I.
03:22:06 >> I WANT YOU TO GET THAT MESSAGE.
03:22:07 YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
03:22:08 GOING TO COLLEGE IT YOU REALIZE THIS IS SOMETHING
03:22:11 THAT'S MEANT FOR YOU. >> YOU'RE C LIKE FORECASTING IT.
03:22:14 >> YOU PUTE IT WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE MANIFESTINGHA IT, YOU'RE
03:22:17 MANIFESTING AND LIKE ALL RIGHT, YOU GO TO COLLEGE.
03:22:18 SO LET MEAL LET ME JUST SAY GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
03:22:22 SO THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. VERY PROMISINGNG.
03:22:24 GREAT PROGRAM. LET'S JUMP TO THE END.
03:22:25 WE'VE NOW AM. HAD THREE DIFFERENT
03:22:27 HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES GRADUATES WITHGH THE ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAD
03:22:31 OPENED UP AND KINDERGARTEN IT'S BEEN THAT LONG A AND AND SO WE
03:22:34 DID OUR RESEARCH ON THE FIRST CLASS AND I THINK WE'RE DOING
03:22:38 IT NOW IN THE SECOND CLASS. BUT WHAT WE SHOWED REMEMBER I
03:22:40 SAID THERE'S A GROUP OF HIGHDBE SCHOOL SENIORS EVERY YEAR THAT
03:22:44 GRADUATE AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM LIKE PRETTYAL MUCH 100% OF THEM
03:22:46 GO TO COLLEGE. YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP
03:22:47 UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP THAT A FR FEWER GO TO COLLEGE EACH YEAR.
03:22:51 THAT UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP WE INCREASED THE NUMBER THAT WENT
03:22:55 COLLEGE BY 12 PERCENT MORE THAN A 10% INCREASE IN THOSE KIDS
03:22:58 GOING TO COLLEGE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT PATTERN HOPEFULLY
03:23:02 OVER MANY YEARS. BUT OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF
03:23:05 YEARS ALREADY. SO WE'RE EXCITEDY.SO THAT, YOU
03:23:08 KNOW, THIS MODEST LITTLE PROGRAM IT DOES COST THE CITY
03:23:10 SOME MONEY TO OPEN UP THOSE ACCOUNTS AND PUT SOME MONEY IN.
03:23:13 >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OCO SEEIG REAL RESULTS AND THAT CAN
03:23:16 CHANGE THATG A WILL CHANGE LIVE. IT DOES CHANGE LIVES,
03:23:20 ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN YOU'RE PLANNINGL D C THOE
03:23:23 SEEDS AND IT'S GROWING TO SEE HOW FAR CAN GROW.
03:23:24 PEOPLE DON'T TS REALIZE IT UNTIL THEY GET, YOU
03:23:28 KNOW, MAYBE JUMPSTARTED SOMEHOW AND SAID HEY
03:23:31 , IT'S HERE FOR YOU.
03:23:32 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU.
03:23:33 AND THAT IS WHAT.NN YOU KNOW OUR CITY AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
03:23:36 BEEN DOING FOR OUR CITIZENSN AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS BEHIND
03:23:40 THE SCENES THAT I LOVE TO SHARE BECAUSE A LOTM
03:23:43 OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
03:23:44 YOU KNOW AND AND THIS IS T GREAT THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT.
03:23:47 I KNOW AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT
03:23:51 BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT STORY. ABOUTOUGH PEOPLE KNOW
03:23:54 YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR THEIR CHILD
03:23:55 IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY COULD BE SAVINGTI F MONEY
03:23:58 IN THOSE ACCOUNTS. THEY COULD BE GOING WITH THEIR
03:23:59 CHILD TO THE BANKOUEY. WE ACTUALLY DO DEPOSIT DAYS.
03:24:02 WE EVEN DONE SOME HEREEP IN CITY HALL OR IN DIFFERENT LIBRARY
03:24:06 BRANCHES. YEAH.
03:24:07 AND I'LL TELL YOU I SHOULD BRING YOU TO ONE OF THOSESE
03:24:10 AMAZING SHOWS WATCHING THESE FIFTH GRADERS SHOW UP AND MAKE
03:24:13 THEIR OWN DEPOSITS IN PERSON. OH MY
03:24:14 AK D. THAT'S SO CUTE TO SEE HOW
03:24:17 ADORABLE YOU'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH.
03:24:21 >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IT'S REALLY JUST THE MOST
03:24:22 EXCITINGMYSH THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
03:24:25 >> BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL TO MANY OF THESE FAMILIES TOO F HAVE LIE
03:24:28 THAT THAT THAT POWER TO CONTROL.
03:24:29 I WILL PUT MONEYERT INTO MINE AND INVEST IN MY FUTURE
03:24:32 AND ANYTHING'S POSSIBLENN. >> REALLY?
03:24:36 ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING. YEAH.
03:24:37 WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THESE KIDSABAB I ALWAYS ASK THE,
03:24:40 YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GONO TOO
03:24:41 MANYMA PEOPLE NOT TOO MANY BUT THEY SURPRISE SO MANY OF THEM
03:24:45 WANT TO BE BASKETBALL PLAYERS. >> OHH WELL THE RISE OF THE
03:24:48 WARRIORS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS KNOW I CAN'T BLAME THEM OF
03:24:51 COURSE. RIGHT.
03:24:52 I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC GOAL. , THAT'S SO FUN.
03:24:55 >> BUT THEY WANT EVERYTHING FROM ASTRONAUTS TO POLICE TO
03:24:58 FIRE TO BUT IT IS THAT THAT BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THINKING WE
03:25:02 WANT IN A YOU WANT THAT DIALOG AND A FIRST GRADER AND THEN A
03:25:06 12TH GRADER THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS NO I SHARE THAT
03:25:10 IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING AND AND WHAT I LIKE AND I THINK
03:25:14 THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE VERY BLOODY LONG
03:25:17 TIME IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY WORKS AND TO BE AN ELECTED
03:25:21 OFFICIAL. YOU KNOW IT GIVES YOU SOME
03:25:22 DEGREE OF FREEDOM. I CAN WORK WITH THE FORCES THAT
03:25:25 MAKE THE REAL DECISIONS HERE LIKE A MAYOR OR MEMBERS OF THE
03:25:29 BOARD. I CAN ALSO WORK OUTSIDE WITH
03:25:32 PARTNERS, BANKS, FINANCIAL UNIONS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
03:25:36 AND AND WITH GOOD IDEAS AND SOME SOME REAL REAL WORK
03:25:39 INVOLVED. YEAH, WE CAN HOPEFULLY CHANGE
03:25:40 THE LANDSCAPE. >> WE CAN HOPEFULLY MAKE THINGS
03:25:44 BETTER FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE.
03:25:45 ABSOLUTELY. >> YEAH.
03:25:47 SO I'M EXCITED ABOUTED THAT THEN THEN I SARA ONE LAST STORY I
03:25:52 KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO JOHN IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME
03:25:55 TIME SO YOU JUST SO MANY GOOD WINS WELL THAT YOU'D LOVE TO
03:25:57 SHARE OUT J J THERE'S ONE LAST STORY THAT YEAH REALLY IT
03:25:59 REALLY TOOK ME BYAS SURPRISE. OKAY.
03:26:03 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER YOU KNOW THERE WAS THISS A
03:26:06 NUMBER OF YEARS BACK FERGUSON THERE WAS THIS REALLY BAD
03:26:10 INCIDENTS THAT WENT ON THERE WITH LOW INCOME PEOPLE GETTING
03:26:12 PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE NC P FOR
03:26:14 UNNECESSARY TICKETS AND FINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
03:26:16 AND THERE WAS A LOT OF IT WASIN
03:26:17 RACIAL BASED AND LOW INCOME. YEAH.
03:26:18 BAD OUTCOMES AND A LOT OF THAT WAS BASED ON REALLY
03:26:25 PUNISHING FINES AND FEES THAT R THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE
03:26:30 PUTTING ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE AS AER WAY NUMBER ONE TO GAIN
03:26:33 REVENUE BUT MAYBE FORUE OTHER BD MOTIVATED REASONS AND SOMEONE
03:26:39 CAME TO ME AND SAID ONE OF MY STAFFERS CAME TO MEID AND SAID
03:26:44 OH, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT HOW OUR FINES AND FEES ARE
03:26:45 AFFECTING LOW INCOME PEOPLE. HIS HE SAID, YOU
03:26:48 KNOW LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE?
03:26:49 >> AND I'M LIKE SAN FRANCISCONO SANRA FRANCISCO'S NOT LIKE THAT
03:26:52 PLACE. WE WOULDN'T DO THAT HEREE.E.
03:26:55 AND AND THEY WERE LIKE WE REALLY SHOULD LOOK FOR SOOR WE
03:26:59 CONVENED A COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
03:27:04 AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
03:27:05 YEAH. AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
03:27:07 THAT ISSUE FINES AND FEES AND ALL
03:27:08 THE ENFORCERS AND THE SHERIFF AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF
03:27:12 AND WE SAID LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LANDSCAPE WAS
03:27:15 LIKE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND AFTER SIX MONTHS WOULD YOU
03:27:17 FIND. THAT WE WERE DOING MUCH OF THE SAME THING?
03:27:20 WE WERE WE WERE WE WERE PUTTING UNNECESSARILY OVERSIZE BURDENS
03:27:23 ON LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T FEEL THE SAME.
03:27:27 I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
03:27:30 WE HAVE A PARKING TICKET OR A YOU KNOW, NOT A MOVING
03:27:33 VIOLATION BUT AKI PARKING OR SOE WHATEVER TICKET.
03:27:35 THE BIGGEST PARKING TICKET AND MISTAKE YOU CAN MAKE IS
03:27:41 LEAVING YOUR CAR PARKED IN A PLACE THAT HAS TOE TO THE TOE
03:27:45 BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
03:27:46 >> I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE BEEN THERE.
03:27:49 THEY DON'T ASK ME THAT QUESTION BUT I'VE BEEN THERE.
03:27:50 BUT IF YOU PARK IN THE WRONG PLACE AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
03:27:54 IT BECOMES NONO PARKING AT CERTAIN TIME THE CITY WILL TOLL
03:27:58 YOUR CAR AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE TOW LOT AND PAY.
03:28:01 YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKET FOR BREAKING THAT. RULE AND PAY
03:28:04 FOR THE MONEY OR CHEAP BEER. WELL IN SAN FRANCISCO IT'S
03:28:06 NEARLY $500 DAY ONE NOT STORAGE FEES.
03:28:10 DAY ONE TICKET YEAH YEAH IT TESTIFY TO THAT IF THIS HAS
03:28:12 HAPPENED TO YOU IO HARD AWAY YES $500 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
03:28:18 LOW INCOME FAMILY MANY DON'T HAVE A THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY SO
03:28:22 MANY A LOW INCOME FAMILY WOULD JUST LOSE THE CAR
03:28:24 THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET THE CAR BACK.
03:28:25 WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS IF A FAMILY LOSES THEIR CAR AND A
03:28:29 JOB WAGE EARNER CAN'T GET TO WORK, DOES THAT MEAN THAT
03:28:33 GENERAL WILL LOSE THEIR JOB? AND IF THAT WAGE EARNER LOSES
03:28:36 THEIR JOB AND LOSES THEIR INCOME, DOES THAT MEAN THEY
03:28:38 CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT? AND IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR
03:28:40 RENT, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'LL END UP EVICTED AND HOMELESS OR
03:28:44 DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT PARKING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG
03:28:45 TIME SHOULD CAUSE A FAMILY? BUTHIHE
03:28:48 THAT TO BE IMPACTED SUCH THAT THEY ARE END UP GETTING TO
03:28:50 BE HOMELESS JUST BECAUSE OF MAKING THAT ONE MISTAKE?
03:28:52 ABSOLUTELY NOT. AS O O MY ANSWER AND WHAT WE TOA
03:28:56 LOOK AT WAS A NUMBER OF THE PENALTIES WHILE YOU STILL
03:29:00 DESERVE A PENALTYTI FOR BREAKING A RULE I MEAN THEY NEED TO BE
03:29:04 ADJUSTED BYY ACCORDING TO ONE'S ABILITY TO PAY TOO MANY PEOPLE
03:29:10 $500 IS NOTHING. IT'S A NUISANCE, YOU KNOW, BUT
03:29:11 TO SOME PEOPLE IT WAS NOT LIFE ENDING.
03:29:15 BUT LETT IT ARE LIVING AND THEY'RE LIVING 100 IS A LOT
03:29:19 FOR US AND IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE
03:29:21 AMOUNT AND IT HAD IMPOSSIBLE KINDS OF OUTCOMES FOR THEMM WITH
03:29:25 THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE MTA WHO WHO HERE MANAGES THAT THAT
03:29:29 ACTIVITY AND THAT FINE WE WORKED WITH THEM AND NOW IF
03:29:33 SOMEONE IS I LOW INCOME AND TRUY LOW INCOME WE CAN VERIFY IT.
03:29:38 IT'S ANYONE WHO GETS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE S OR WHO GETS FOOD
03:29:41 STAMPS. WE KNOW THEY'RE LOW INCOME.
03:29:42 THEY'VE ALREADY BEENN CHECKED. IT'S TRUE THEY'RE LOW INCOME.
03:29:45 THATY' $500 AMOUNT DROPS TO $100 AND NOW EVERYONE'S ABLE TO GET
03:29:48 THEIRVE CARS BACK. >> STILL PAYING A FINE FOR FOR
03:29:54 BREAKING THE RULE AND WE IMPLEMENTED THAT ACROSS A
03:29:55 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARKING TICKETS AND OTHER TYPES OF
03:29:59 FINES AND FEESND AND AND NOW WE SEE THAT WE'RE CAUSING LESS
03:30:05 PAIN AND HARM IN OUR CITY FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY DESERVE, YOU
03:30:09 KNOW, SOME CONSIDERATION AND SOME UNDERSTANDING AND JUST
03:30:10 SOME ADJUSTMENT THAT SAYS YEAH ,YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY SOMETHING
03:30:13 BECAUSE YOU BROKE A RULE BUT IT DOESN'TKE HAVE TO.
03:30:17 >> YEAH. AND YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHERE
03:30:18 THEY ARE>> IN THEIR LIFE RIGHT AND YOU'RE FACTORING THAT
03:30:22 AND CARING ABOUT THAT SAID HEY YOU GOT TO PAYU THE FINE, YOU
03:30:25 GOT TO DO THIS BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT NOW YOU'VE ADJUSTED
03:30:29 IT AND YOU'VE YOU'VE HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?
03:30:30 HE SAID WE DID THAT ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, 4 OR 5 5 YEARS AGO.
03:30:34 WE'RE STILL WORKING ON MAKING
03:30:35 SURE THAT ANY NEW FINES OR FEES ARE ADJUSTED AND MADE
03:30:37 APPROPRIATEND SIZED. >> THE ONE MORE FEE THAT WE
03:30:44 FOUND IT WASN'T EVEN A FINE
03:30:45 SOMEBODYDY WAS LET OUT OF JAIL R PRISON.
03:30:48 THEY COME BACK TRYING TO ENTER . E COMMUNITYONON
03:30:52 THEY'RE ON PROBATION FOR A WHILE.
03:30:53 I PROMISE YOU NEARLY EVERY GOVERNMENT PSE CHARGES A FEE FOR
03:30:56 BEING ON PROBATION. WE CHARGE TO FIGURETI C WITH $6A
03:31:00 MONTH FOR BEING ON PROBATION. .. Y
03:31:03 WE ALSO HADEA SOME REASON THE BRILLIANT IDEA THAT THAT FEE
03:31:07 SHOULD BE PAID UPFRONT SO WE BILLED FOR THREE YEARS
03:31:08 IN ADVANCE AND SENTDEDEE OUT A L FOR A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A
03:31:14 PERSON JUST COMING OUT OFF PRISON TRYING TO STAND UP
03:31:15 THEMSELVES IN A LIFEEP. >> AND IN A WAY YOU PROBABLY
03:31:19 WON'T BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT OVER 90% OF THOSE BILLS NEVER
03:31:23 GOT PAID BECAUSE THAT PERSON DOESN'TT HAVE $3,000 SITTING
03:31:27 AROUND AND THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO STAND THEIR LIVES
03:31:30 BACK UP AND LOOKING FOR A JOB AND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVED
03:31:33 . NOT ONLY WE'RE SENDING THEM
03:31:34 THIS BILL THEY COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAYAYFF WE WERE REPORTING TOT
03:31:37 TO THE CREDIT UNION, TO THEHE CREDIT AGENCIES
03:31:40 AND WE WERE LOWERING THEIR CREDIT SCORES BY
03:31:41 SHOWING UNPAID BILLS ON S THEIR CREDIT REPORT.
03:31:45 WE WENT TO THERE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE MAYOR AT
03:31:50 THE TIME AND WE SAID THISIS IS ONLY HARMING PEOPLE AND I DON'T
03:31:53 KNOW THAT WE REALLY AND IF 90% OF THEM AREN'T GETTING PAID
03:31:56 WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY MONEY BY REALLY YOUN KNOW, JUST
03:31:59 ELIMINATING THEM AND STOP DOING . IS PRACTICE
03:32:02 SO THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR AT THE TIME DID EXACTLY THAT.
03:32:04 THEYAN ELIMINATED THOSE SO NOBOY WAS GETTING THAT ANYMORE
03:32:10 AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED BACK OVER PRIOR YEARS.
03:32:12 THEY ERASED ALL THAT DEBTY FROM PEOPLE'S CREDIT REPORTS
03:32:15 AND PEOPLE'S CREDIT SCORES JUMPED OVERNIGHTTEO BECAUSE WHAT
03:32:19 DO WE WANT FOR SOMEONE BELIEVING WE WANT THEM TOO T MAE
03:32:22 IT EASY TO FIND A JOB, TO MAKEOB IT EASY TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE
03:32:26 AND FIND A WAY TO STAND UP A SUCCESSFUL LIFE FOR THEMSELVES
03:32:30 BACK IN OUR CITY OR WHEREVER THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO GO.
03:32:34 >> BUT WE WERE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THAT SUCCESS.
03:32:35 SO WE'RE NO LONGER JUST S SOME THINGS IN THAT OKAY AND SOME
03:32:38 THINGS YOU JUST I WOULD HAVE NEVER DREAMEDD THAT THIS THE
03:32:41 LIBERAL CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
03:32:43 FRANCISCOFR BUT YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN IN PLACE FOR
03:32:46 DECADESS A LONG TIME. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO LOOK
03:32:50 THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THANKS TS FOR SHARING THOSE
03:32:53 STORIES. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING
03:32:55 INITIATIVE. STOPT'AL SCAM.
03:32:57 OH YEAH. OKAY.
03:32:57 LET'S TRANSITION TOEAY.LE THAT HELPING SAN FRANCISCANS YOU
03:33:01 KNOW FROM K FINANCIAL FRAUD. I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY SCAMS
03:33:09 OUT THERE. I MEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
03:33:10 YEAH. WITH TECHNOLOGY S.HN IN PLACE
03:33:13 AND WHATNOT. YEAH.
03:33:13 . LK ABOUT STOP SCAM AS WELLYE >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
03:33:17 THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US ARE B VIOLENTLY AWARE
03:33:20 OF HOW PREVALENT THIS IS. WE OH I KNOW I AND I KNOW
03:33:25 EVERYONE I KNOW GETS MESSAGES, TEXT MESSAGES, EMAIL MESSAGES
03:33:31 THAT STUFF. >> I MEAN THEY'RE SOTU
03:33:32 SOPHISTICATED TRY AND FILTER IT OUT BUT T IT'S CRAZY PHONE CALL,
03:33:35 YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S THE MOST HEARTBREAKINGU YOU KNOW
03:33:39 SOMEONE WHO'S UNSUSPECTING GETS A PHONE CALL, SOMEONE LIES TO
03:33:43 THEM, SAYS I'M YOUR COWORKER, I'M YOUR RELATIVE, I'M YOUR
03:33:44 NIECEE, I'M YOUR THIS, I'M YOUR THAT I NEED $10,000.
03:33:48 PLEASE GO DOT. IT,0. DON'T HESITATE JUST GO AND THEY
03:33:51 THEY GO AND THEY THEY LOSE THIS MONEY AND SOMETIMES MASSIVE
03:33:56 AMOUNTS OF MONEYEY M AND IT DOET FEEL LIKE PEOPLE REALLY HAVE AN
03:33:59 ABILITY TO VALIDATE IS THIS
03:34:02 REAL OR IS IT NOT? AND AND O AND WHAT WE'RE GOING O
03:34:06 TRY AND DO WITH THIS PROGRAM IS WE'REE GOING TO AGAIN WE DID I
03:34:10 SAID WE STARTED DOING WAY BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR
03:34:11 PROGRAMSID WHICH IS JUST USE THE
03:34:14 CITY'S VOICE THAT TRUSTED VOICE WE'RECE NOT ANY KIND OF A PROFIT
03:34:18 MAKING COMPANY. WE'RE NOTKI ANY ANYONE ELSE THAT
03:34:21 THAT YOU MIGHT BE SUSPICIOUS OF.
03:34:22 WE'RE JUSTNYNY Y THE CITY'S VOIE AND THAT VOICE IS GOING TO SAY
03:34:26 WHATEVER WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT TOVO BE SUSPICIOUS FOR.
03:34:28 IF WE HAVE ALERTS ABOUT SOMETHING WE'LL SHARE IT.
03:34:30 YEAH BUT MOSTLYOU IT'S GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY
03:34:33 APPROACHES YOU IF A MESSAGE IS IS
03:34:34 CH IS REACHING YOU THAT SAYS DO THIS OR DO THAT AND YOU'RE NOT
03:34:37 FAMILIAR WITH IT PAUSE, PAUSE. CHECK IT OUT.
03:34:44 CHECK WITH US. CHECK WITH SOMEONE AND BEFORE
03:34:47 YOU ACT YES. YOU WON'T HURT
03:34:50 ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING WILL COME OUT OF
03:34:52 THAT IS IS A BETTER RESULT. YEAH.
03:34:55 AND AND SO JUSTUL DON'T DON'T FOLLOW THE IMPULSE DON'T JUST
03:34:59 TAKE KNEE ACTION JUST PAUSE A MINUTE.
03:35:02 CHECK OUR DATABASE CHECK OTHER PLACES TALK TO A FRIEND, TALK
03:35:09 TO A RELATIVE AND THINK BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING AND WE'RE
03:35:13 HOPEFUL THAT THAT'S GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
03:35:14 OTHERWISE ARE TURNING INTO VICTIMS.
03:35:17 >> YEAH, AND THERE'S SO MANY OUT THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO
03:35:19 REALLY SESSION S ON HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
03:35:21 I KNOW IT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAYMO.
03:35:25 EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY
03:35:26 VICTIMS AND TARGETS ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE SOME SND OF THE
03:35:28 ELDERLY FOLKS I KNOW WHEN MY DAD WAS AROUND HE GOT SO MUCHW
03:35:30 HE ALMOST S GOT INTO SOME OF THOSE SERIOUSLY.
03:35:33 YES. IT'S HEARTBREAKING
03:35:35 . TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.
03:35:37 LET'S LET'S REEVALUATE DON'T DON'T DON'T RUSH INTOON STUFF.
03:35:40 >> WELL, YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S GETTING OLDER YOU KNOW SOME OF
03:35:44 OUR FACULTIES START TO DIMINISH AND NOT SPEAKING FROM
03:35:45 EXPERIENCET YET BUT WHO KNOWS SOMEDAY AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE
03:35:49 WE'RE WE'RE JUST WE'REWS ACCUSTOMED TO JUST KIND OF
03:35:52 ACTING AND I THINK OUR PRIMARY MESSAGE IS SLOW DOWN.
03:35:56 MAYBE PAUSE FOR A MINUTE, TALK TO SOMEONE, CHECK OUR DATABASE,
03:36:00 CHECK OUR RESOURCES, GIVE US A CALL.
03:36:01 YOU KNOWURAT, WHATEVER AND JUSTE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS BEFORE
03:36:04 YOU TAKEUS ACTION. SO JOSE, WHAT IS THE BEST PART
03:36:09 OF YOUR JOB? THEY LOOKED AT THAT B IT'SS JUST
03:36:11 IN THE DAY I YOU JUST DOING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS I MEANE YOU
03:36:13 SHAREDED SOME AMAZING STORIES O, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS STORIES THESE
03:36:19 SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS AND THAT I GOT
03:36:20 I GOT IMAGINE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE END
03:36:23 LIKE LIKE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PEOPLE IN THE END.
03:36:27 >> RIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF THAT THERE IS
03:36:28 THAT I LIKE IF SAID I CAN'T SIT I'M A BROKEN
03:36:31 RECORD ABOUT S HOW GREAT THE STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS.
03:36:35 THEY THEY WORK WITH EVERYBODY FROM THE FOLKS THAT IMPLEMENT
03:36:38 THE PROGRAMS I JUST TALKED ABOUT TO THE FOLKS THAT COLLECT
03:36:41 TAXES, THE FOLKS THAT MANAGE OUR THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO
03:36:44 AND KEEP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SAFE.
03:36:45 THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. IT'S SERIOUS WORKOL.
03:36:49 IT'S IT'S CONSEQUENTIAL WORK AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A TRUE
03:36:53 HERO AND DOES THE WORK VERY, VERY WELL.
03:36:56 PERSONALLY I JUST LOVE WHO TO KNOWN BUT I LOVE CITY
03:37:01 GOVERNMENT. I LOVE WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO
03:37:02 FOR PEOPLE I LOVE. I REALIZE THAT WE'RE KIND OF
03:37:05 THE HIDDEN TREASURE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE
03:37:06 WORK T T AND VISIT HERE HAVE NO CLUE NEXT TO NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT
03:37:09 CITY GOVERNMENT DOES AND REALLY I KNOW IT KEEPS THE STREETS
03:37:12 LOADING IF THEY ARE CLEAN, IF THEYTS KEEPS THE WATER RUNNING,
03:37:16 KEEPS THE THE LIGHTS ON OR WHATEVER THAT WE
03:37:18 DO OR ABLE TO DO AND MAKES THIS A NICE PLACE
03:37:22 TO LIVE VISIT OR WORK IN. >> BUT BUT I JUST I THINK FROM
03:37:26 MY MY VANTAGE POINT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL I'VE HAD SOME
03:37:30 OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WONDERFUL THINGS AND THIS WAS BEFORE I
03:37:31 ACTUALLY I WAS THE TREASURER. I WAS AN EMPLOYEE WORKING AT
03:37:34 THE MTA. BUT AGAIN IN THAT FIRST YEAR OF
03:37:37 NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT
03:37:41 ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO START PERFORMING SAME SEX MARRIAGES.
03:37:45 YES, I REMEMBER THAT FEBRUARY OF 2004.
03:37:47 HUGE AND IT WAS HUGE. IT ROCKED THE WORLD.
03:37:51 IT ROCKED OUR WORLD AND I WAS A LOT OF CITY EMPLOYEES WERE
03:37:56 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY JUST BECAUSE THE VOLUME WAS SO HUGE
03:37:59 TO COME AND GET SWORN IN AND PERFORM WEDDINGS AND ON THAT
03:38:03 FIRST THREE DAY WEEKEND I CAME DOWN ONE DAY AND GOT SWORN
03:38:04 IN AND I PERFORMED D 36 WEDDINGS IN ONE DAY AND THERE WERE
03:38:08 THOUSANDSHE OF PEOPLE HERE LINED UP TO GET MARRIED.
03:38:12 NOW UNFORTUNATELY THOSE MARRIAGES DID GET REVERSED OVER
03:38:15 TIME BUTUT I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
03:38:19 THE JOY ON THEIR OY FACES, THE THE
03:38:23 EXCITING I COULD ONLY IMAGINE THE VALIDATIONNE THAT THESE FOLS
03:38:26 WERE SAYING YOU KNOW, I NEVER DREAMED I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
03:38:28 IN MYYI D LIFETIME. THIS COUPLE SHOWED UP.
03:38:33 THESE LADIES HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 38 YEARS AND THEY SAID WE
03:38:37 THOUGHT WE'D NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THIS.
03:38:38 ANOTHER COUPLE SHOWED UP. THEYTH T FLEW IN FROM NORTH
03:38:42 CAROLINA. >> WOW.
03:38:42 AND THEY.. HAD THEIR FAMILY OF FRIENDS ON THEIR CELL PHONE
03:38:46 LISTENING TO US PERFORM THE CEREMONYNY P AND AT THE MALL WHI
03:38:50 FINISHED THE CEREMONY THE PHONE STARTED SCREAMINGED WITH LETTERS
03:38:54 FROM ALL THE FAMILIES AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMAZING
03:38:58 THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO
03:39:02 AND IT AND TO BE PART OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT THAT'S GOT A
03:39:03 HAND IN MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN A REAL JOY.
03:39:06 >> I'M PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR THAT YOU KNOW I AM TOO AND SO
03:39:09 MANY THINGS ARE TRENDSETTERS, RIGHT?
03:39:10 LIKE WE'RERE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS WHAT'S
03:39:14 SPECIAL ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO THIS LIFE SO MUCH AND SO THANK
03:39:17 YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS
03:39:20 VILLAGE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS IS MY DAY JOB, YOU KNOW?
03:39:21 YEAH. I
03:39:22 I STILL COME IN FIVE DAYS A WEEK BUT I THINK THAT WAS MYTI
03:39:24 HAPPIEST AT CITYUT HALL. >> THAT WASY A PRETTY DARN HAPPY
03:39:28 DAY. THAT IS ONE BIG THAT'S A BIG
03:39:29 MOMENT IN OUR HISTORYTH. >> DODY CREDIT TO EVERYBODY THAT
03:39:32 WAS INVOLVED WITH IT AND OF COURSE THE MAYOR AT THE TIME
03:39:34 FORE A COURSE. SO WHAT KIND OF ADVICE LETS YOU
03:39:36 KNOW FOR THE LISTENERS THAT ARE TUNING IN RIGHT NOW WATCHING
03:39:40 THIS, WHAT KIND OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVEEY THEM YOUNG PEOPLE IF
03:39:43 THEY WANT TO GET INTO THIS KIND OF WORK THAT YOU DO YOU KNOW,
03:39:47 FINANCE PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT KIND OF COMBINATION WHATEVER
03:39:51 WHAT'S WHAT'S LIKE THE BIGGEST ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE TO YOUNG
03:39:54 PEOPLE ABOUT I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT I
03:39:55 DIDN'T'T DO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WHICH IS LEARN JUST LEARN ABOUT
03:39:59 WHAT'S GOINGS ON AROUND THEM. YEAH LEARN ABOUT HOW DO L THOSE
03:40:02 BUSSES SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND JUST TRAINS HOW DOES THIS
03:40:06 HAPPEN? HOW YOU KNOW
03:40:06 S WHO DECIDES WHERE THE BIKE LANES GO AND WHO MAKES
03:40:10 THOSE CHOICES AND ANDND HOW TO MAYBE YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE A
03:40:14 CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY IN THAT. IS THERE AHE WAY FOR ME TO BE
03:40:18 HEARD? I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
03:40:19 THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS THE CITY WANTS TO LISTEN TO THE
03:40:22 PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WORK HERE AND EVEN VISIT HERE.
03:40:25 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN BEE DOING BETTER BUT MOST PEOPLE
03:40:28 ASSUME THAT THEY DON'T. THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR
03:40:29 FROM THEMPT. ONE THING I WOULD
03:40:33 TELL PEOPLE IS WE DO WANT TOLL HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU CAN GO TO
03:40:36 YOUR LOCAL SUPERVISORS OFFICE. YOU Y Y CAN TALK TO A BUS DRIVE.
03:40:40 YOU CAN COME IN TO THEHE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE
03:40:43 . YOU CAN GON ANYWHERE YOU LIKE.
03:40:45 SHYYOU KNOW, DON'T BE AND JUST IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
03:40:48 ASK THIS QUESTION IF YOU'RE NOT CURIOUS YOUST COULD.
03:40:52 SURE. EXACTLY.
03:40:53 IT'S REALLY LET ME ASK YOU TOE BE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IS ALL OF
03:40:56 THIS HAPPEN AND YOU KNOW, IT'S CONFUSING.
03:40:59 THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT HOW DO THE PARKST. I HEARD A
03:41:01 STATISTIC THAT EVERY RESIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS NOWHERE
03:41:04 IN THE TEN MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM A PARK HERE IN SAN
03:41:07 FRANCISCO. >> I LOVE THAT.
03:41:08 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN AND WHO IID KEEPS THEM ALL LOOKING AS
03:41:10 BEAUTIFUL AS THEY ARE? >> WHERE DID ALL THOSE
03:41:11 PLAYGROUNDS COME FROM EXACTLY? >> WELL, THERE'S ANSWERS TO ALL
03:41:15 THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE DARN GOOD ANSWERSL, MOST OF THE
03:41:18 TIME AND THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS THAT QUESTIONS THAT
03:41:19 STILL NEED BETTERROTH ANSWERS FR THEM.
03:41:22 >> YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS OR WHAT CAN WE DO
03:41:24 ABOUT THAT? IF YOU LIVE
03:41:24 YOR HERE OR WORK HERE AND HAVE IDEAS, THIS GOVERNMENT
03:41:27 WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT IT. I PROMISE YOU.
03:41:30 YES. YOU JUST HAVE TO GET GRAB ONE
03:41:33 OF US. YEAH.
03:41:34 AND IF IT'S NOT IF WE'RE NOT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THAT WEE
03:41:36 KNOW HOW TO T SAY TO THE PERSON SOMETHING THAT WAS RIGHT
03:41:38 AND AND>> I TELL YOU OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO LISTEN IT REALLY
03:41:42 IS TO LISTEN AND TO TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN DO WHAT WE
03:41:45 CAN. OKAYT.
03:41:48 WEL, THAT HAS BEEN GREAT AS WRAP UP THIS AMAZING INTERVIEW
03:41:51 HERE. I MEAN THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK
03:41:52 ABOUT. I KNOW WE ONLY SCRATCHED THE
03:41:54 SURFACE NO TAXES M S S WOULD BES EXCITING.
03:41:56 >> DID YOU HEY, BUT I HAVE LEARNEDAV A LOT.
03:41:59 HE IS A SAN FRANCISCAN. I'M LIKE WOW.
03:42:00 OKAY. THAT'SNCIK
03:42:02 AMAZING FOR SHARING THAT TALK ABOUT THIS BRING IT BACK
03:42:04 TO SAN FRANCISCORI AND OUR AND OUR LOVE FOR THIS CITY.
03:42:08 IS THERE A SHOUT S OUT THAT YOU WANT TO DO LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD
03:42:11 LIKE IS THERE SPECIFIC OR YOU KNOW, BUSINESSFI ANYTHING THAT
03:42:15 YOU JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT? >> I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND
03:42:16 THE OTHER DAY AND AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LIKE YOU KNOW,
03:42:23 STUFF THAT I GET HUNG UP ABOUT BUT I MISS OUT ON REMINDS YOU
03:42:24 EVER GO TO TOWN REMIND RESTAURANT IT WAS AS AS A
03:42:27 MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN THE MISSION THEY WENT AWAY A FEW
03:42:31 YEARS AGO AROUND THE PANDEMIC AND THEY UNFORTUNATELYEWMI HAVET
03:42:34 COME BACK BUT I JUST IT THE FEELING INSIDE THAT RESTAURANT
03:42:35 LIKE SO MANY PLACES IT WAS LIKE GOING HOME THAT WAS GORGEOUS.
03:42:39 BUT IT WAS IT WAS A FAMILY KIND OF FEELING.
03:42:42 IT WAS FAMILY RUN I ALWAYS FROM DAY ONE AND AND THE FOUNDING
03:42:45 FAMILY STILL RAN IT AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT FEELING A
03:42:49 GREAT A GREAT MENU A GREAT LOCATION SOMETIMES A LOT OF
03:42:53 CITY HALL PEOPLE ENDED UP THERET BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY FAR AWAY
03:42:56 FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION RIGHT NOW.
03:42:57 >> AND BUT IN SPITET' A OF THATT NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
03:43:01 THAT IT WAS STILL A FANTASTIC PLACEE HELD MANY AN EVENT THERE
03:43:04 AND JUST MISSED THAT PLACE A PLACE THAT I'VE HEARD OF I'D
03:43:08 NEVER FAMILIES YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE SAY MAN YOU MISSED IT
03:43:10 GREW UP IN THE DARK. >> THERE WASN THE BEST IN TOWN.
03:43:13 OH, LETN ME SOME GOOD BLOCKS. WELL, HOPEFULLY THERE'S ANOTHER
03:43:16 RESTAURANT OUT THERE THAT COULD MATCHAU YOU.
03:43:19 I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
03:43:20 HOW'S THAT? WHAT?
03:43:21 WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT FOODS HERE W IN SAN DIEGO.
03:43:23 YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. GREAT THINGS.
03:43:24 OKAY, SON.TT WE ALWAYS ASK OUR GUESTS AS THE PART OF THE CLOSE
03:43:27 LIKE THE HEADLINE IN THE NEWSPAPER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
03:43:31 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THAT HEADLINENE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO
03:43:35 READ IN FIVE YEARS THEY PICK UP YOU KNOW WE DON'T THINK OF THE
03:43:39 PAPER ANYMORE BUT YOU LOOK IT ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN ONLINE
03:43:43 WHATEVER IT IS. >> WHAT DOESN THAT SAY?
03:43:45 SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO KIDS ALL ENDED UP IN COLLEGE
03:43:49 AND ENDED UP DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR FUTURE.
03:43:54 YOU GO I WANT TO SEE EVERY KID THAT GROWS UP HERE, COMES HERE,
03:43:57 LIVES HERE, GRADUATES HERE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY NEED.
03:44:01 TOO MANY KIDS FEEL SHUT OUT TOO MANY ADULTS DO TOO.
03:44:04 BUT I THINK IF WE CAN GRAB THEM WHEN THEY'RE CHILDREN AND MAKE
03:44:08 SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THE SAME AS
03:44:09 EVERYBODY ELSE IT'SE JUST UP TO THEM.
03:44:12 THAT'S THE KIND OF SUCCESS I THINK REALLY BUILDS OUR CITY
03:44:14 AND I LOVE THAT. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO
03:44:16 CLOSE. THAT'S INSPIRING.
03:44:17 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOUOU FOR YOUR TIME.
03:44:21 YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD HEADLINE. AND SO ONE LAST THING YOU KNOW
03:44:23 WE NORMALLY ASK GUESTS TO BRING SOMETHING TO ADD HERE BUT YOU
03:44:26 KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING COOL HERE THAT YOU LIKE TOER I POINTT
03:44:30 AND FROM OUR GUESTS A BROADER VARIETY OF THINGS.
03:44:32 THERE'S ALSORIRI ACTUALLY YOU CN ALREADY SPOT A COUPLE OF THINGS
03:44:35 I THINK I BROUGHT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT SO THAT SQUARE
03:44:38 A SQUARE AT THE TOPSQ OH I ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IT IS.
03:44:42 THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE PIGGY BANK NOTIT IN THE SHAPE OF A PIG
03:44:46 BUT IT'S A PIGGY BANK. OH, THERE IN THE SHAPE.
03:44:47 YES. A LEGOO AND IT'S GOT THIS I LOVE
03:44:50 THAT COMMAND TO COLLEGE LOGO T N THE FRONT OF IT. L
03:44:53 YEAH. AND IT'S GOT A YOU KNOW, ATH CON
03:44:54 SLOT IN THE TOP WHO CARRIES
03:44:54 COINS ANYMORE. BUT ANYWAY IT'S THE WHOLE IDEA
03:44:58 IS TO BRINGNG THE IDEA OF SAVINS INTO THE FAMILIES.
03:45:01 SO EVERY MANY TIMES WHEN WE DO AN EVENT WE'LL BRING THINGS
03:45:05 LIKE GIVEAWAYS LIKE THAT TO TELL THEM I LOVE THAT YOUNNGIK W
03:45:08 THIS IS JUST ONE MORE REMINDER WE'RE MAKING IT AS EASY AS WE
03:45:10 CAN TO SAVE RAS FOR YOUR KID'S FUTURE $510 WHATEVER YOU CAN DO
03:45:13 IS AND GO HOME AND TALK ABOUT IT AND TELL YOUR KID HOW
03:45:17 IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE ALL A I THE CHANCES IN THE WORL.
03:45:19 WELL, THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING CONVERSATION.
03:45:21 OKAYAS. >> THANK YOU.
03:45:23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR THAT'S THE THE CENTERPIECE RIGHT THERE
03:45:25 ACTUALLYOU WE'RE BUILDING THIS PODCAST STUDIO AND YOU DIDRE
03:45:30 CONTRIBUTE THAT EARLY ON. >> WE'LL TAKE THE CENTER SPOT.
03:45:31 YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE G .
03:45:34 BUT ITSBO IS IT'S ABOUT KIDS FUTURES AND IT'S ABOUT KIDS
03:45:35 TEACHERS. IT REALLY ISS
03:45:37 . >> IT'S AMAZING.
03:45:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
03:45:39 IT'S BEEN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
03:45:42 AND THEN ONE MORE TIME, HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT MORE
03:45:43 INFORMATIONGE.AN, DRIVE IT BACKN THE WEBSITE?
03:45:46 >> ALL THE INFORMATION WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WHETHER
03:45:50 IT'S ON THE BUSINESS AND TAX SIDE OR ON THE SERVICES SIDEND
03:45:53 AND THE PROGRAMS S.F. TREASURER.ORG S.F. TREASURER
03:45:57 ONE WORD GEORGIE JUSTTA GO THERE AND FIND YOUR WAY AROUND TO THE
03:46:01 QUIET PLACE YOU HAVE A QUESTIONQ ABOUT IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS
03:46:04 PAYING TAXES AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
03:46:06 YOU AU' H. 311CAN ALSO JUST PICK UP
03:46:08 WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TO JUST DIAL 311 AND FOLKS THERE
03:46:13 CAN ANSWER BASICOL QUESTIONS OR SEND YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT CAN
03:46:17 GIVE YOU MORE COMPLICATED ANSWERS.
03:46:18 >> THANK YOU SOAN MUCH SAN FRANCISCO'S TREASURER MR. JOSE
03:46:20 CISNEROS. ALL RIGHT.
03:46:21 WEAS CS ARE OFFICIALLY, YOU KNO, DONE THERE YOU GO.
03:46:24 >> THE G GAVEL AND CALM. >> I'M VERY PROUD TO LEAD THE
03:46:55 POLSKY CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THE
03:46:59 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND WELCOME TO THIS VERY
03:47:02 HISTORIC DAY AS WE OFFICIALLY RIBBON CUT THE THIRD COAST
03:47:06 FOUNDRY. WHAT STARTED AS A DEMO DAY 12
03:47:09 MONTHS AGO WITH A FEW OF OUR UNIVERSITIES HAS NOW LED TO A
03:47:13 TRULY HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EIGHT GREAT PROUD WORLD
03:47:16 CLASS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IS FROM THE MIDWEST.
03:47:20 AND LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW M STATISTICS OF THE THIRD COAST
03:47:24 FOUNDRY. YOU SEE THAT EIGHT SCHOOLS
03:47:25 BEHIND MEST BUT THOSE SCHOOLS
03:47:28 EDUCATE 300,000 STUDENTS. THEY DO $10 BILLION OF RESEARCH
03:47:32 A YEAR. THEY'VE LED TO WORLD D CLASS
03:47:35 INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY
03:47:36 ALTERING. AND IF YOU WERE TO JUST TAKE
03:47:40 THE REGIONS WHERE THOSE UNIVERSITIES ARE ECONOMICALLY,
03:47:43 THEY'D BE IN THE G-7. SO YOU KNOW, THE GRADUATES OF
03:47:47 THIRD COAST FOUNDRY INSTITUTIONS REPRESENT OVER 30%
03:47:51 OF THE ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS AND BUILDERS IN THISS COUNTRY.
03:47:54 I'D LIKE TO THANK ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM AT THE POLSKY CENTER
03:47:58 FOR HELPING MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
03:47:59 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW O THAT I SERVED
03:48:02 PREVIOUSLY BEFORE AT YOU CHICAGO AS DEPUTY MAYOR IN
03:48:06 CHICAGO. SO I TRULY HAVE A UNIQUE AMOUNT
03:48:07 OF APPRECIATION FOR MAYOR LURIE AND THE JOB THAT HIS TEAM HAS
03:48:10 DONE. THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY
03:48:14 WELCOMING OF ALL OF US AND HAVE EMBRACED US HERE IN SAN
03:48:15 FRANCISCOF. YOU KNOW, WE SAID THAT WHEN WE
03:48:19 DID THE SOFT LAUNCH IT WASN'T ACTUALLY OFFICIALHE.
03:48:22 IT WAS ON HIS INSTAGRAM. SO WE THANK O YOU MAYOR LEARY
03:48:25 AND WITH THAT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 46 MAYOR SAN
03:48:27 FRANCISCO M MAYOR DANIEL THANK YOU.
03:48:36 >> THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY IN SANAN FRANCISCO TWO
03:48:40 NORTHWESTERN CARNEGIE MELLON . IO STATE
03:48:44 PURDUE. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
03:48:45 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANAAUN CHAMPAIGN.
03:48:49 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON ,WASH.
03:48:52 U AND ST LOUIS. WELCOME TO SAN FRANCISCO, THE
03:48:56 GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
03:49:00 EVEN STRONGER. WE ALL HOPE THAT WHILE YOU'RE
03:49:01 IN OUR CITY M, SAN FRANCISCO FEELS LIKE A HOME AWAY FROM
03:49:04 HOME JUST A LITTLE COOLER DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
03:49:11 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL ALL THE LEADERS FOR CHOOSING OUR
03:49:15 INCREDIBLE CITY. I I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY
03:49:18 BIAS BUT THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN HERE IN THE
03:49:22 GLOBAL CENTER OF INNOVATION. >> BUT INNOVATION DOESN'T JUST
03:49:26 BELONG TO ONE CITY. IT HAPPENS WHEREVER TALENTED
03:49:30 PEOPLE ARE WILLINGG TO TACKLE HARD PROBLEMS AND THINK
03:49:34 DIFFERENTLY. LOOKING AT THE WORK REPRESENTED
03:49:37 HERE TODAY AND WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WITH ALL OF THE
03:49:39 TALENTG T AT THESE INCREDIBLE UNIVERSITIES, IT IS CLEAR THAT
03:49:42 ACROSSRIT IS THRIVING THE MIDWEST AND ACROSS OUR
03:49:46 GREAT COUNTRY. THAT'S A WHY WE'RE EXCITED TO
03:49:50 WELCOME YOU HERE NOT JUST VISITORS BUT AS PARTNERS.
03:49:53 THIRD COAST FOUNDRY WILL BECOME A HOME FOR COLLABORATION
03:49:58 BETWEEN SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING INSTITUTIONS AND ONE OF
03:50:01 THE MOST DYNAMIC INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS ON THE PLANET.
03:50:05 THROUGH DEMO DAY SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND RECEPTIONS, THIS
03:50:09 SPACE WILL HELP STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS AND ENTREPRENEURS
03:50:13 TURN IDEAS INTO OPPORTUNITIES. UNIVERSITIES WE ALL KNOW BRING
03:50:17 INCREDIBLE ENERGY. THEY BRING NEW IDEAS AND NEW
03:50:21 PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY. THEY STRENGTHEN THE CULTURE OF
03:50:25 INNOVATION THAT HAS DEFINED DEFINE SAN FRANCISCO FOR
03:50:29 GENERATIONS. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE
03:50:32 WANT MORE OF HERE IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW WE ARE
03:50:36 BUILDING A DOWNTOWN THAT IS A VIBRANT 24 SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD
03:50:40 WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND LEARN.
03:50:43 A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING, FOUNDERS ARE BUILDING
03:50:48 COMPANIES. RESIDENTS ARE RAISING A FAMILIES
03:50:50 AND VISITORS ARE DISCOVERING WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO SO
03:50:54 SPECIAL. AND WITH TODAY'S OPENING WE ARE
03:50:55 MOVING CLOSER TO THAT GOAL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK EACH
03:51:02 UNIVERSITY FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.
03:51:03 WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND BUILD THE FUTURE
03:51:07 TOGETHER. AND TO EVERY STUDENT
03:51:09 AND ENTREPRENEUR WHO WALKS THROUGH THESE DOORS THIS CITY
03:51:13 IS BEHIND YOU AND PRESIDENT IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AND TO
03:51:16 KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT SOMEE BEARS ROOTS TO YOU.
03:51:21 SO WITH THAT I WILL SAY LET'S GO SAN FRANCISCO AND THANK YOU
03:51:25 ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR LURIE.
03:51:32 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELCOME.
03:51:36 I'M PAOLO SANTOS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
03:51:40 AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM EIGHT
03:51:46 TRULY WORLD CLASS GREAT UNIVERSITIES FROM ACROSS THE
03:51:50 MIDWEST, AMERICANS ACROSS THE MIDWEST ARE HELPING TO SPONSOR
03:51:54 THESE AMAZING UNIVERSITIES WHERE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT
03:51:58 CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE.
03:52:01 AND WE'RE ALSO WE HAVE A SPIRIT OF INNOVATION THAT RUNS VERY
03:52:06 DEEP. WE HAVEE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
03:52:09 WHO ARE GREAT FOUNDERS OF F WONDERFUL COMPANIES.
03:52:13 AND WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT TODAY IS EIGHT TRULY GREAT
03:52:17 UNIVERSITIES FROM ACROSS THE MIDWEST HAVE COME TOGETHER.
03:52:21 WE'VE COME TOGETHER NOT SEPARATELY BUT ALL TOGETHER TO
03:52:25 BRING OUR FOUNDERS HERE TO SAN FRANCISCOR TO WORK WITH THE
03:52:29 COMMUNITY OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORSRS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
03:52:32 ABLE TO SPONSOR COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WHO WILL WORK
03:52:36 IN THOSE COMPANIES TO HELP US BRING THE BENEFITS OF THAT
03:52:40 KNOWLEDGE CREATION TO THE FUTURE OF AMERICA AND TO
03:52:44 INNOVATION IN GENERAL. SO WE'RE SO EXCITED.
03:52:48 WE'RE ALSO FEELING KEENLY THAT THIS IS A PLACE OF A LOT OF
03:52:52 EXPERIMENTATION. PEOPLE TRYLA NEW THINGS HERE WE
03:52:56 ARE GOING TO HAVE FACULTY AND STUDENTS TRYING TO DO
03:53:00 THINGS IN ENTIRELY NEW WAYS TO GATHER.
03:53:04 AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SPECIAL.
03:53:05 I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ACROSS SANAN FRANCISCO WILL SEE THIS AS AN
03:53:08 IMPORTANT MOMENT AND ONE OF GREAT SUCCESS.
03:53:11 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WELCOMING US.
03:53:18 >> HI. GOOD MORNING.
03:53:18 THANK YOU PRESIDENT APPLE OF THOUGHT OF US.
03:53:23 IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE, HERE ONUC BEHALF OF CARNEGIE
03:53:25 MELLON UNIVERSITY MY NAME IS MEREDITH MEYER GREELEY C AND I'M
03:53:29 HERE WITH OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, DR. MARISSA MAYER
03:53:31 AND OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIPS AND EMERGENCY
03:53:33 ENERGY. SO WE ALL KNOW TALENT
03:53:36 EXCELLENCE EXISTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THOUGH I WILL ADMIT
03:53:43 TO VISIT THE A NUMBER ONE IN CYBERSECURITY PROGRAMS
03:53:47 IN THE COUNTRY TO VISIT THE LARGEST UNIVERSITYNT ROBOTICS
03:53:51 PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. YOU GOT TO TRAVEL TO T
03:53:55 PITTSBURGH. >> IT'S NOT FAIR.
03:53:56 LAURIE MAY NOT BE THE YEAH, MAYBE NOT THE GREATEST CITY
03:54:00 IN THE WORLD AS YOU STATED EARLIER, CERTAINLY THE PARIS OF
03:54:03 APPALACHIA. SO I TOOK A DRIVERLESS WAYMO
03:54:10 THIS MORNING FROM MY HOTEL TO HERE AND WHAT YOU MAY NOT
03:54:11 REALIZE IS THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS A STRAIGHT LINE BACK TO
03:54:15 CARNEGIE MELLON, THE CAR THAT WON THE DART FOR URBAN
03:54:21 CHALLENGE WAS A A CARNEGIE MELLN CAR.
03:54:25 THE ENGINEER WHO BUILT THAT CAR WHO LED B THAT TEAM WOULD GO ON
03:54:29 TO FOUND WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS A WAYMO.
03:54:34 AND SO WHEN YOU GRAB A WAYMO IN THIS GLORIOUS CITY YOU CAN
03:54:38 REST ASSURED THAT YOU ARE BEING WRITTEN DRIVEN ON MIDWESTERN
03:54:42 RESEARCH AS THE PACE OF INNOVATION ACCELERATES OUR
03:54:46 SHARED FUTURE ECONOMY WILL BE BUILT COMPANY BY COMPANY AND BY
03:54:50 PEOPLE WHO BACK RESEARCH EARLY .
03:54:56 THEY NEED TO BACK RESEARCH. WE NEED TO BACK RESEARCH OFTEN
03:54:58 WHEN IT'S STILL SITS IN UNIVERSITY LABS.
03:55:01 THIS IS WHERE ALMOST NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES ARE ORIGINATING.
03:55:04 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PHYSICAL A.I. WHICH WE
03:55:09 THINK ABOUT A LOT AT CARNEGIE MELLON W, WE KNOW THAT NEARLY
03:55:12 HALF OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PHYSICAL A.I. COMPANIES THOSE
03:55:16 THAT HAVE RAISED MOREOM THAN $30 MILLION IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
03:55:20 ARE PAID. PH.D. FOUNDER FOUNDER LAB YOU
03:55:26 ALREADY KNOW SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF
03:55:27 THIS CMU RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM MANY OF WHOM POPULATE SAN
03:55:31 FRANCISCO. YOUU KNOW ABOUT DUOLINGO WHICH
03:55:34 MAY BE HOW YOU LEARN LANGUAGES YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT AURORA WHICH
03:55:38 IS RUNNING THE FIRST DRIVERLESS TRUCKS ON AMERICA'SCH HIGHWAYS A
03:55:42 BRIDGE WHICH IS THE LEADING MEDICAL SCRIBE
03:55:45 COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY AND IS REALLY AT THE
03:55:46 FOREFRONT OF AMBIENT A.I. AND SKILLED THAT'S BUILDING
03:55:50 BRAINS FOR ANYLE KIND OF ROBOT AND IS CURRENTLY VALUED AT
03:55:55 SOMETHING LIKE $15 BILLION. THESE ARE JUST CARNEGIE MELLONRE
03:55:58 COMPANIES THE POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS IN THIS COLLECTIVE
03:56:01 ECOSYSTEMOT OF EIGHT LEADING RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IS SIMPLY
03:56:06 ASTOUNDING AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP
03:56:10 PUTTING IT ON DISPLAY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:56:13 WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TOGETHER WITHTH UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S
03:56:17 LEADERSHIP IN VISION IS HOTWIRE BRING OUR CONNECTION BETWEEN
03:56:22 OUR COLLECTIVE FOUNDERS AND THE CAPITAL MENTORS AND TALENT THAT
03:56:25 LIVE IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY BAY AREA ECOSYSTEM THAT WE KNOW
03:56:30 WILL HELP TURN OUR GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INTO
03:56:34 WORLD LEADING COMPANIES. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SAMIR THE
03:56:38 ENTIRE POLSKY AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TEAM AND TO ALL OF OUR
03:56:43 PARTNERS IN THIS COLLECTIVE. WE ARE SO HONORED TO BE IN THIS
03:56:49 GLORIOUS MIX OF TALENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION POTENTIAL
03:56:51 . >> IN THANK YOU.
03:56:59 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
03:57:00 MORNING R. GOOD MORNING.
03:57:03 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS SUCH. A PLEASURE.
03:57:07 MY NAME IS RASHID BASHIR. I'M PROUD AND HUMBLED TO BE THE
03:57:10 DEAN OF THE GRANGER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY
03:57:11 OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. AND ON BEHALFFF OF MY RECORDING
03:57:15 HERE AND MY OTHER DEAN BROOKE ELLIOT, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF
03:57:18 BUSINESS AND OTHER COLLEAGUES WE'RE REALLY DELIGHTED TO BE
03:57:22 HERE. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE
03:57:25 ESPECIALLY HERE WITH OUR EIGHT PARTNER UNIVERSITIES OPENING
03:57:29 THIS THIRD CLASS FOUNDRY. AND I WILL NOTE I THINK AS MANY
03:57:33 OF YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT EASY TO GET EIGHT UNIVERSITIES TO AGREE
03:57:35 TO ONE THING AND VOLUNTARILY AS PAUL SAID EARLIER.
03:57:39 >> SO THIS IS AY PRETTYUL BAD. >> AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG
03:57:43 DEAL FOR ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER.
03:57:44 FAND YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD THE EARLIER DISCUSSION WE WERE
03:57:47 HAVING ABOUT HOW EVERYONE IS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
03:57:48 AMPLIFYD D THIS PARTNERSHIP. SO BUT I WOULD SAY H THAT THIS
03:57:51 HAS REALLY BEEN NOTHING BUT A
03:57:54 SOCIAL ENGINEERING MIRACLE. EEAND SO THANK YOU, SAMIR.
03:57:58 AND WHEN WE DO PULL THESE MIRACLES OFF IN THE MIDWEST
03:58:02 QUITE OFTEN. AND LET MEE START WITH JUST ONE
03:58:05 SIMPLE OBSERVATION THAT THE MIDWEST HAS THE RESEARCH S, THE
03:58:08 TALENT AND THE INSTITUTIONS TO INNOVATE.
03:58:12 WHAT IT HAS LACKED IS STARTUPS THAT SCALE.
03:58:13 YOU HEARDAT SOME GREAT EXAMPLES BUT WE NEED MORE OF THEM.
03:58:17 AND I THINK THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S EXACTLYEA
03:58:20 WHAT THIRD COAST FOUNDRY WILL HELP ACCELERATE.
03:58:21 SO CONSIDER WHAT'S WHAT'SS T BEN GATHERED HERE UNDER ONE ROOF.
03:58:25 EIGHT UNIVERSITIES I THINK WAS MENTIONED THIS MORNINGT'ER OVER
03:58:28 350,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THESE EIGHT GREAT UNIVERSITIES RIGHT
03:58:32 HERE. ESEOVER 10 BILLION IN ANNUAL
03:58:34 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES. SO NO SINGLEAL SCHOOL CAN COMMAD
03:58:38 THAT. AND WE BELIEVE IN THESE RADICAL
03:58:39 AT, THESEIPS TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS.
03:58:43 AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY WHATR YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE
03:58:46 AND THIS COMBINATION IS THE WHOLE POINT BECAUSE WE SD AS I
03:58:49 MENTIONED, WE BELIEVE IN DEEPLY IN RADICAL COLLABORATIONSD,.
03:58:52 THEAB BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES DON'T RESPECTE
03:58:56 INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES. WE SHOULDN'T EITHER.
03:58:58 BAND WE PUT THAT CONVICTION, BY THE WAY, TO FOR EXAMPLE, THE
03:59:02 CHANGE THE CORPORATE BIO HUBOR, THE SECOND ONE THAT WE WON
03:59:05 IN THE MIDWEST WITH YOU CHICAGO, NORTHWESTERN AND YOU
03:59:07 SEETEE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OR NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CHICAGO
03:59:10 QUANTUM EXCHANGE WITH MANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS HERE, OUR
03:59:13 PARTNERS AND ALSO THE ILLINOISST QUANTUM AND ELECTRONICS PARK
03:59:17 FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE HOPE TO BUILD THE
03:59:19 FIRST FAULT TOLERANT QUANTUM COMPUTER IN THE WORLD.
03:59:21 FUMTHIRD COURSE FOUNDRY IS THE SAME INSTINCT NOW POINTED AT
03:59:24 THE BAY AREA I AND AS I WOULD SY THAT NOW WE ARE QUANTUM
03:59:27 MECHANICALLY ENTANGLED WITH THE BAY AREAA.
03:59:32 IF YOU WANT PROOF ALSO JUST FOR AGAIN FOUNDERS FROM ALL OFF
03:59:37 THESE GREAT PLACES I'LL JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ANNOY
03:59:38 BUT I KNOW EVERY ONE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS HAS SIMILAR
03:59:41 STORIES AND WE'RE NOT NEW TOSE O THE BAY AREA.
03:59:44 WE'VE ACTUALLY HELPED BUILD IT .
03:59:47 THE CO-FOUNDERS OF YOUTUBE PAY PAL MARC ANDREESSEN WHO BUILT
03:59:51 THE FIRST POPULAR WEB BROWSER MOSAIC NOW SITS AT THE CENTER
03:59:55 OF SILICON VALLEY, A VENTURE CO-FOUNDERS OF ORACLE, TOM
03:59:59 SIEBEL AND C A.I. AND SIEBEL SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
04:00:03 DONE. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT I MEAN WE'RE
04:00:04 NOT H HOPING TO BREAK IN. WE HAVE BUILT BUILD THIS PLACE.
04:00:07 SO IT'SAV REALLY AMAZING NOW THT WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF PAUL
04:00:10 AND SAMIR AND OTHERS WE ALL ARE . MING TOGETHERY
04:00:13 WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THINGS INDIVIDUALLY AND NOW WE'RE
04:00:15 COMING COLLECTIVELYY. THAT'S REALLY THE POWER OF
04:00:17 OF OF THISY ENTERPRISE. WE'RE SO EXCITED AND OUR
04:00:21 STRENGTHS I THINK TODAY ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE WHAT THE
04:00:25 WORLD NEEDS. YOU HEARD ABOUT PHYSICAL
04:00:26 AND ROBOTICSRL, WORLD CLASS RESEARCH AND A.I. QUANTUM
04:00:29 INFORMATION SCIENCELDCH NUCLEAR WHETHER IT'S FISSION MICRO
04:00:33 NUCLEAR REACTORS OR FUSION BIOTECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL
04:00:36 TECHNOLOGY COMBINING O WITH BUSINESS EDUCATION ALL OF THESE
04:00:41 GREAT DISCIPLINES WE CAN BRING IT ALL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A
04:00:45 PORTFOLIO THAT I THINK NO WR SINGLE COST COULD MATCH.
04:00:48 WE WANT TO ENHANCE, EXPAND . D COLLABORATE
04:00:51 SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO BE HERE AND IN SO SO IN SUMMARY
04:00:56 IN CLOSING I THINK TURQUOISE FOUNDRY ISO THIS BRIDGE WE HOPE
04:00:59 IT'LL BE THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MIDWEST INNOVATIONRI AND THE
04:01:02 COASTAL CAPITAL AND TALENT AND BUILD ON THE BELIEFIOOA THAT
04:01:06 THE BEST THINGS GETHE BUILT TOGETHER.
04:01:10 IT'S LIKE AGAIN IN THE QUANTUM LINGO IT'S THE EINSTEIN.
04:01:11 ROSEN BRIDGE THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MIDWEST AND GETTING
04:01:15 TO TECHNICAL. BUTIC THAT'S EXCITING.
04:01:18 I'M A NERD DEEP AT HEART AND ITI THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING
04:01:21 SO I'M REALLY JUST PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL OF MY
04:01:23 PARTNERS. THANK YOU SO
04:01:24 MUCH. >> THANKNK YOU FOR SUPPORT.
04:01:28 WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT THE RIBBON SO IF I COULD GET ALL
04:01:32 THE INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVESUT UP HERE
04:01:36 AND MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU AN OVERSIZE SCISSORS
04:01:37 E AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE GIFT BAG FOR
04:01:40 YOU THE INAUGURAL SWAG BAG FROM THE VERY CLOSE AS WE GO DOWN
04:01:45 THAT F OCEAN THROUGH THROUGH THERE.
04:01:59 YEAH. AND YOU OKAY.
04:02:13 SO I'M GOING TO COUNT EVERYBODY HOLD THE RIBBON TIE, MAYBE
04:02:18 SQUEEZE IN. THERE'S SOME ROOM BACK HERE IF
04:02:20 ANYONE WANTS TOOM DIVIDE. >> MY NAME IS SHAWN ELLSBERG
04:02:49 AND CEO OF SPUR. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
04:02:53 THIS AFTERNOON. >> YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY,
04:03:01 MANY REASONS WHY I LOVE MY WORK AT SPUR.
04:03:02 >> THERE ARERE MANY REASONS WHYI LOVE THE ORGANIZATION BUT
04:03:05 REALLYHE MUCH AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THIS EVENT THIS
04:03:09 AFTERNOON AS A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS NOMINATED MANY
04:03:16 COLLEAGUES WHO HAS BEEN AT THIS EVENT MANY TIMES AND CELEBRATED
04:03:21 NOMINEES CELEBRATE AND WINNERS AND ADMITTEDLY AS A CITY
04:03:25 EMPLOYEE WHO IS VERY JEALOUS OF NEVER WINNING MYSELFYS, I DO KNW
04:03:32 PERSONALLY HOW INSPIRATIONALAL THIS AFTERNOON IS AND HOW
04:03:36 REWARDING THIS RECOGNITION IS H >> SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT HONOR
04:03:40 FOR ME TO BE A PART OF THEFO EVENT TODAYEN AND I WOULD LIKE O
04:03:43 PUT TODAY'S EVENT IN THE CONTEXTT OF SOMETHING THAT
04:03:47 HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK LAST THURSDAYNG W WAS THE ANNUAL I WT
04:03:51 RIGHT. SURE I GET THIS HEYMANN SERVICE TO
04:03:55 AMERICAN MEDAL CEREMONYER KNOWNT AS THE SAMMIES WHAT ARE THE
04:03:59 SAMMIESMM? >> THE SAMMIES ANECDOTALLY ARE
04:04:03 WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THE OSCARS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
04:04:07 IT'S AN EVENT THAT ISS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS BUT FOR OUR
04:04:10 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
04:04:14 BUT LAST WEEK ON FORTUNATELY WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE
04:04:19 AN ATMOSPHERE OF DISTRUST, WHEN WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE OFE
04:04:24 DISRESPECT AND WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE OF FRANKLY DODGY
04:04:30 CONDESCENSION TOWARDS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND A TYPICAL YEAR
04:04:34 YOU'LL HAVE OVER 400 NOMINEES, YOU'LL HAVE NEARLY H 100 WINNERS
04:04:39 THIS YEAR. >> LAST WEEK THERE WERE LESS
04:04:43 THAN 200 NOMINEES. THERE WERE MANY NOMINEES WHO
04:04:44 RAISEDSS N THEIR HAND AND SAID PLEASE WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION A
04:04:50 >> THE FEAR OF DISTRUST AND THE FEARHE OF BRINGING ATTENTION TO
04:04:54 THEIR WORK SCARED PEOPLETI AWAY. THANKFULLY WE W ARE NOT THE
04:05:02 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THANKFULLY WE ARE IN SAN
04:05:03 FRANCISCODE AND THANKFULLY HERE
04:05:06 IN SAN FRANCISCO WERA CELEBRATE OUR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
04:05:12 WE CELEBRATE THE WORK OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO WAY TOO OFTEN GO
04:05:18 UNRECOGNIZEDED EVEN AS THEIR WOK SHAPES THE HEALTH, SAFETY
04:05:22 AND OPPORTUN ITY OF OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
04:05:26 >> THAT'S WHY THIS AFTERNOON MATTERS BECAUSE IT GIVES US A A
04:05:31 CHANCE TO HONOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE COMMITMENT TO INTEGRITY
04:05:37 KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENESHE AT A TIME
04:05:41 WHEN TRUST IN INSTITUTIONSE IS BEING TESTED AND OUR
04:05:45 COMMUNITIES FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGESININ, GOOD GOVERNMENTS
04:05:49 MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER. IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF A JUST
04:05:54 RESILIENT AND FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY AND THE PEOPLE WE ARESO
04:06:00 HONORING TONIGHT EXEMPLIFY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKEET IN PRACTICE.
04:06:04 I'M PROUD THAT WE GET TO SHED A LIGHT ON THEIR
04:06:08 CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO SAY VERY CLEARLYY THEIR WORK MATTERS
04:06:12 AND IT IS VALUED. SO PLEASE COLLECTIVELY LET'S
04:06:16 RECOGNIZE ALL THE NOMINEES AND WINNERSOM.
04:06:26 >> NOW THIS IS THE PORTION OF THE INTRO WHERE I USUALLY GET
04:06:31 IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO RECOGNIZE THE ELECTED
04:06:32 OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM. AS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL
04:06:36 WHO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WAS IGNORED DURING THIS PART, I
04:06:39 KNOW HOW THAT CAN KIND OF FEEL. SO WHAT I WILL SAY COLLECTIVELY
04:06:43 EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM
04:06:47 ARE FAR MORE MATURE THAN I EVER WAS MAYBE FOR MY OWN
04:06:51 EMBARRASSMENT LET'S RECOGNIZE ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
04:06:54 IN THE ROOM BUT THE ONE ELECTED WE WILL OF COURSE NAME IT IS MY
04:07:05 HONOR. >> IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO
04:07:08 WELCOME TO THE STAGE EVERY YEAR OUR MAYOR, MAYOR DANIEL LURIE.
04:07:19 IS IT CHIEF OF STAFF? >> IS IT SUPERVISOR?
04:07:24 IS IT CEO SHAWN SHAWN WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN HERE MY
04:07:34 INCREDIBLELE CHIEF OF STAFF STACEY SLAUGHTER SAID O YES,
04:07:42 SHE'S RIGHT OVER THERE. >> WHO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM
04:07:53 HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND TO HER. SHAWN, YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY
04:07:55 KIND TO HER. I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
04:07:57 SAID THAT THIS WAS HERHA FAVORIE AWARDS CEREMONY WRIT LARGE
04:08:01 ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE WE HONOR
04:08:06 AND WE OWE IT TO EVERY SAN FRANCISCAN TO MAKE SURE THEIR
04:08:09 GOVERNMENT WORKS AND YOU ALL ARE MAKING IT WORK EVERY SINGLE
04:08:13 DAY. SO ON BEHALF OF STACEY
04:08:16 AND MYSELF, WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY IN THIS
04:08:17 ROOM. >> SOO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:08:26 MAKING SURE THE GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN F
04:08:28 FRANCISCO HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS FROM DAY ONE.
04:08:31 BREAKING DOWN SILOS, FOSTERING COLLABORATION ACROSS
04:08:35 DEPARTMENTS AND STAYING LASER FOCUSEDNPA ON RESULTS.
04:08:39 >> NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF IN I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE MAKING
04:08:43 PROGRESS AT A MOMENT WHEN CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC
04:08:46 INSTITUTIONS IS FRAGILE ACROSS THIS COUNTRYRYLE SAN FRANCISCO
04:08:50 WE'RE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT HEREE IN 2024, 22% OF
04:08:58 SAN FRANCISCANS THOUGHT WE WERE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
04:09:02 TODAY THAT NUMBER IS 65% THAT THAT IS THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
04:09:13 IN THIS ROOM. THE STRENGTH OF THIS CITY DOES
04:09:16 NOT COME FROM ANY ONE PERSON. IT COMES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO
04:09:21 WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY FOCUSED ON SOLVING PROBLEMS.
04:09:25 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE BUSSES MOVING PROCESS
04:09:26 EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA, MODERNIZED SYSTEM SYSTEMS THAT
04:09:32 NO ONE WILL EVER SEE AND COORDINATE CRISES BEFORE
04:09:33 THE PUBLICVE EVEN HEARS ABOUT THEM.
04:09:37 TONIGHT'S HONOREES SHOW US H THT GOOD GOVERNMENT IS NOT
04:09:41 ABSTRACT. IT IS MEASURABLE. AND IT CAN
04:09:44 AND DOES CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVEST .
04:09:48 AND BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL
04:09:49 THEE I NOMINEES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
04:09:53 TACKLING INCREDIBLY DIFFICULTLT CHALLENGES WITH
04:09:56 PROFESSIONALISM, CREATIVITYLE AND PERSISTENCE.
04:10:00 SAN FRANCISCO IS BETTER BECAUSEN OF YOUR WORK.
04:10:04 >> NOW ANNOUNCING THIS YEAR'S GOOD GOVERNMENT AWARD
04:10:09 RECIPIENTS FIRST AND WE'RE DOING THIS ONE BY ONE ONE GROUP
04:10:15 AT A TIME. YES, WE ARERE FIRST CHARLES DREM
04:10:18 CHARLES, COME ON UP HERE. SO CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLES.
04:10:29 >> CHARLES IS THE CHIEF MAINTENANCE OFFICER AT S.F. MTA
04:10:33 WHOSE LEADERSHIP AND FIX IT WEEK INITIATIVE HELP IMPROVE
04:10:37 RELIABILITY , REDUCE DELAYS
04:10:40 AND STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION ACROSS ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST
04:10:42 COMPLEX TRANSIT SYSTEMS. EVERY SAN FRANCISCAN WHO GETS
04:10:48 HOME FASTER BECAUSE OF MUNI IS RUNNING RELIABLY BECAUSE OF YOU
04:10:52 AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I'M COMING OUT THERE WITH YOU ON
04:10:56 TUESDAY NIGHT AT 11 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT ON THE
04:11:00 OVERNIGHT. YOU'RE DOING THIS ALL WEEKUTHE T
04:11:03 WEEK RIGHT IT'S FIX IT WEEK. SO WE'LLEE REPORT BACK TOGETHER
04:11:07 AND MAYBE WE'LL DO A VIDEO TOGETHER.
04:11:08 HEY , THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:11:11 WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. >> OKAY.
04:11:18 NEXT DR. LUKE ROSA. >> LUKE, COME ON UP HERE.
04:11:25 >> OH, YOU GOT CHEERING. LUKE IS AT THE OFFICE OF THE
04:11:32 CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND YOU HAVE TRANSFORMED SANFORD,
04:11:36 CISCO'S FORENSIC LABORATORY INTO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
04:11:37 OPERATIONFOFO ROOTED IN SCIENTIC RIGOR, EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC
04:11:41 ACCOUNTABILITYFI. YES, THAT WORK STRENGTHENS
04:11:46 SYSTEMN OUR JUSTICE AND OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
04:11:50 AND OUR CITY IS BETTER FOR IT. THANK YOUR.
04:11:53 >> DOCTOR WROTE IT AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM THANK.
04:12:00 TONIGHT ALSO WE'RE HONORING THE EXTRAORDINARY TEAM FROM THEHE
04:12:04 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. >> COME ON UP HERE, YOU THREE.
04:12:05 RODY. FINNERTY ROD FINALLY THERESA YOUNG AND CINDY LYNN
04:12:12 THE CAL FRESH GROCERY CARD TEAM .
04:12:19 YOU ALSO ARE ALL COMING OUTOS GOOD ROSE JOHN SHANE BONIN
04:12:23 AND CINDY SANCHEZ. CINDY, COME ON UP HERE.
04:12:27 YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS LASTU YEAR WHEN SNAP DISRUPTION OCCURRED,
04:12:31 TOGETHER TENSED UPON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN
04:12:35 FRANCISCANS SUDDENLY FACE FOOD INSECURITY OR THE POSSIBILITY
04:12:42 OF THAT AND THIS TEAM'S EXCEPTIONALLY FAST EMERGENCE.
04:12:47 C RESPONSE HELPED THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS MAINTAIN ACCESSS
04:12:50 TO FOOD DURING THAT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME.
04:12:52 YOU ALL LED THEUL CHARGE. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TOO
04:12:55 HAVE PARTNERED WITH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
04:12:58 THANK YOU FOR MAKING SAN FRANCISCO SHINE AND DOINGAN SUCH
04:13:02 GREAT WORK LAST NOVEMBER. >> THANKNK.
04:13:13 >> I'M SURE I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO CALL EVERYBODY UP ALL AT
04:13:17 ONCE SO I MESSED THATO UP BUT THAT WAS FUN U ANYWAY, ALL RIGH.
04:13:23 I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SFO INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
04:13:28 CENTER TD TEAM. >> COME ON UP HERE, ANTHONY
04:13:32 WHEN ANTHONY RAN RALPH RUCKELSHAUS AND NANCY BEYOND
04:13:39 RIGHT ALL ANDREA CORPORATE OWL AND JACOB ARENBERG COME ON UP
04:13:43 HERE. YOUR INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR REAL
04:13:47 TIME COORDINATION HAS IMPROVED OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT.
04:13:51 THE EFFICIENCY AND THE TRAVELER EXPERIENCE AT SFO.
04:13:55 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MIKE, MIKE AND II WERE TRAVELING TO
04:13:58 ASIA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND EVERYONE WOULD TELL US HOW
04:14:03 INCREDIBLE SFO IS AND IT IS TRUE IT IS THE BEST AIRPORT
04:14:07 IN THE WORLD AND THESE HONOREES ,ALL OF THESE FOLKS ALL THE
04:14:11 PEOPLE I NAMED YOU REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE
04:14:15 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. YOUF REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT
04:14:19 THAT THE PEOPLE DESERVE. PLEASE JOIN ME
04:14:22 IN CONGRATULATING ALL OF THE AWARD WINNERS TONIGHT
04:14:23 LL. WE'RE GOOD.
04:14:40 >> LET'S GO SAN FRANCISCO. THANK F.
04:14:47 >> THANK YOU. MAYOR LURIE.
04:14:51 >> QUESTIONING WHAT? YOU SHOULD CALL ME.
04:14:54 THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN THIS BUILDING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
04:14:56 I CAN TELL N YOU I WAS CALLED A
04:14:59 LOT WORSE THAN THAT IN THIS BUILDING.
04:15:00 MANY TIMES I SEE IIS THE DIRECTR OF HUMAN RESOURCES OVER THERE
04:15:03 SHE HEARD ME CALLED A FEW NAMES EVERYD DOWN THERE.
04:15:06 ANYWAY, THANK YOU MAYOR, N VERY MUCHAY FOR BEING HERE
04:15:10 AND RECOGNIZING OUR HONOREES AND ALL OFAN OUR NOMINEES.
04:15:13 I DO THINK A POINT TO BE SAID I MENTIONED THE SAMMIES THIS YEAR
04:15:18 NU HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF NOMINEES.
04:15:21 SO THAT'S AAL REAL TESTAMENT TOA LOT OF THE DEPARTMENT
04:15:22 LEADERSHIP THAT IS HERE L
04:15:24 RECOGNIZING THE GREAT WORK THAT ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES DID.
04:15:28 SO THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT
04:15:28 LEADERSHIP WHO STEPPED FORWARD LIKEHO THAT.
04:15:38 >> SO MAYOR LAURIE GAVE YOU A SYNOPSIS FROM A FORENSIC SCIENCE
04:15:42 TO TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE TO EMERGENCY FOOD ACCESSENNS,
04:15:45 TONIGHT'S HONOREES REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF WHAT PUBLIC
04:15:47 SERVICE B LOOKS LIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:15:50 AND SO ON BEHALF OF SPUR, THANK YOU OUR FIRST HONOREE AND WE'VE
04:15:54 GOT A NICE W LITTLE VIDEO FOR YOU, CHARLES OUR FIRST HONOREE
04:15:58 IS CHARLES DRAIN FROM S.F. MTA S MAYOR LAURIE REFERRED TO THE
04:16:02 WORK HE DOESD. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
04:16:05 GOING THROUGH FOREST HILL TUNNEL BY FOOT.
04:16:08 MAYOR WHEN YOU DO IT YOU GOT TO WEAR THE RIGHT SHOES BECAUSE
04:16:13 YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT FOR A WEEK AFTER WALKINGNGAU A ON THOE
04:16:16 ROCKS BUT THAT YOUR TEAM DOES THATAT AND KEEPS THE TRAINS GOIG
04:16:21 ON TIME. WE ARE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE FOR
04:16:22 THE INSPIRATIONALOIOI F WORK THU DO.
04:16:25 >> CONGRATULATIONS CHARLES FIX
04:16:39 IT WAS WAS BORN OUT OF NECESSITY TO REALLY MAXIMIZE
04:16:42 EFFICIENCY IN REALLY DIFFICULT OPERATING CORRIDORSG WE'RE VERY
04:16:50 PROUD OF YOU KNOW REALLY KEEPING TO PROVIDING AN AMAZING
04:16:54 SERVICE FOR SAN FRANCISCO BUT IT DOESN'T S B LEND ITSELF TO
04:16:58 HAVING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TRADES FOLKS, ENGINEERSAVDE,
04:17:01 ADMINISTRATION TEAMS ALL OVER THE SYSTEM WHILE IT'S REALLY SO
04:17:05 BEFORE EFFECTIVELY TEAMS WORKED INDEPENDENTLY ON THE PROJECTS
04:17:10 THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS NOT PLANNING AND COORDINATING WITH
04:17:13 EACH OTHER MAYBE NOT EVENHA HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO ADDRESS
04:17:14 SOME OF THE MAJOR PRIORITIES BUT ADDRESSING SOME PRIORITIES.
04:17:17 THAT WAS THE OLD WAYRE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FIX IT
04:17:21 WE HAD REALLY BEEN GREAT FOR US IS TO EXTEND THOSE ENGINEERING
04:17:25 HOURS OF MAINTENANCE HOURS GIVING US A COUPLE OF EXTRA
04:17:29 HOURS EACH NIGHT A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR FOR A WEEK AT A
04:17:32 TIME TO REALLY COVER A CRITICAL REPAIR REQUIREMENTS THAT NEEDED
04:17:36 MORE THAN THREE HOURS A NIGHT BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT MUCH
04:17:39 WORKFORCE ON THE GROUNDRS, SHIFO THEM INTO THOSE TIMES PUTTING
04:17:45 10 OR 12 1 TEAMS ACROSS A, YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR TO ACCOMPLISH
04:17:47 THATAT IS REALLY MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY.
04:17:50 >> HOW MANY THINGS ARE WE DOING TO DOIE HERE?
04:17:53 IT'S GROWN AND WE'VE I'VE BEEN ON A GOAL OFVE TRYING TO GET THM
04:17:57 DONE QUARTERLY. WE DID FOURQU LAST YEAR IN 2025
04:18:00 ON EACH FIX THAT WE HAVE A COORDINATOR AND ACO DEPUTY A
04:18:03 COORDINATOR AND THE DEPUTY COORDINATOR AND THE NEXT FIX
04:18:04 THAT MAKECO A ADVANCES TO BECOME THE COORDINATOR AND WE NOMINATE
04:18:07 ANOTHER WHO'S READY AND IT'S A VOLUNTEER AND IT IS EXTRA WORK
04:18:11 FOR THEM BUTSNT THEY LEARN PROJT MANAGEMENT, THEY LEARN
04:18:14 COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE ENTIRE SECTION AND MAINTENANCE
04:18:18 AWAY NOT JUST WHERE THEY'RE AN EXPERT AND SO THIS IS TURN NOW
04:18:22 THAT A LOT OF OUR LEADERS OF THE PAST WHO HAVE LED FIXED
04:18:26 WINGS AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD FIX IT WEEKS F ARE STRONG
04:18:29 MANAGERS ARE STRONG YOU KNOW SENIOR MANAGERS I'VE BEEN WITH
04:18:33 THE MTA FOR 27 YEARS. WE DON'T OFTEN GET THIS
04:18:34 EXPOSURE D AND IT'S IT'S GREAT O REALLY TALK AND TALK ABOUT THE
04:18:38 THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY
04:18:41 DO. SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM.
04:18:42 I'M PROUD OF HOW WE HANDLE THINGS.
04:18:45 >> HI I'M JULIE FRESHGS FROM DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AT
04:18:49 THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.
04:18:52 WE NOMINATED CHARLES GREEN BECAUSE SINCE 2019 HE HAS LED
04:18:56 AN INNOVATIVE01 APPROACH TO MAINTAINING ONE OF THE MOST
04:19:00 COMPLEX TRANSIT SYSTEMSIN IN THE COUNTRY RETHINKING HOW WE WORK
04:19:04 AND BRING TEAMS FROM ACROSSIN TE AGENCY TOGETHER TO GET MORE
04:19:08 DONE SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. BECAUSE OF CHARLES'S
04:19:12 LEADERSHIP, WE REDUCED MAJOR CER MUNI DELAYS, IMPROVED
04:19:16 RELIABILITY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS IL AND BUILT A STRONG CULTURE OF
04:19:20 COLLABORATION ACROSS THE AGENCYO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND LASTING
04:19:23 IMPACT ON SAN FRANCISCO'SDE MUNI SYSTEM, WE'RE PROUD TO PARTNER
04:19:28 WITH CHARLESUN P. HI EVERYONE.
04:19:38 I'M JULIE KIRSCHBAUM FROM THE MTA AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP
04:19:42 CHARLES DRANE AS WELL. S.F. GOV TV THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:20:01 YOU KNOW I M KNOW WE SPENT AN HOUR TOGETHER BUT YOU REALLY
04:20:04 MAKE ME LOOK SO GOOD SO THANK YOU.
04:20:05 THANK YOU. YOU FOR THAT FANTASTIC
04:20:07 WORK. I YEAH.
04:20:11 JUST A FEW SHORT WORDS FOR ME. THANK YOU.
04:20:12 THANK YOUFOTH SIR, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
04:20:15 I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION T TTE.
04:20:18 I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR LAURIE IN THE SPIRIT TEAM FOR
04:20:19 HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THE MTA.
04:20:23 THISHE AWARD IS IT'S NOT JUST M. IT REFLECTS THE DEDICATION
04:20:27 AND HARD WORK OF THE ENTIRE TD MAINTENANCE OF WAY TEAM.
04:20:31 THERE'S 358 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DIRECTLY WORKING IN THIS
04:20:34 SECTION THAT REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN ALONG WITH SO MANY
04:20:41 PARTNERS ACROSS THE SFO TO TO MAKE PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.
04:20:44 IT'S A COLLECTIVE EFFORT ONE BUILT ON COLLABORATIONLYE
04:20:48 AND CREATIVITY AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING OUR
04:20:49 TRANSIT SYSTEM. I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK OUR
04:20:53 DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION JULIE KIRSCHBAUM FOR REALLY
04:20:56 CREATING SPACE AND SUPPORTING US SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE KIND
04:21:00 OF STARTED THIS MAINTENANCE INITIATIVE IT GIVES US AN
04:21:04 OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN A DIFFERENT
04:21:08 AND MORE FOCUSED WAY AND FINALLY TO SAN FRANCISCO
04:21:12 THE PEOPLE OUR RIDERSCI, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
04:21:16 WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCEUN, YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR
04:21:19 PARTNERSHIP, YOUR VOICES HELPED SHAPEOUNENE THIS EFFORT AND CONE
04:21:23 TO GUIDE OUR WORK ONUR FIX IT WEEK.
04:21:26 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OUR NEXT OUR NEXT HONOREES
04:21:41 ARE THE TEAM FROM SFO FOR THE AIRPORT INTEGRATED OPERATION
04:21:45 CENTEROR. I REMEMBER WHEN MIKE'S
04:21:49 PREDECESSOR IVR TOLD ME ABOUT THIS PROJECTHER SIX SEVEN YEARS
04:21:53 AGO REALLY OPENED MY EYES TOO WHAT HOW DYNAMIC THE AIRPORT IS
04:21:57 AND HOW YOU ARE AT THEU FOREFRONT NOT JUST NATIONALLY
04:22:01 BUT REALLY INTERNATIONALLY B FORVE SET A STANDARD
04:22:04 AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD. IT ISS JUST INTEGRAL TO THE
04:22:08 AMAZING PLACE THAT SFO IS. SO LADIES MANDELMAN THE SFO A I
04:22:13 O C TEAM CONGRATULATIONS THE AOC STANDS FOR AIRPORT
04:22:27 INTEGRATED OPS CENTERNDGR AND TE AIRPORT'S VISION IS INSPIRING
04:22:32 THE EXTRAORDINARY SO OUR VISIONE FOR THE AOC IS EMPOWERING THE
04:22:35 EXTRAORDINARY AND THAT'S REALLYE BRINGING IN A GROUP OF
04:22:39 OPERATIONAL PROFESSIONALS TO WORK IN REAL GL
04:22:42 TIME TO MAKE A SEAMLESS GUEST JOURNEY HERE AT
04:22:43 SFOAM. >> WE WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM
04:22:47 THE LENS OF ARERE WE DELIVERING THE BEST PRODUCT FOR OUR
04:22:51 CUSTOMER? WE REALIZED THAT WEED HAD AN
04:22:54 OPPORTUNITY FOR OPTIMIZATION AND WE SET THREE KEY
04:22:58 OBJECTIVES. THE
04:23:00 FIRST ONE WAS WE REALLY WANTED PEOPLE TO START TO WORK
04:23:02 TOGETHER W AND TO PARTNER AND TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE
04:23:06 IT WAS ABOUT INTEGRATIONUT AND NOT CO-LOCATING FOLKS.
04:23:10 >> THE SECOND PIECE IS F>> TO REALLY ASSESS THE CURRENT
04:23:13 THEESSES THAT WE HAD TECHNOLOGY AND MAKE
04:23:17 RECOMMENDATIONSGY. THE THIRD PART WAS TO UTILIZE
04:23:22 THAT STAFFFF TO HELP CO-DESIGN THE LAYOUT IN THE ROOM AND WHAT
04:23:28 IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WORKING TOGETHER.
04:23:29 THERE WAS A LOT OF MOTIVATION FROM THE AIRPORT TO DELIVER
04:23:33 SOMETHINGIR EXTRAORDINARY HERE. MEMBERSTEAM
04:23:37 VISITEDGEMENT OPERATIONS CENTERS ALL OVER THEI
04:23:40 WORLD WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT
04:23:45 WOULD MEAN FORT SFO TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER AN OPERATION
04:23:48 CENTER. SFO DOESN'T O CUT AND PASTE
04:23:51 ANYTHING THOUGH ONCE SFO DEVELOPED A CLEAR MISSION
04:23:54 AND PRINCIPLES AROUND WHAT THE IOCAN MEANT AND WHAT WE WANTED O
04:23:59 DELIVER THAT WE WANTED AN W INTEGRATED SPACE THAT WAS ALL
04:24:03 ABOUT COLLABORATION IT REALLY HELPED THE PROJECT TEAM HAVE A
04:24:07 FOCUS AND SORT OF NORTH STAR. >> THE INTEGRATED WORK WAS
04:24:11 REALLY DELIBERATE FOR SAN . ANCISCO
04:24:14 WE WANTED TO BRING IN OTHER STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE TSA,
04:24:18 SF, PD AND AIRLINES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLYLI WORKING AS
04:24:22 ONE SEAMLESS GROUP TO GIVE THE BESTST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR
04:24:26 EVERY CUSTOMER THAT COMES THROUGH SAN FRANCISCO THEY
04:24:27 OFTEN DO MANAGE JOB IS A TOUGH JOB.
04:24:30 IT'S A 24 SEVEN OPERATION. WE'RE HERE. ALL THE TIME WHEN
04:24:34 THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND GUYS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS BEING
04:24:37 LOCATED IN THAT SAME ROOM HAVING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS
04:24:38 REPRESENTED THERE IS THE INFORMATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE
04:24:42 THAT'S GOINGN TO SHOW LIES WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT THAT
04:24:46 BEGINS TO GET TRANSFERRED OVER
04:24:49 TO OTHERS IN THE ROOM. SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS O A GROWTH
04:24:50 IN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE JUST BY BEING IN THE SAME ROOM,
04:24:54 BEING EXPOSED TO THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES WE FACE
04:24:56 HE HERE AND HOW WE OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES
04:24:59 AND WHAT CAPABILITIES WE UTILIZE TO GET TO THE
04:25:02 RESOLUTION THAT WE NEEDET. WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE
04:25:06 BUILT, I ALWAYS COME BACKE' TO OUR PEOPLE STRATEGY AND THE
04:25:10 PEOPLE WHO BUILT ITEO. THESE ARE SFO EMPLOYEES PEOPLE
04:25:14 WHO KNOW THIS AIRPORT WHOHO CARE ABOUT IT AND STEPPING INTO
04:25:17 SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEWANME AND SAYING YES, THAT'S WHAT'S
04:25:21 SO EXCITING ABOUTES THIS PROJECT AND WHAT'S REMARKABLE AND WHAT
04:25:25 I HOPE THAT MEANS FOR SFOD A IS THAT WE'VE RAISED OUR OWN BAR
04:25:29 THAT WE'VE SHOWN OURSELVES WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND WHAT WE'RE
04:25:33 CAPABLE OF WHEN WE'RE ALIGNED ONBL A BOLD IDEA AND WHEN WE
04:25:37 INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE TO DELIVER IT AND FOR AIRPORTS ACROSS THE
04:25:42 COUNTRY I HOPE IT OPENS A DOOR BECAUSE IF WE CAN DO THIS WITH
04:25:46 THE COMPLEXITY OF A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
04:25:49 AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT ENTAILS, OTHERSER CAN DO THAT
04:25:53 TOO. >> I AM SO EXCITED TO
04:25:54 CONGRATULATE THE AIRPORT INTEGRATED OPERATIONS CENTER
04:25:57 TEAM HERE AT SAN FRANCISCOAT H INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR
04:26:00 RECEIVING THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITIONRANG.
04:26:04 THEY HAVE CREATED A NEWEW LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AMONGST OUR
04:26:08 STAKEHOLDERS AND BROUGHT EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN THE AFCEH
04:26:12 TO BE THE N OPERATIONAL NERVE CENTER, TO BE THE OPERATIONAL
04:26:14 PLANNINGPE CENTER. ASAS WE LOOK AT THE PASSENGER
04:26:17 JOURNEY FROM BEGINNING TO END IN OPTIMIZE IT EVERY STEP OF
04:26:20 THE WAY. >> IN ADDITION TO ACHIEVINGG I
04:26:24 THIS FEAT THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED, THEY HAVE ALSO
04:26:25 DONE THIST IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR DAY TO DAY ROLES
04:26:28 AND STEPPED OUT OF THEIRRAN DAYO DAY ROLES AND SHOW A LEVEL OF
04:26:32 PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO THE AIRPORT AND TO THE CITY OF SAN
04:26:36 FRANCISCO TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A TRULY
04:26:40 BETTER PLACE FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
04:26:44 SO I WANT TO THANK YOUOU AND THE TEAM RECOGNIZE THEM FORAN
04:26:45 EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT W
04:26:48 THE AOC BECOMES AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
04:27:02 >> E GOOD EVENING. I'M MIKE MCCAUGHAN.
04:27:03 CAT I'M MT THE DIRECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
04:27:07 AND I AM PROUDUD P TO WELCOME TE SFO AIRPORT INTEGRATED
04:27:11 OPERATIONS CENTER TEAM TO THE A STAGE
04:27:41 .
04:27:41 GOOD EVENING. I THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY
04:27:42 EVENING. IT'SNI AFTER 5:00.
04:27:45 MY NAME ISS NANCY BYUN REIDEL AND I AMAN THE INTEGRATED OPS
04:27:49 CENTER DIRECTOR ALSO KNOWN AS THE IOCTOOC.
04:27:52 BECAUSE WHAT WOULD AN AIRPORT BE WITHOUT ANOTHER ACRONYM
04:27:55 ? FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY
04:27:56 SAYING THANK YOU TO THE SUPER ORGANIZATION FOR THIS
04:28:00 INCREDIBLE HONOR AND RECOGNITION THROUGH THE
04:28:01 GOOD GOVERNMENT AWARD. OOPSP.
04:28:05 >> IT'S TRULY MEANINGFUL TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF
04:28:07 THE AIRPORT INTEGRATED OPS CENTER TEAM AND MORE
04:28:10 IMPORTANTLY ON BEHALF OFM THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO
04:28:14 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMMUNITY .
04:28:17 THIS PROJECT BEGAN IN 2020 WITH A BOLD VISION TO CREATE A 24
04:28:21 SEVEN CUSTOMER CENTRIC NERVE CENTER24 THAT COULD PROACTIVELY
04:28:25 MANAGE AIRPORT OPERATIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION,
04:28:28 PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS AND A SHARED COMMON OPERATING PICTURE
04:28:30 ACROSS IED THE AIRPORT. AT THE HEART OF THIS EFFORT WAS
04:28:33 A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL IDEA IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL
04:28:39 BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY
04:28:41 IMPACT OUR GUESTS, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
04:28:47 THIS WORK REQUIRED RETHINKING HOW AIRPORT OPERATIONS ARE
04:28:48 COORDINATEDNK MOVING BEYOND A TRADITIONAL SINGLE POINT
04:28:52 OPERATIONAL MODEL. THE AIRPORT CREATED A TRULY
04:28:56 INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT CONNECTS OPERATIONS
04:28:59 PLANNING, CUSTOMER SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
04:29:02 ,EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN REAL TIME
04:29:07 . THERE ARE MANY WE WISH TO
04:29:10 ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THIS AWARD INCLUDING OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR
04:29:12 MIKE NICK HORN KET AND WE ALSO LIKE TO SHARE A SPECIAL
04:29:16 RECOGNITION TO OUR CHIEF OPERATING A A OFFICER JEFF
04:29:19 LITTLEFIELD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP VISIONON AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT
04:29:23 THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. HE TRULY WASUPRO A CHAMPION FORE
04:29:26 TEAM. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
04:29:27 INCREDIBLE W WORK OF THE PROJECT TEAM WHO IN ADDITION TO THEIR
04:29:31 DAY JOBSBS HELPED DESIGN THE OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK LEAD
04:29:35 CHANGE MANAGEMENT L AND BUILD TE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
04:29:38 THEY CREATED THE FOUNDATION FOR A FULLY INTEGRATED AIRPORT
04:29:42 INTEGRATED OPS CENTER BUT THIS ACHIEVEMENT BELONGS TO FAR MORE
04:29:46 THAN JUST A PROJECT TEAM. IT TOOK THE ENTIRE SFO FAMILY
04:29:49 ALONG WITH OUR AIRPORT PARTNERS, AIRLINE PARTNERS,
04:29:53 FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONTRACTORS, FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES WORKING
04:29:57 TOGETHER WITH A SHARED COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION,
04:30:01 COLLABORATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
04:30:04 TODAY THE AOC IS ALREADY IMPROVING OUR SECURITY WAIT
04:30:08 TIMES, REDUCING DELAYS, MANAGING CONGESTION MORE
04:30:12 PROACTIVELY AND WE'RE ENHANCING THE OVERALL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
04:30:13 FOR MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS THAT FLY THROUGH SFO.
04:30:17 THIS AWARD REFLECTS WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN PUBLIC SECTOR
04:30:20 ORGANIZATIONS EMBRACE COLLABORATE, OCEAN INNOVATION
04:30:24 AND PEOPLE CENTRIC LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS
04:30:28 RECOGNITION. WE ARE ALL HONORED TO ACCEPT IT
04:30:32 ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SFO TEAM AND ALL OUR PARTNERS WHO
04:30:35 MADE THIS WORK POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU.
04:30:49 >> OKAY. OUR NEXT HONOREE IS DR. LUKE
04:30:54 RATA FROM THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
04:30:58 YOU KNOW THE LITTLE NOTE HERE IS THAT YOU'RE NOW THE ONLY
04:31:01 MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA TO HOLD ALL THREE
04:31:05 NATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS OF EXCELLENCE.
04:31:14 >> BUT I THINK IF YOU HEAR THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF NOT KNOWING
04:31:19 WHERE THEHE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WAS WHEN YOU CAME, IT'D
04:31:23 BE ONE THING FOR A MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE THAT WAS, YOU
04:31:25 KNOW, KIND OF AVERAGE TO GO ALL OF A SUDDEN.
04:31:27 WE WERE NOT KIND OFIN AVERAGE TE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
04:31:31 AND WHERE WHERE YOU'VE TAKEN IT REALLY IS JUST AMAZING.
04:31:35 SO LADIES MANDELMAN, DR. LUKE RUDDER FOR THE FORENSIC
04:31:50 LABORATORY ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR
04:31:51 SAN FRANCISCO. BY GENERATING CAUSE AND MANNER
04:31:55 OF DEATH FOR FAMILIES WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION BY PROVIDING
04:31:59 DRUG DETECTION DATA THAT GOES OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS
04:32:03 INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH POLICE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
04:32:06 PUBLIC. AND FINALLY PROVIDING
04:32:07 FORENSICALLY SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND RESULTS FOR THE JUSTICE
04:32:10 SYSTEM. SO WE MOVED IN HERE IN DECEMBER
04:32:13 2017. AND FROM THERE LAID THE
04:32:14 FOUNDATION FOROR US TO ENABLE A COMPLETE MODERNIZATION OF OUR
04:32:18 LABORATORY FROM THE GROUND UP. AND SO EVERYTHING FROM
04:32:22 OPERATIONS TO TECHNIQUES AND EVEN AS THISTH TEAM CULTURE
04:32:25 AND STAFFING THAT WE HAVE WAS REALLY LOOKED AT AND AND TAKEN
04:32:29 WITH A COMPLETE NEW APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT IT WASET SUSTAINABLE
04:32:33 MODEL KEPT UP WITH THE CURRENT TRENDS PERFORMANCE AND WAS
04:32:37 GOING TO BE A LONG TERM SOLUTION HERE FOR SAN W FRANCISA
04:32:40 . SO THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN
04:32:41 HERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARSVEEV IS EXPANDING OUR DRUG
04:32:45 DETECTION FROM WHAT WE W WERE AT 50 DRUGS METABOLITES FOR A CASE
04:32:48 NOW UP TOAB A THOUSAND DRUGS ROUTINELY ON EVERY SINGLE CASE
04:32:51 THAT EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO DECREASE TURNAROUND
04:32:55 TIMES. OVER SEVERAL MONTHS
04:32:59 AVERAGE OF 75 DAYS IS NOWF LESS THAN TWO A WEEKS AND AVERAGING
04:33:03 AROUND TEN DAYS PER AVERAGE IN RAPID FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY
04:33:07 TESTING AND GIVING THESE REPORTS OF RESULTS TO OUR
04:33:10 SYSTEM, MEDICAL EXAMINERS HAS ALLOWED THEM TO PRODUCE FINAL
04:33:15 DISTRIBUTED FIGURES DIRECTLY OUT TO THE FAMILIES NEXT OF KIN
04:33:18 AND LOVED ONES OF THE DECEDENT. SECOND CLOSURE IN THAT CASE WE
04:33:22 PERFORM THE SAME TESTING REGARDLESS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS.
04:33:26 >> THIS ENSURES EQUITY ACROSS ALL POPULATIONS IN SAN
04:33:29 FRANCISCO BY PROVIDING UNBIASED FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY TESTING
04:33:30 BECAUSE AS WE THEN DEVELOPED AN UNBIASED OBJECTIVE AND REPORT
04:33:34 THAT IDENTIFIES THE DRUGS IN A BLOOD OR URINE SPECIMEN
04:33:38 REGARDLESS OF ITS TIME WE CAN B THEN TAKE THAT OBJECTIVE
04:33:42 ETHICAL REPORT AND PUT IT IN CONTEXT WITH ACTUAL CASE.
04:33:45 AND SO WORKING WITH THE , VESTIGATIONS OF THIS CASE
04:33:49 THE HISTORY WITNESS STATEMENTS WE CAN THEN INTERPRET THOSE
04:33:50 RESULTS TO WORKRYNT I OUT WHAT Y ACTUALLY MEAN FOR GIVING CASE
04:33:54 BUT IT STILL PROVIDES AN UNBIASEDAC APPROACH TO OUR TEST
04:33:57 TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES, DEFENDANTS, SURVIVORS, VICTIMS
04:34:01 AND THE PUBLIC ALL GET RELIABLE, SOUND AND FAIR
04:34:05 FORENSIC EVIDENCE SVI AND RESULS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO WHAT WE DO.
04:34:09 >> OUR O MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HAS BECOME A NATIONAL
04:34:13 LEADER IN CONDUCTING DEATH INVESTIGATIONSNSAT.
04:34:16 NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
04:34:18 LUKE PRODUCTOUT. THROUGHOUT HIS DECADE OF CITY
04:34:21 SERVICE, DR. RADHA HAS BEEN ANU INNOVATOR R AND HE SPEARHEADED
04:34:25 IMPROVEMENTS IN CASE DATA MANAGEMENT DEVELOP NEW
04:34:29 APPROACHES TO FORENSIC LAB PRACTICES.
04:34:30 AND BECAUSE OF HIS TEAM'S WORKO.
04:34:33 REDUCE TOXICOLOGY SCREENING TURNAROUND TIMES FROM TWO AND A
04:34:34 HALF MONTHS TO UNDEROXEN TWO WE, THIS MEANS THAT OUR PARTNERS
04:34:38 GET THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA THEY
04:34:41 NEED ON TIME AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT LOVED ONES RECEIVE
04:34:45 CLOSURE FASTER. AS A LEADER AND AS A MENTOR,
04:34:49 DR. RADHA IS DEDICATED, FRIENDLY AND APPROACHABLE.
04:34:52 >> HE EMPOWERS HIS STAFF AND FOSTERS A STRONG SENSE OF
04:34:56 PURPOSE FOR EACH MEMBER OF HIS TEAM.
04:34:57 >> TO YOU DR. RADHA, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS
04:35:00 WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.
04:35:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS CARMEN CHU.
04:35:16 FIRST I WANT TO EXTEND MYT APPRECIATION AND THANK YOU TO
04:35:18 ALL THE HONOREES TONIGHT AND OF COURSE TO ALL OF THE CITY
04:35:21 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE WHO TRULY MAKE SAN FRANCISCO WORK.
04:35:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION AND PART
04:35:27 OF MAKING SAN FRANCISCO BETTER. I AM JOINED TODAY BY MY DEPUTY
04:35:31 CITY ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER JOHNSON WHO OVERSEES THE OCEANA
04:35:33 I'D J LOVE HER TO INTRODUCE DR. RHODA.
04:35:38 HI. JENNIFER JOHNSON, DEPUTY CITY
04:35:39 ADMINISTRATOR. I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WE
04:35:43 HAVE FOLKS FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HERE.
04:35:47 WE HAVE DAVID SERRANO SAUL WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
04:35:50 AND DR. CHRISTOPHER LIBERMAN WHO'S THE CHIEF MEDICAL
04:35:54 EXAMINER. AND I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
04:35:58 THAT WE HAVE DR. REDA'S PARENTS HERE ALL THE WAYAY FROM
04:36:01 MELBOURNE. WE HAVE ESTHER AND STEVEN VARDA
04:36:04 . THANK YOU SO MUCH.
04:36:07 YEAH AND ONE LAST THING I DID WANT TO SAY THAT NOTO ONLY UNDER
04:36:14 DR. REDA'S LEADERSHIP IS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, THE
04:36:16 FORENSIC LABNERE MEET BEST STANDARDS BUT THEY ALSO SET B TE
04:36:22 GOLD STANDARD. AND SO REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE.
04:36:23 THANK YOUOUBL. >> OKAY.
04:36:29 WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.Y. SIMMONS MR. COMING TO YOU
04:36:34 AND DEPUTY J FOR JOHNSON REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
04:36:35 I WANT TO FIRSTLY SAY AGAIN THANK YOU TO SURVEY OF TV
04:36:38 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE MOST NERVOUS PART OF THE NIGHT WAS
04:36:42 HOW THAT VIDEO WAS GOING TO TURN OUT T T.
04:36:44 >> SO THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND PART IS THIS
04:36:48 THIS THIS PAGE TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT RIGHT AND I SPEAK
04:36:49 CLEARLY AND SLOWLY SO MY ACCENT DOES NOT OVERWHELM THIS SO
04:36:55 SOMETIMES THE STARS ALIGN AND TODAY CERTAINLY FEELSY THAT
04:36:59 WAY I PRIVACY WORDS FOR TEN YEARS THE STATE GOVERNMENT
04:37:03 IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA BUT MY GOVERNMENT WORK HERE STARTED
04:37:07 ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO TEN YEARS AGO ON MAY 23RD, 2016 SO ABOUT
04:37:12 TEN YEARS IN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TIME AND IT'S JUST FLEW
04:37:16 AND WHEN I WALKED UP THE STAIRS OF THE I AS MENTIONED JUST
04:37:20 EARLIER THE SOMEWHAT OLD FORGOTTENSO WING OF THE OFFICE,
04:37:24 THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE, IT WAS
04:37:27 PRETTY REMARKABLE OF OF WHAT WAS NEEDING TO HAPPEN OR WHAT
04:37:31 WAS GOING TO OCCUR. BUT FORTUNATELYG THE PROMISE
04:37:35 THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE ASSURED ME WAS THAT THE NEW
04:37:38 FACILITY WAS GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY AND THAT OCCURRED JUST
04:37:42 A YEAR AND A HALF LATER WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THE PROMISE THEN
04:37:46 OF WHAT WE CANHA DO STARTED SO THE REBUILDING OF OUR
04:37:50 METHODOLOGIES, OURGG TECHNICAL METHODS THAT WE PROVIDE OURUR
04:37:54 OPERATIONS BUT IMPORTANTLY OUR
04:37:58 CULTURE AND UNDERLINE THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS TRUEURHA OF
04:38:02 THAT'S PART OF THE PROUDEST THING I THINK THAT WE'VE
04:38:03 THE TEAM CULTURE THAT WE NOW HAVE IN OUR OFFICE
04:38:08 FIVE YEARS LATER I WAS GIFTED THE PLEASURE OF WORKINGVE
04:38:12 ALONGSIDE DAVID STANISLAW WHO WAS JUST MENTIONED THEN TO JOIN
04:38:15 IN THIS JOURNEY AND THEN DR. LIBERMAN JUST SHORTLY AFTER
04:38:19 THAT BOTH OF WHOM HAVE WANTED NOTHING BUT THE SAME AS MAIN
04:38:23 WHICH IS THE BEST FRIENDSHIP FACILITY THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY
04:38:25 OFFER SANBE FRANCISCO. I KNOW THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE
04:38:28 THAT WE CAN DOO AND ACHIEVE AND I LOVE THAT SPIRIT OF STILL
04:38:32 WANTING TO SHOOT HIGH AND SO THANK YOU DAVID DIRECTLY FOR
04:38:36 THAT SUPPORT OF ONLY THE BEST KIND OF ATTITUDE ALONG THE SAME
04:38:40 LINES I WANT TO MENTION SUPERIOR
04:38:43 AND HE'S ALSO BEEN BEEN BY MY SIDE BATTLING SINCE
04:38:46 2018 MARIA SARKISIAN WHO ISS OUR FIRST PHDHD GRADUATE JUST LAST
04:38:50 YEAR SINCE 2019 AND THEN THE WHOLE LABORATORY OF COURSE HE'S
04:38:57 BEEN BY MY SIDEORWH AND DONE THE HARD WORK.
04:39:01 THIS IS ALSO OF COURSETH ENABLER BY APO VERY SUPPORTIVE FRONT
04:39:05 OFFICE HERE BY JENNIFER AND COMMON IN THE B TEAM WHO
04:39:08 REALLY ALLOWED US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND ALLOWED USES TO
04:39:11 EXCEL IN OUR EXPERTISE. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATEED
04:39:15 THAT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MY
04:39:16 OPENING THE STARSIO HAVE ALIGNED IT FEELS LIKE TODAY BUT HAVEN'T
04:39:20 ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY'T. IT'S V OFTEN BEEN VERY ISOLATING
04:39:24 AND THIS PROBABLY JOURNEY HAS BEEN THE SINGLE HARDEST THING
04:39:28 THAT I'VE HAD TO UNDERTAKE . TEN UNACHIEVABLEBE
04:39:31 BUT TODAY CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE A DECISION
04:39:35 TO MOVE TO S.F. WAS MEANT TO BES JUST TWO YEARS BUT AFTER MANY
04:39:39 VISAS AND NOW GREEN CARD LATER IT'S ALMOST TEN YEARS AND I'M
04:39:43 STILL HERE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE JOINING ME EVERY DAY IS
04:39:47 TO MY WIFE MALLORY WHO'S BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT ME IN THE
04:39:50 EVENINGS AND NIGHTS WHEN I WASN'T PAYING THAT MUCH
04:39:52 ATTENTION AND WASN'T THAT PRESENT AND NOW ARE TWO LOVELY
04:39:55 LITTLE BOYS WHO'VE JOINED US. >> SO THANK YOU.
04:40:04 >> AND THEN LASTLY OF COURSE TO MY PARENTS THAT WERE JUST
04:40:05 MENTIONED ABLE TO P COME TONIGHT AS I MENTIONED, THAT IS AMAZING
04:40:08 LUCK AND CERTAINLY C FEELS LIKE THOSE THOSE STARS ARE ALIGNED.
04:40:12 SO THANK YOU FOREE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.
04:40:15 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THISININNK O
04:40:19 MUCH. >> THANKCH.
04:40:29 NOW FOR OUR LAST HONOREE FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCYES
04:40:37 NOMINATED BY DIRECTOR TRENT RAW TRENT. H
04:40:41 >> IF ANYBODY HAS EVER SEEN TRENT TESTIFIED THE BOARD OF
04:40:45 SUPERVISORS IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THISS.
04:40:48 >>>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR YOU,
04:40:50 TRENT SOEE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP STRAIGHT WHEN IT'S
04:40:53 YOUR TURN. YOU'RE WELCOME, TRENT
04:40:55 AND ENOUGH FOR TRENT. WE'RE HERE TO HONOR THE THE THE
04:41:00 TEAM THAT THE CALHE FRESH GROCEY CARD TEAM THAT STEPPED FORWARD
04:41:04 WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENDED SNAPPP F BENEFITS FORE
04:41:07 FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS. >> THE.
04:41:11 IT REALLY IS BREATHTAKING HOW QUICKLY YOU ALL MOVE TO STEP UP
04:41:18 AND ADDRESS THE NEED OF 112,000 SAN FRANCISCANS AND ENSURE THAT
04:41:21 THEY DO NOT GO HUNGRY. AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, I THINK
04:41:25 IT'S ALSO A T GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
04:41:29 WITH PHILANTHROPY P CAN WORK AND IN AN ERA WHEN WE ARE
04:41:33 LIKELY AS A CITY GOING TO NEED EVEN MORE OF THAT YOU ARE THE
04:41:38 EXEMPLAR. YOU ARE THE ONES THAT
04:41:41 DEMONSTRATE TO ALL OF YOUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT CITY
04:41:42 GOVERNMENT THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS TOGETHER.
04:41:45 SO LADIES MANDELMAN, THE CAL FRESH GROCERY CART TEAM G.
04:41:55 WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENDED SNAP BENEFITS WHICH
04:41:59 WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE SNAP PROGRAM
04:42:04 IN AMERICA, WE KNEW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BEGIN TO PANIC
04:42:08 AND HAVE ANXIETY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:42:09 WETY H HAVE 112,000 SAN FRANCISS WHO RELY ON THE SNAP PROGRAM
04:42:15 EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR FOOD SUPPORT.
04:42:16 THAT'S'S 1 IN 7 SAN FRANCISCANS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO EVERY
04:42:21 MONTH $20 MILLION GOES OUT IN SNAP BENEFITS SO THEY
04:42:22 USUALLYIL GO BACK TO OUR MERCHANTS.
04:42:25 SO MERCHANTS WOULD LOSE ABOUT $20 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE
04:42:28 DISRUPTION. >> EVERYONE FROM THE MAYOR'S
04:42:31 OFFICE, OUR FOUNDER FRANK START THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD
04:42:35 BANK AND OUR FINANCIAL TECH PARTNER GIFT CARD ALL BROUGHT
04:42:39 INCREDIBLE ATTENTION AND ENERGY TO THIS PROJECT.
04:42:40 THIS WASCRNDND A CROSS AFTER PARTNERSHIP BUILT UNDER EXTREME
04:42:43 TIME PRESSURERS AND REALLY HIGH STAKES SPEED TRUST AND SHAREDD
04:42:46 ACCOUNTABILITY WERE ESSENTIAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING FROM
04:42:51 THE TIME THAT F WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE
04:42:54 AND UNTIL PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE CARDS
04:42:58 AND SPEND THEM WASEIAN A WEEK WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T PROVIDE
04:43:03 FUNDS AND THOSE EMERGENCY THROUGH OUR NORMAL MEANS
04:43:06 THROUGH THE EVENT CARDS THAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE.
04:43:09 SO WE SET UP A PARTNERSHIP WITH GIFT CARD FINTECH COMPANY THAT
04:43:14 ARE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT QUICKLY TO OUR CLIENTS AND THE
04:43:21 FUNDS WOULD BE ON THOSE CARDS AND SO THERE WAS A WHOLE
04:43:22 SUPPORT NETWORK THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE.
04:43:26 WHAT WAS REALLY REALLY A HALLMARK OF OUR RESPONSE HERE
04:43:30 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE FOOD
04:43:33 AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BUY FOOD IS THAT WE HAD SO MANY
04:43:37 PARTNERSHIPS COME TOGETHER PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARED DEEPLY
04:43:41 ABOUT SAN FRANCISCOY RESIDENTS, WHAT THEY'RE FACING AND ALSO
04:43:44 RESPONDING IN A WAYAY A THAT IS CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TO THEIR
04:43:48 NEEDS. >> PEOPLE WHO SPOKEKEOIR DIFFERT
04:43:52 LANGUAGES PROVIDED SERVICES NOT JUST IN LANGUAGE BUT THEN
04:43:56 MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
04:43:59 IN THEIR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND ALSO SERVING AS TRUSTED
04:44:00 PARTNERSAN IN DELIVERING INFORMATION DURING THIS VERY
04:44:04 CONFUSING TIME. >>S 20% OF OUR COVERS CLIENTS
04:44:07 ARE ACTUALLY HOMELESS. SO WE KNEW THAT OUR PRIORITY TO
04:44:12 MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT THEM THEIR GROCERY CARDS.
04:44:15 SO WE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A IN-PERSON
04:44:18 DISTRIBUTION CENTER WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COME AND GET THEIR
04:44:22 CARDS. IN ADDITION TO THAT BECAUSE
04:44:23 THIS PARTICULARRD B POPULATION DON'T NECESSARILY ACCESS THEIR
04:44:26 MAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE
04:44:30 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHERENT
04:44:32 THEY CAN ACTUALLY CANVASS HOMELESS SHELTERS AND SERVICE
04:44:34 PROVIDERS WHO ACTUALLY C LT PROVIDE
04:44:37 SERVICES TO OUR TARGETED AUDIENCE.
04:44:38 WE SAW THIS THIS WAS WORKINGOOEN DAY ONE.
04:44:42 WE SAW THE LINE EXTEND A GOODXT CITY BLOCK.
04:44:45 IN DOING SO WE ACTUALLY WERE EFFECTIVE IN ISSUING ABOUT 500
04:44:48 CARDS THAT DAY. AND BY THE TIME THAT THE
04:44:49 IM PROJECT WAS DONE WE ISSUED
04:44:52 ABOUT 1900 IN PERSON AND THAT'S IN ADDITIONDND TO THE THE
04:44:55 THOUSANDS OF CARS THAT WERE ACTUALLY MAILED OUT TO ALSO
04:44:56 RECIPIENTSTS WL. THIS EXPERIENCE SHOWS THE POWER
04:44:59 OF PUBLIC P SERVICE WHEN WE ARE ROOTED IN EQUITY AND WHEN WE
04:45:04 DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT I ARE TAILORED FOR THE REAL NEEDS OF
04:45:07 OUR RESIDENTS AT ITS BEST GOVERNMENT IS EFFECTIVE NOT
04:45:10 JUST AT RESPONDING TO CRISES BUT DOING SO IN A WAY THAT
04:45:15 BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORTS THE ACCESS,
04:45:18 DIGNITY AND TRUST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVEY.
04:45:22 >> THERESA ROSE ROD CINDY, CINDY AND SHANE.
04:45:27 >> CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS SUCH A WELL-DESERVEDNDUL
04:45:30 HONOR. >> YOU ALLLL STEPPED UP IN A BIG
04:45:31 WAY WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LET US DOWN.
04:45:34 YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR , MMITMENT, YOUR HARD WORK U D
04:45:38 YOUR MISSION DRIVEN ATTITUDE HELPED PROVIDE FOODONON SUPPORTR
04:45:42 82,000 HOUSEHOLDS 112,000 PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO
04:45:45 SENIORS, CHILDREN THEIR F F PARENTS, DISABLED ADULTS THEY
04:45:49 ALL GOT TO EAT IN NOVEMBERTH BECAUSE OF YOUR COMMITMENT
04:45:54 IN DELIVERING SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCT IN SIX DAYS
04:45:57 TIME. IT WAS A HERCULEAN EFFORT AND I
04:46:01 COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD. >> I'M NOT GOING TO SLOUCH ON
04:46:16 SEAN MENTIONED PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSC.
04:46:20 IT WAS ALSO A PARTNERSHIP ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT.
04:46:21 COULD HAVE HONORED 50 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN
04:46:24 EASY TO DO THATT. FIRST OF ALL, NONE OF THIS
04:46:28 WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE T WITHOUT THE GENEROUS DONATION OF THE
04:46:32 CRAIG START FOUNDATION. >> THEY STEPPED UPF AND AFTER
04:46:36 HEARING OUR HEARING THE PROPOSAL STEPPED UP TO DONATE
04:46:43 $9.2 MILLION CONDITIONED ON THE CITY MATCHING THAT.
04:46:46 THANKS TO MAYOR LURIE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORSAR IN A
04:46:50 UNANIMOUS WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTEDIM ALSO UNANIMOUS
04:46:53 SUPPORT OF RELEASING $9.2 MILLION FROM OUR RESERVE.
04:46:57 WE GOT THIS WE F F GOT THIS GOI. I ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR
04:47:01 PRIVATE PARTNERER GIFT CARD WHO DID THIS ON ALMOST A PRO BONO
04:47:05 BASISS AND PUSHED OUT THE CARDS TO THEAR RECIPIENTS CITY
04:47:12 PARTNERS. >> I'LL MENTION JUST A FEW.
04:47:15 WHEN THE HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES PRINTERS AND MAIL MERGE FAILED
04:47:19 ,I CALLED CITY ADMINISTRATOR CARMEN CHU.
04:47:20 THERE'S CARMENN AND SAID HEY, I'LL PAY YOUR TEAM OVERTIME IF
04:47:24 THEY WORK OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IF THEY WORK
04:47:27 OVER THE WEEKEND AT CITY MAIL AND REPRO TO DO THISF.
04:47:30 SHE SAID LET ME CHECK. SHE CALLED ME BACK 20 MINUTES
04:47:32 LATER SHE SAID DONE. >> THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD TO
04:47:34 APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK.
04:47:38 THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
04:47:39 AND HAVE DONETH W CITY CONTRACTG TO HAVE THEM APPROVE A CONTRACT
04:47:44 IN FOUR DAYS IS UNPRECEDENTED. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY
04:47:46 ATTORNEY AND HIS TEAM AS WELL. >> AND THEN LASTLY FOR THE HSA
04:47:52 TEAM THAT'S BEING HONORED AND FOUR STAFF WHO WORK FOR
04:47:53 THEMNGFO AND WITH THEM THEY TOON IDEA THAT WAS ON A MONDAY
04:47:59 MORNING IN OUR IN OUR REGULAR MEETING AN IDEA TO PROVIDE A
04:48:04 CASH BACK FILL 412,000 PEOPLE THEY TOOK THAT IDEAA DESIGNED
04:48:09 RAN WITH IT AND EIGHT DAYS LATER COVERAGEIT RECIPIENTS HADA
04:48:13 GROCERY CARD IN THE MAILBOX UNREAL.
04:48:17 THIS EFFORT REALLY DOES SHOW THE POWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
04:48:21 TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LET US
04:48:22 DOWN. LET 112,000 SAN FRANCISCANS
04:48:25 DOWN THEY RELY ON THIS FOOD TO FEED THEIR KIDS, THEIR
04:48:29 FAMILIES. KI'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE A LONG
04:48:32 TIME 25 YEARS. THIS RANKS AMONG THE TOP FIVE
04:48:37 OF PROUDEST INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE HUMAN
04:48:39 SERVICESAT'V AGENCY AND IT WAS O DONE BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE TO
04:48:42 MY LEFT. THANK YOU GUYS.
04:48:44 >> CONGRATULATIONS. COME ON UPP RIGHT.
04:49:03 WELL, W TRENT AND I DIDN'T COORDINATE SO THIS THIS WILL BE
04:49:08 A LITTLE REPETITIVE, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BEAILPE HERE TONIGHT.
04:49:10 MY NAME IS ROSE JOHNS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
04:49:12 FOR THE HUMAN SERVICESIG JF AGEY AND I'M THRILLED TO SAY A FEW
04:49:15 WORDS ON BEHALF OF OURLL PROJECT TEAM.
04:49:19 FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SPUR FOR THIS AWARD WE SHARE
04:49:22 THIS RECOGNITION NOT JUST AMONGST OURSELVES ON THE STAGE
04:49:24 BUT WITH THE HUNDREDS OF STAFFEL AT THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
04:49:27 WHO MADE THIS INITIATIVE SUCCEED.
04:49:30 FROM ANSWERING THOUSANDS OF CALLS FROM OUR CLIENTS TO
04:49:35 EXECUTING CONTRACT AGREEMENTS AT LIGHTNING SPEED, OUR STAFF
04:49:38 MORE THAN ROSE TO MEET THIS OCCASION.
04:49:40 AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THOUGH BECAUSE WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE
04:49:43 WE CARE. LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER CIVIL
04:49:46 SERVANTS IN THIS ROOM TODAY, IN THIS BUILDING AND THROUGHOUT
04:49:48 THE CITY AND AT HCA, WE WERE DEEPLY OUTRAGED AS TRENT SPOKE
04:49:51 ABOUT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THREATENED FOODNT
04:49:56 SECURITY FOR 80,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY.
04:49:57 BEING ABLESE TO STEP IN IN THAT MOMENT AND BUILD SOMETHING
04:50:01 TANGIBLE TO TAKE ACTIONN B WAS O MEANINGFUL AND MOTIVATING FOR
04:50:05 ALL OF US. GFAND SO ON BEHALF OF OUR PROJET
04:50:08 TEAM AND AGENCY, IT'S WITH SUCH DEEP B A GRATITUDE THAT I THINK
04:50:11 MAYOR LAURIE AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I FOR RECOGNIZING TE
04:50:14 SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT AND SUPPORTING US TO TAKE ON AN
04:50:19 EFFORT OF THIS SCALE. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU BEHIND
04:50:23 ME. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRENT
04:50:24 RAUHCU FOR CONSISTENTLY CENTERIG THE DIGNITY AND WELL-BEING OF
04:50:27 THE CLIENTS WE SERVE IN ALL THAT WE DO.
04:50:31 AND ALSO TRENT, FOR YOUR TRUST IN US AS THE PROJECT TEAM.
04:50:34 FROM OUR EARLIEST CONVERSATIONS YOUR QUESTIONS WEREEE NOT ARE YU
04:50:38 SURE WE CAN DO THIS BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED AND HOW CAN I HELP?
04:50:42 AND YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US? BELIEF THATS THE
04:50:45 WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN. >>. IN PARTICULAR, WE ALSO NEED
04:50:49 TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUSIE'SAR MATH OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY
04:50:54 PLANNING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRSEC, OUR BIG PICTURE ARCHITECT.
04:51:01 SUSIE WAS A POWERHOUSE W SETTING BIG PICTURE GOALS FOR US
04:51:05 RALLYING PARTNERSS AND KEEPING OUR INBOXES VERY FULL OF EMAILSO
04:51:10 SENT LATE AT NIGHT AND SOMETIMES VERY EARLY IN THE
04:51:14 MORNING. THEY WERE ALWAYS FULL OF IDEASNR
04:51:16 AND OPTIMISM. SUSIE IT WAS YOUR ENERGY
04:51:17 AND COMMITMENT THATT GOT THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS TO MOVE US
04:51:21 FROM THAT PIE IN THE SKYOL IDEA TRENT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT TO
04:51:24 CARDS IN HAND IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS.
04:51:28 >> AND FINALLY THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT CRANK STARTRT GIFT
04:51:32 CARD. WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY SOME FOLKS
04:51:33 THERE NOT FAR FROM AUSTRALIAIA. THEY FLEW OUT FROM NEW O YORK
04:51:36 THOUGH TO CELEBRATE WITH US TODAY.
04:51:37 EBTHE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOODBANK, THE TREASURER'S
04:51:40 OFFICE HCACOBA AND SO MANY ACROS THE CITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY
04:51:44 YOUMU BROUGHT IDEAS, URGENCY AND A SENSE OF GENEROSITY AT
04:51:50 EVERY STEP IN THIS PROCESS. YOU TRULY MADE THIS A
04:51:54 PARTNERSHIP THAT WE COULD BE PROUD OF.
04:51:55 AND NOW WE'LL END JUST BY NOTING I THINK I'M ECHOING
04:51:59 SEAN'S THEME. >>>> WE ARE FACING MAJOR CHANGES
04:52:02 THAT WILL BE LONGER LASTING TO PUBLIC BENEFITS IN SAN
04:52:05 FRANCISCO. AND AS WE WORK TO ENSURE THAT
04:52:09 ALL SAN FRANCISCANS CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD F AND HEALTH
04:52:14 CARE THAT WE ALL NEEDTH TO SUCCEED, I TRULY CANNOT IMAGINE
04:52:18 A BETTER PLACE TO BE THAN RIGHT HERE IN THIS MOMENT WITH THESE
04:52:21 FANTASTIC COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITYOL
04:52:24 TOGETHER I AM SO CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE TO MEET
04:52:26 THISFI MOMENT. >> THANK YOU.
04:52:43 >> OKAY. >> SO ASS WE WRAP UP I'D LIKE TO
04:52:47 JUST DO A COUPLE QUICK THANK
04:52:50 YOU'S. . I'D LIKE TO START BY L THANKING
04:52:51 THEY'RE ALL IN THE BACK THEIR SPURS STAFF AND KELLY FOR ALL
04:52:55 OF THE GREAT WORK G YOU DID TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND.
04:53:01 >> INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CROWD ARE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS
04:53:02 OF O THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SOME OF OUR CITY ADVISORY
04:53:06 BOARDS AND A NUMBER OF SPUR MEMBERSOR.
04:53:08 THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS EVENT.
04:53:10 O MIKE MAXON.
04:53:12 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AS DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR S.F. KTVT.
04:53:16 IT'S NOT JUST TONIGHT BUT YOU SAW THE VIDEOS.
04:53:17 THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I SUSPECT PEOPLE MIGHT BE
04:53:21 ABLE TO TURN ON TV TONIGHT AND WATCHIG THIS AGAIN AND WE'LL
04:53:24 BE ABLE TO BROADEN OUR EXPOSURE.
04:53:25 SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THESE HONOREES THAT PLATFORM.
04:53:28 AND LASTLY, LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU.
04:53:31 THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF AN EVENT THAT RECOGNIZES CITY
04:53:33 EMPLOYEES, RECOGNIZES THEIR GREAT WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD
04:53:36 TO HOSTING YOU NEXT YEAR. >> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
04:53:39 PLEASE STICK AROUND FOR THE FOOD AND DRINK
04:54:21 . >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO TURN
04:54:26 GOVERNMENT INTO A BRIDGE NOT A BARRIER FOR IMMIGRANTVE FAMILIE.
04:54:30 HI, WELCOME TO I LOVE MY PODCAST IN SAN FRANCISCO
04:54:33 BROUGHT TO YOU BY S.F. GOV TV. NOW THIS IS A SHOW WHERE WE
04:54:35 TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE PEOPLE SHAPING OUR CITY.
04:54:39 WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM THE BASEMENT OF CITY HALL AND TODAY
04:54:43 WE'RE JOINED BY GEORGEE RIVAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAN
04:54:46 FRANCISCO'S OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND IMMIGRANT
04:54:50 AFFAIRS, BETTER KNOWN AS JOSE. NOW HE TALKS ABOUT IMMIGRANT
04:54:53 SUPPORT LANGUAGE ACCESS AND THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY
04:54:57 AMBASSADORS PROGRAM AND HOW SIA'SMUOR GRANTS HELP NEWCOMERS
04:55:00 NAVIGATE CITIZENSHIP AND LEGAL PATHWAYSVI AS WELL AS HIS
04:55:04 FAVORITE FESTIVAL TOO. ALL RIGHT.
04:55:06 WELL, I'M YOUR HOST FRANCO AFAO. FINN.
04:55:08 >> LET'S GET TOM THE H HEART OF WHAT MAKES SANO FRANCISCO OKAY.
04:55:16 >> HERE WE ARE. I LEFT MY PODCAST IN SAN
04:55:20 FRANCISCO REALLY? THE BASEMENT HERE OF CITY HALL
04:55:24 AND WE'VE GOT OUR SPECIAL GUEST HERE, HOLLY RIVAS.
04:55:25 WELCOMEE TO OUR SHOW. THIS HAS BEEN GREAT TO TALK TO B
04:55:28 A LOT OF L PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS BUILDING AND WE
04:55:32 WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEY'RE DOINGNG IT FOR IN THE
04:55:36 CITY AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP IN YOUR
04:55:37 DEPARTMENTS. SO HOLLY, YOU ARERE THE EXECUTIE
04:55:40 DIRECTOR AND I WANT TO SAY IT RIGHT.
04:55:43 WELL, YOU COULD TELL THERE'S AS LOT OF ACRONYMS HERE IN SAN
04:55:44 FRANCISCO BUT I THOUGHT I KNEW BECAUSE I WAS WORKING IN THE
04:55:47 AIRPORT AIRLINE WORLD AND I NE. GHT WE HAD ACRONYMS
04:55:50 NOW CITY HALL HAS I THINK MORE ACRONYMS THAN ANYONE ELSE.
04:55:54 OCR O C I A WHICH IS THE. >> SOO GOOD MORNING FRANCO
04:55:59 THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE GET
04:56:02 TO SHARE THE BIT OF OUR STORY AND NOT ONLY MY STORY BUT ALSO
04:56:06 THE OFFICER'S STORY. SO OCR THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICER
04:56:08 OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS YES
04:56:10 AND IT'S AEM SMALL BUT MIGHTY OFFICE WITH A LONG NAMEY SO LONG
04:56:16 NAME. >> YES.
04:56:17 HENCE THE ACRONYM O C INGEE A WL WE'LL GET INTO THAT BUT I KNOW
04:56:21 IT'S LET'S DIAL IT BACK. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HORRY.
04:56:24 HOW DID GEORGE COME TO SAN FRANCISCOE?
04:56:27 WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND RAISED AND HOW DID YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
04:56:29 OUT? OUAK TO THIS AMAZING CITY. >> YEAH WELL YOU KNOW I AM
04:56:36 AND I AM A SON OF K IMMIGRANTS O MY PARENTS ARE IMMIGRANTS FROM
04:56:40 MEXICO. THEY ARE FARM WORKERSRS.
04:56:43 SO THEY WOULD DO THE THE ANNUAL MIGRATION DOWN TO THE CENTRAL
04:56:45 VALLEYEY IN CALIFORNIA. RIGHT.
04:56:47 SO THEY WOULD BE HERE MOST OF
04:56:48 THE SUMMERR OR THE HARVEST SEASON AND THEY WOULD GO BACK
04:56:52 TO ZACATECAS WHICH IS THE STATE K. MEXICO
04:56:55 AND YEAH, THAT WAS MYHA LIFE GROWING UP.
04:56:58 I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO I GUESS TO BE BORN HERE C
04:57:02 IN CALIFORNIA AND SO I WAS I WOULD DO THAT YEARLY TRIP WITH
04:57:06 THEM AND EVENTUALLY MY MY PARENTS WERE LIKEE YOU KNOW, WE
04:57:10 NEED TO SEND YOU BACK TO SCHOOL.
04:57:11 YOU NEED TO STAY IN SCHOOLK. WE CAN'T KEEP YOUP IN YOUR
04:57:15 BROTHER WHO'S ONLY A YEAR YOUNGER THAN ME IN THIS TYPE OF
04:57:18 LIFESTYLE BECAUSE YOU'RE MISSINGYO
04:57:19 OU A LOT OF CLASS, A LOT OF SCHOOL, A LOT OF
04:57:22 RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT ISS THAT IS WHERE I WAS.
04:57:26 I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOZANO'S OKAY THAT'S A SMALL
04:57:29 FARMING COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIAIA AND YOU KNOW IT'S
04:57:33 GROWN A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT GROWING UP IT WAS
04:57:37 BASICALLY YOU WERE OUR FARM OWNER OR YOU WERE A FARM WORKER
04:57:38 Y AND OUR LIFE THAT WAS A LIFE T
04:57:41 AND SO HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU LIVE THERE BEFORE YOU SAID I'M
04:57:44 GOING TO MOVE TO ZERO? ? D YOU MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO
04:57:47 >> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST I GUESS CITY AWAY FROM THE SPANIARDS?
04:57:49 YEAH. SOTY I IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD A
04:57:53 YOU KNOW I WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAN FOR WHAT COMES NEXT I
04:57:57 KNEW THAT I WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGET AND I THINK I ACTUALLY
04:58:00 KNEW THAT EARLY ON IN LIFE. YEAH BECAUSE WHY DID MY FIRST
04:58:03 GRADE TEACHER TOLD MY MOM THAT KID IS GOING TO COLLEGE AND I
04:58:07 WAS LIKE WAIT, WHY LIKE IS COLLEGE AN OPTION?
04:58:10 WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S THIS? RIGHT?
04:58:11 SO I THINK SINCE THEN THERECE WS A C THAT WAS PLANTED AROUND
04:58:14 COLLEGE BEING AN OPTION FOR FORG ME AND FOR MY IN MY FAMILY.
04:58:18 RIGHT. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I
04:58:21 KNEW THAT I WANTED TO NOT NECESSARILY W HAVE THOSE VALUES
04:58:26 BUT I DID WANT TO EXPLORE THE NEXT STEP IN MY
04:58:27 EDUCATION. SO I GOT INTO BERKELEY, YOU
04:58:29 KNOW, LIKE I FEEL LIKE HALF OF THAT HALF OF CITY HALL WENT TO
04:58:34 CAL RIGHT? >> SO WE'LL GO BEARS H C OH BEAS
04:58:37 GO BEARS. >> YEAH.
04:58:38 SO THEN I WAS THAT'S WHYRSRS I E BACK TO THE BAY AND BERKELEY
04:58:41 WAS MY MY FIRST PLACE IAS LIVED OUTSIDE OF LOS BANOS WHERE YOUHE
04:58:45 SO YOU'RE THE FIRST COLLEGE GRADUATE.
04:58:47 >> YOUR FAN, YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
04:58:48 YOU'RE THE FR FIRST ONE THEY WET TO COLLEGE.
04:58:51 YES I DEAL IS A HUGEE DEAL FOR A LOT MANY FAMILIES.
04:58:55 >> YEAH AND AND I THINK I'M A>>I BIG BELIEVER THAT THAT YOU
04:58:58 DON'T PEOPLE SAY OH I DID IT THEY CAN DO IT I ACTUALLY DON'T
04:59:02 BELIEVE IN THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT TAKES A
04:59:03 TO TO SUPPORT SOME
04:59:37 S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
05:16:18 AND GOOD AFTERNOON WE ARE RECONVENE AND WELCOME BACK
05:16:23 AND COLLEAGUES MY APOLOGIES IT WAS MY OVERSIGHT THAT I DID NOT
05:16:27 TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 18 SO FIRST AND FOREMOST I HAVE TO
05:16:31 PRESENT THE VOTES FOR ITEM 18 AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
05:16:34 IN A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION THAT WE
05:16:40 RESCIND THE VOTE ON OUR ITEM 18 MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY
05:16:45 VICE CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I MEMBER SAUTER
05:16:48 SAUTER I'M A PRO WALTON WALTON I MEMBER PENDLETON MIDDLEMAN I
05:16:53 CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE A VICE A MOTION PASSES
05:16:57 AND COLLEAGUES THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE INTEND TO TABLE
05:17:00 AND THEREFORE LET'S OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
05:17:04 >> YES WE ARE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM ON
05:17:06 THE TABLING OF ITEM 18 IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
05:17:09 WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
05:17:11 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC
05:17:15 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT CLOSE
05:17:16 COLLEAGUES ONCE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO
05:17:20 TABLE ITEM 18 SECOND SECOND BY MR. DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL
05:17:26 PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
05:17:28 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE TABLE THE
05:17:30 RESOLUTION TONIGHT MEETING VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER
05:17:35 SENATOR SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER
05:17:39 MANAGEMENT MANTLE I MEAN I CHURCH HIM I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE
05:17:42 EYES THE MOTION PASSES AND NOW WE WILL HAVE BUDGET DIRECTOR
05:17:47 SOPHIA KETTLER TO GIVE US THE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.
05:17:51 THANK YOU AND I WILL DISTRIBUTE THESE WHEN I AM DONE SPEAKING.
05:17:52 THANK YOU. CHURCH HANDS OF THE ARE FROM
05:17:55 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE. WE HAVE A THIRD ROUND OF
05:17:57 TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS. >> THEY INCLUDE CORRECTING
05:18:01 EXPENDITURES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
05:18:03 DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND THEIR
05:18:06 FAMILIES CORRECTING REVENUES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS
05:18:09 ALIGNING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
05:18:10 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
05:18:14 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CORRECTING CODES AT THE
05:18:17 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CORRECTING AND UPDATING
05:18:18 POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, FIRE DEPARTMENT,
05:18:21 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
05:18:24 . THIS SET OF TECHNICAL
05:18:24 ADJUSTMENTS WILL INCREASE THE PROPOSED FISCAL 27 BUDGET BY
05:18:30 $348,273 AND WILL INCREASE THE FISCAL 28 BUDGET BY $268,273
05:18:37 AND WILL RESULT IN SAVINGS OF $59,822 IN FISCAL 27 AND THE
05:18:43 COST OF 254,268 IN FISCAL 28 OVER THE TWO YEARS THE NET
05:18:49 IMPACT WILL BE A GENERAL FUND COST OF $194,446 AND I WILL
05:18:55 DISTRIBUTE THE TABLES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND I'M
05:18:58 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
05:19:02 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER AND I KNOW WE WILL NOW
05:19:09 GOING TO RECESS AND RETURNING AT 430
05:20:41 CITY FUNDING PARKS, BUSSES, CLASSROOMS AND EVERYTHING
05:20:46 IN BETWEEN. NOW BEHIND THAT
05:27:15 AND SO I WAS I WOULD DO THAT YEARLY TRIP WITH THEM
05:27:19 AND EVENTUALLY MY MY PARENTS WERE LIKE YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO
05:27:23 SEND YOU BACK TO SCHOOL. YOU NEED TO STAY Y IN SCHOOL.
05:27:26 WE CAN'T KEEP YOU IN YOUR BROTHER WHO'S ONLY A YEAR
05:27:28 YOUNGER THAN ME IN THIS TYPE OF LIFESTYLE BECAUSE YOU ARE
05:27:31 MISSING A LOT OFFE CLASS, A LOT OF SCHOOL, A LOT OF
05:27:34 RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT IS THAT
05:27:37 IS WHERE I WAS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOS
05:27:39 BANOS BECAUSE THAT'S A SMALL FARMING COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL
05:27:42 CALIFORNIAIA A AND YOU KNOW IT'S GROWN A LOT IN THE LAST FEW
05:27:46 YEARS BUT GROWING UP IT WAS BASICALLY YOU WERE OUR FARM
05:27:50 OWNER OR YOU WERE A FARM WORKERR AND THAT LIFE THAT WAS A LIFE.
05:27:53 >> AND SO HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU LIVE THERE BEFORE YOU SAID
05:27:57 I'M GOING TO MOVE TO SAY DID YOU MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO?
05:27:59 WHAT WAS YOURDNG FIRST I GUESS CITY AWAY FROM THE SPANIARDS?
05:28:01 >> YEAH. SO I IN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD A
05:28:05 YOU KNOW I WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAN FOR WHAT COMES NEXT I
05:28:09 KNEW THAT I WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE AND I THINK I ACTUALLY
05:28:12 KNEW THAT EARLY ON IN LIFE. YEAH BECAUSE WHY DID MY FIRST
05:28:15 GRADE TEACHER TOLD MY MOM THAT KID IS GOING TO COLLEGE AND I
05:28:20 WAS LIKE WAIT, WHY LIKE IS COLLEGE AN OPTION?
05:28:21 >> WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S THIS? RIGHT?
05:28:24 SO I THINK SINCE THEN THERE WAS A SEE THAT WAS PLANTED AROUND
05:28:27 COLLEGE BEING AN OPTION FOR FOR ME AND FOR MY IN MY FAMILY.
05:28:31 RIGHT. SO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I
05:28:35 KNEW THAT I WANTED TO NOT NECESSARILY LEAVE THOSE VALUES
05:28:36 BUT I DID WANT TO EXPLORE THE NEXT STEP IN MY EDUCATION.
05:28:40 SO IMY GOT INTO BERKELEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I FEEL LIKE HALF OF
05:28:44 THAT HALF OF CITY HALL WENT TO CAL, RIGHT?
05:28:47 >> SO WE'LL GO BEARS OH, BEARS GO BEARS.
05:28:48 YEAHL. SO THEN I WAS THAT'S WHY I WENT
05:28:52 TO THE BAY IN BERKELEY WAS MY MY FIRST PLACE I LIVED OUTSIDE
05:28:55 OF LOS BANOS WHERE YOU SO YOU'RE THE FIRST COLLEGE
05:28:59 GRADUATE. >> YOU'REIROL FREE AND YOUR
05:29:02 IMMEDIATE FAMILY YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE THEY WENT TO COLLEGE.
05:29:03 >> YES I DEALHE IS A HUGE DEAL FOR MANY FAMILIES.
05:29:06 YEAH. L
05:29:09 AND AND I THINK I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT THAT YOU DON'T AS
05:29:13 AS PEOPLE SAY OH I DID IT THEY CAN DO IT I ACTUALLY DON'T'T
05:29:14 BELIEVE IN THAT'T. I BELIEVE THAT IT TAKES A
05:29:18 COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY RIGHT
05:29:20 AND WE NEED PEOPLE AROUND US WHO WHO CAN HELP US THINK OF
05:29:24 DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WHAT CAN WHAT WE CAN DO.
05:29:25 AND I MENTIONED MY FIRST GRADE TEACHER BUT WE ALSO HAD MY
05:29:28 WE USED TO THE FARM LIVE.
05:29:31 HERE WAS A NEIGHBOR AND HE HAD GONE TO THE MILITARY.
05:29:35 HE WAS A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED ALL LOOKTA OLDER LATINO AND HE
05:29:38 WOULD TUTOR ME AFTER CLASSO SO LIKE IF I HAD QUESTIONS WITH
05:29:42 WORK I WOULD HOMEWORK. >> I WOULD ALWAYS GO OVER
05:29:43 LD AND HE WOULD HE WOULD HAVE THE O
05:29:46 TIME AND HE WOULD HELP ME OUT. RIGHT?
05:29:47 SOOU O AND THEN THE OTHER BIG PE OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN I B WAS
05:29:50 IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY COUNSELOR CALLS ME IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR
05:29:54 HE'S LIKE HEY LIKE I WASSH TALKING TO YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER
05:29:57 AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE THINKS YOUR PLACE IN THE WRONG CLASSG.
05:30:01 >> I'M LIKE THE WRONG CLASS. LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON?
05:30:02 YES. SHE THINKS YOU SHOULD BEEOIOI IE
05:30:04 ADVANCED AP, YOU KNOW? >> AND I WAS LIKE A I OH OKAY AA
05:30:08 GO I JUST WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
05:30:09 HE'S LIKE, BOY YOU'RE IN THE WRONG TRACK NOWE'R.
05:30:11 SO SO I I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT THERE'S THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR
05:30:13 LIFE THAT WILL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OR SHIFT YOUR YOURR LIFE
05:30:19 IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO THE PATH
05:30:20 THAT YOU WANTNT. >> IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE.
05:30:24 YOU'RE RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY.
05:30:25 I LOVE THAT MINDSET TOO. NOW WHENVI R
05:30:26 E YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW YOU WERE
05:30:28 YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUTUT TO COME F AGE AS AN ADULT AND ALL THAT
05:30:32 STUFF, DID YOU WANT TO A GET INO PUBLIC SERVICE?
05:30:35 >> LIKE WHAT WERE YOU WHY DID YOU WANT TO GO TO I COLLEGEC?
05:30:39 I GUESS WHAT TO STUDY WHAT AND YOU KNOW WHAT WAS YOUR
05:30:41 INTEREST BACK THEN? >> SO SO ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS
05:30:44 IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS VERY ENGAGED IN YOU KNOW, IN THE
05:30:47 BUSINESS WORLD, IF YOU WILL, DOING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,W,
05:30:51 FISHING FOR FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA STUFF.
05:30:54 >>O AND I THOUGHT I WANTED TO DO LIKE BUSINESS BECAUSE I THOUGHT
05:30:58 OH, CTHIS IS A WAY I CAN HELP OUT MY FAMILY.
05:31:00 THIS IS A WAY I CAN GIVE BACK TO TWO OF THE
05:31:03 PEOPLE THAT HAVE RAISED ME OR THAT CAN WORK MY
05:31:04 WAY OUT OF IT TO A DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, IN A DIFFERENT TYPE
05:31:07 OF LIFESTYLEW. RIGHT?
05:31:10 BUT THEN ONCE I O GOTOL TO COLLE THEN YOU START GETTING ENGAGED
05:31:14 WITH LIKE S STUDENT ORGANIZATIOS AND SO YOU THE SPARKSO WENT OFF
05:31:17 ON ME LIKE OH I O CAN BE AN ACTIVIST.
05:31:19 OH MY GODACST, THE WORLD IS CANE IMPROVED, RIGHT?
05:31:22 THE WORLD NEEDS A LOT OF CHANGEN .
05:31:25 YEAH. SO GETTING INVOLVED WITH
05:31:26 STUDENT GROUPS WASCHCH ONE OF TE FIRST THINGS THAT I DID WAS
05:31:29 IN COLLEGE AND I REALIZED OH I. I CAN DO SOMETHINGHEND DIFFERENT
05:31:32 AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BUSINESS.
05:31:33 SO I STARTED GETTING INTO LIKE OKAY'T, I NEED SOMETHING THAT'S
05:31:36 PRACTICAL AND I AND I CAN STILL MAKE A CAREERR OUT OF IT AND I
05:31:40 STARTED OVER AND PLANNING DESIGN WORK RIGHT?
05:31:44 SO THAT'S IIT STARTED LEARNING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
05:31:46 AND THEN THAT'S WHAT I ENDED UP DOING AND I THOUGHT THIS IS A
05:31:48 GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT RESOURCES AS IN COMMUNITIES
05:31:52 AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE BETTER FOR FOR EVERYBODY.
05:31:54 SO YEAHOR AND YOU WENT TO BERKELEY.
05:31:56 BERKELEY IS A HUB OF AENO LOT OF ACTIVITY, A LOT OF OPINIONS, A
05:32:00 LOT OF REALLY FORWARD THINKERSLO .
05:32:03 IT'S I P MEAN IT'S A PERFECT
05:32:04 INSTITUTION FOR ACTIVISM, RIGHT?
05:32:05 WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE? AND AND THEY SAID THAT THAT
05:32:08 KIND OF SHAPED A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'RE
05:32:11 DOING NOW AND WHATNOT BUT HOWHA HOW HUGE WAS THAT GOING TO
05:32:15 BERKELEY AND SEEING THAT AROUND THEREO AND JUST IT'S IT'S IT'S A
05:32:18 FORCE AT BERKELEY IS ITS OWN A KIND OF YOU KNOW YEAH I THINK
05:32:22 INSTITUTION THAT'S YEAH I THINK I THINKIT THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
05:32:26 WAS DEFINITELY YOU REALIZE HOW SHELTERED IN THE DIFFERENT WAYS
05:32:30 WE CAN BE RIGHT RIGHT LIKE EVEN EVEN GREW UP AS AE FARM WORKER
05:32:33 AND YOU REALIZE OH YOU'RE PROTECTED OR NOT PROTECTED OR
05:32:35 YOU DON'T GET TO SEE YOUR EXPERIENCEECRI THINGS OUTSIDE OF
05:32:37 YOUR COMMUNITY AND ONCE I ONCE I STARTED COLLEGE I REALIZED OH
05:32:42 LIKE THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS IN LIFEE SO YEAH.
05:32:45 >> A WOW. AND SO YOU HAD A MASTER'S
05:32:48 IN PLANNING AT USC AS WELL? YES.
05:32:49 THATEA SHAPE YOUR APPROACH TO CITY LEADERSHIP?
05:32:53 DID THAT Y INFLUENCE YOU IN IN MANY WAYS, YEAH.
05:32:57 >> SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TO GO INTO THE UNIVERSITY
05:32:59 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROGRAM FOR FOR GRAD SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, I
05:33:04 KNEW THAT I CARED ABOUT COMMUNITIES AT THAT TIME.
05:33:05 S TOEW THAT I WANTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE PLAN
05:33:08 BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FORBO ALL ITS RESIDENTS.
05:33:11 I KNEW THAT I CARED ABOUT RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND BY T
05:33:14 RESOURCE ALLOCATION I DON'T MEAN JUST FUNDED I MEAN LIKE
05:33:16 SIDEWALKS TREES, THINGS SERVICES ALL OF IT LIKE HOW DO
05:33:20 WE PLAN FOR COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCESN
05:33:23 AND SERVICES THEY NEED AND WE AND YOU KNOW SO WHEN I WASAS
05:33:27 THERE I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO THAT SO I WAS ABLEE TO TO
05:33:30 REALLY DIVE INTO IT AND I WAS YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN IO I THINKI
05:33:34 KNEW THAT I HAD A COLLAR INTEREST IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
05:33:35 I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT UNDERGRAD EXPERIENCE
05:33:39 AND THEN THIS JUST SOLIDIFIEDED
05:33:41 IT FOR ME. YEAH.
05:33:42 AND THEN I YOU KNOW WHEN I WASOR THERE I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
05:33:45 TO WORK FOR THEN MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA IN HIS
05:33:48 OFFICE. I WAS KIND OF YOU KNOW, THE THE
05:33:50 FELLOW FOR O HIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
05:33:53 YES. AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK
05:33:56 THINKING ABOUT THE TYPES OF JOBS AND BUSINESSES WE WANTED
05:33:58 TO ATTRACT TO L.A. TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE YOU
05:34:02 KNOW, AT THAT TIME C I THOUGHT E WERE IMPORTANT.
05:34:05 >> SO IT'S GREAT. OKAY, SO NOW LET'S FAST FORWARDG
05:34:08 TO SAN FRANCISCO. YOUR TIME HERE KNOW YOUR KIND
05:34:12 OF EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND NOW WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST TASTE OF
05:34:16 SAN FRANCISCO'S IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.
05:34:17 AT OUR GUESTS THIS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE HERE LIKE OH
05:34:21 WOW THE CITY WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU ENJOYED ABOUT
05:34:23 THE CITY THAT YE STOOD OUT TO Y? >> YEAH, SO R I REMEMBER WHEN I
05:34:28 WAS AN UNDERGRAD I CAME TOD THE CITY AND I REALIZED OH THIS IS
05:34:31 A PLACE FOR ME BECAUSE I WENT TO YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S IS I
05:34:38 WILL MENTION NAMES BUT THERE WAS THIS THERE'S THIS NIGHTCLUBB
05:34:41 THAT USED TO BE LATINO AND IT WAS IT WAS A GAYSE LATINOO BAR.
05:34:45 AND I REALIZED OH THIS PLACE ISP MAGICAL LIKE THIS PLACE
05:34:49 EMBODIES A LOT OF WHO I AM.HI AND THEN I REALIZED, OH, SAN
05:34:53 FRANCISCO HAS THIS. THEN I REALIZE OH, SAN
05:34:54 FRANCISCO HASAS, THESE NICHES OF CULTURE CULTURE H SPACES FOR FOR
05:35:00 EVERYBODY. >> AND I THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED
05:35:01 OHOHEV I BELONG HERE. YOU KNOW, I LIKE SAN FRANCISCO.
05:35:05 I LIKE THE BAY AND IT FELT LIKE HOME.
05:35:09 >> YES, THERE'S TIME, YOU KNOW,, AND I'M A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN
05:35:12 AND THIS IS ALL I KNEW AND SOOHI SAW DIVERSITY EVERY SINGLE DAY
05:35:16 AND THAT'S WHEN I STEPPED OUT OF'S SAN FRANCISCO.
05:35:20 I WAS LIKE OH BOY, THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT AND THAT I FELT LIKE
05:35:24 I LIVED IN A BUBBLE BUT I JUST SAW PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.
05:35:27 I GREW UP I IN THE MISSION EXCELSIOR SO I WAS AROUND
05:35:29 LATINOS, AFRICAN-AMERICANSOTI, FILIPINOS.
05:35:31 THEN I MOVED ON TO THE SUNSET. SOME ASIAN LIKE THIS IS SANEN
05:35:34 FRANCISCO, YOU KNOW. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK I LOVE
05:35:35 ABOUT THE CITY A IS THE DIVERSE IT IS A MELTING POT OF O SO MANY
05:35:39 DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU CAN BE YOU YOU COULD BERE WHO YOU ARE,
05:35:43 YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND IT'S SUCH A WELCOMING CITY.
05:35:46 >> RIGHT. EXACTLY.
05:35:47 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATEUCNG AND YOU KNOW,
05:35:50 THROUGH OUR OFFICE, THROUGH OUR WORK THAT WE DO, WE WANT TO
05:35:51 THAT'S THAT THE FACT THAT SO FORTH BECAUSE IT'S
05:35:54 SUCH A WELCOMING CITY THERE'S AU SPACE FOR EVERYBODY AND THAT
05:35:57 PEOPLE SHOULD BELONG RIGHT? PEOPLE PEOPLEE WE ARE CONSTANTLY
05:36:01 WORKING TOWARDS THAT. SO EVERYBODY WHETHER YOU'RE A
05:36:02 NEWCOMERERDS, WHETHER YOU'VE BEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS THAT PEOPLE
05:36:06 FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN SAN FRANCISCO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
05:36:09 THAT YOU AND I AND THAT THAT FEELING THAT I FELT BACK THEN I
05:36:12 WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL YES. >> SOPL WHEN THEY GO TO THE
05:36:16 EXCELSIOR, WHEN THEY COME TO THE MISSION OR CHINATOWN.
05:36:18 RIGHT. OR THE BAYVIEW LIKE T PEOPLE
05:36:20 SHOULD FEEL LIKE I BELONG IN L.A..
05:36:21 ABSOLUTELY. I SEE MYSELF I HERE IN THIS
05:36:23 NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THIS SMALL BUSINESS THIS THIS THIS BAR,
05:36:25 THIS OAL RESTAURANT WHEREVER ITY BE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.
05:36:28 >> SO YEAH, THAT'S A PERFECT TRANSITION>> INTO THAT'S WHY WHT
05:36:31 LET'S LET'S GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS EXECUTIVE
05:36:35 DIRECTOR FOR OSSEO AND YOUR TEAM WHAT IT CONSISTS OF
05:36:39 AND THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE THE
05:36:42 CITY AS WELCOMING AS POSSIBLE. >> LET'S START FROM YOU AT THEHE
05:36:44 TOP YOUR DAY TO DAY. HOW BIG IS YOUR TEAM AND YOU
05:36:47 KNOW WHO DO YOU MANAGE AND WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO?D
05:36:51 GREATT'S A THAT'S A QUESTION BECAUSE OVER THE OVER
05:36:52 THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE NOW THE TEAM HAS
05:36:55 SHIFTED A LITTLE BITRS. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE A N
05:36:59 TEAM OF FOUR TEAM INDIVIDUALS NOT INCLUDING FELLOWS OR FELLOW
05:37:01 ORLSLO INTERNS IN THE OFFICE. BUT YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY WORKIC
05:37:05 IS AROUNDD MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT
05:37:09 SENSE OF BELONGING FOR TON? ODY RIGHT
05:37:12 SO IFF I LEAVE WITH THAT IN MIND WE WANT I'M SURE THAT ALL OUR
05:37:13 PROGRAMS D ARE DESIGNED WITH THAT.
05:37:15 WE WE HAVE A LOT OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PROGRAMS SO WE HAVE
05:37:19 A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT'S P BEEN AROUND FOR NOW TEN YEARS
05:37:23 RIGHT TO WHERE WE SUPPORT
05:37:24 FELLOWS RELATIONS BY THE WAY,
05:37:27 THAT'S A MILESTONE. THANK YOU.
05:37:28 YEAH. YEAH.
05:37:29 REGARDLESS, THTH OF THE STATE AS WE
05:37:31 TRY TO SUPPORT THEM AND GET THEM PLACED IN OUR LOCALND CBOS
05:37:35 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN RAISE SO THEY CAN
05:37:38 GAIN SOME MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CAREERS AND THEN SO
05:37:42 ANYHOW SO THAT'S WE'VE IMPACTED OVER 120 INDIVIDUALS NOW JUST
05:37:46 THROUGH THAT PROGRAM ALONE WHICH IS AWESOME, WHICH IS
05:37:47 GREAT TO HAVE AND THEN WE'VE YOU KNOW WE'VE DESIGNED CO-OPS.
05:37:51 WE'VE HELPED FOLKS, YOU KNOW, GETD CONNECTED TO BUSINESS
05:37:54 SERVICES SO THEY CAN START A BUSINESSSE NOW THINKING THROUGH
05:37:57 THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF OF HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANTS SO
05:38:01 THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES
05:38:04 SO THEY CAN, YOUER KNOW, EITHER GAIN EXPERIENCE OR ALSO START A
05:38:06 BUSINESS OR BE THE OWNER OF A BUSINESS.
05:38:10 WE ALSO DO A LOT OF SUPPORT THROUGH OUR OUR GRANTMAKING
05:38:16 THAT WE DO. YEAH, YEAH.
05:38:17 SO SO WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR PATHWAYY CITIZENSHIP WHICH IS
05:38:20 ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT'S ALSO BEEN AROUND FOR ANOTHER TEN
05:38:23 YEARS NOW I THINK WE'RE ALL CLOSE TO 11 YEARS.
05:38:24 WOW THAT'SS A A AND WE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY COMMUNITY
05:38:27 ORGANIZATIONSMART AND WE SUPPORT FOLKS TO APPLY FOR
05:38:31 NATURALIZATION TO BECOME CITIZENS.
05:38:35 RIGHT. AND THEY IT'S A FREE PROGRAM
05:38:38 AND PEOPLE COME TO THE WORKSHOP AND THEY GET THE FREE LEGAL
05:38:39 ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO REVIEW THEIR APPLICATIONS, ITS
05:38:43 APPLICATION COMPLETED AND THEN WE TRY TO PAIR THAT WITH
05:38:46 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE PARTNERS LIKE THE
05:38:50 MISSION A FUND WHO HELPS US WITH WITH A LITTLETH BIT OF
05:38:53 EITHER ZERO INTEREST LOANS OR GRANTS TO COVER SOME OF THE
05:38:57 COSTS FOR FOR THOSE APPLICATION FEES AND YOU KNOWS WE'RE VERY
05:39:01 PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF THE MEAT
05:39:02 AND POTATOES OF THE WORK THAT WE DO B O AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTR
05:39:05 WHOLE SET OF OTHER GRANTEES THAT DO REALLY MEANINGFUL WORK
05:39:08 WHERE IT'S AROUND YOU KNOW, WHICH SHOULD PEOPLE ARE
05:39:12 NAVIGATING A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT EXIST YOU KNOW WE
05:39:13 WE FOCUSINIC WHAT WE CALL ON AFFIRMATIVE WORK OKAY
05:39:18 AND NATIONALIZATIONS THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE BUT ALSO WHEN
05:39:20 PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR ASYLUM OR APPLYINGNE FOR TEMPORARY
05:39:22 PROTECTED STATUS LIKE HOW DO WE HELP THIS WORK AUTHORIZATION
05:39:26 RIGHT. THERE'S SO MANY SO MANY SO MANY
05:39:27 TYPES OF PROCESSES M IN THE IMMIGRATION JOURNEY THAT FOLKS
05:39:31 WILL TAKE AND SOMETIMES THERE'S SHIFTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE
05:39:35 SO OUR GRANTEES HELP THEM NAVIGATING THROUGH ALL THAT.
05:39:38 >> WE TRY TO REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS AS YOU CAN RIGHT AS
05:39:42 WELL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND MAKE THEIR DREAMS REALIZEDAK RIGHT OR
05:39:46 WHATEVER. >> EXACTLY.
05:39:47 IS AND I THINK THAT IS THAT ONE OF MY MODELS I THINK I M
05:39:51 USUALLY THINK OF THAT WITH MY WITH MY TEAM LIKE MY O M I THINY
05:39:54 JOB IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
05:39:55 ITERCE WAS SAME THING APPLIES FR FOR OUR GRANTEES AND COMMUNITY
05:39:59 LIKE MY JOB IS TO REMOVEIK BARRIERS OR FOLKS CAN BE
05:40:02 SUCCESSFUL AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR DREAMS RIGHT WHAT BECAUSE IFLKDE
05:40:04 THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL WE'RE ALL SUCCESSFUL.
05:40:05 YES. RIGHT.
05:40:06 AND THERE'S W I YEAH SO SO THATS THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF PART
05:40:10 OF THEHE WORK BUT THERE'S A LOT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LINE
05:40:13 THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO COVER AS MUCH AS WE CANAN IN THIS PODCAST
05:40:16 TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE ACCESSOD ORDINANCE BEING FILIPINO.
05:40:21 I KNOW LIKE TAGALOG IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE HERE IN THE
05:40:24 CITY WHICH IS SO AMAZING BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT MY
05:40:26 IMMIGRANT MOTHERCH WHO IS STILL ALIVE AND YOU KNOW SHE SHE SHE S
05:40:29 CAME OUT HERE, TOOK A RISK AND AND I WAS BORN HEREOR
05:40:33 AND THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE THE LIFE IF MY MOM WASN'T, YOU
05:40:37 KNOW, ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT SHE DID AND I FEEL AT
05:40:41 HOME, YOU KNOW. BUT THIS LANGUAGE ACCESSE
05:40:43 ORDINANCE THERE'S A NEW T LANGUAGE THAT I HEAR THAT IS IS
05:40:47 IS IS OFFICIAL. RIGHT.
05:40:48 AND THAT'S IS A VIETNAMESE EXACTLY A.
05:40:51 RAISING THAT FOR THAT'S TELL US ABOUT IT WHAT'S
05:40:53 WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUTES LANGUAGE ACCESS IS THAT YOU
05:40:56 KNOW GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUTW BELONGING AND FEELING
05:40:59 LIKE HOME. YEAH I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE
05:41:00 INTENT OF THE WORKK LY, RIGHT? WE P WANT PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFL
05:41:03 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HOW DO WE DO THAT?
05:41:06 MAKING SURE THAT OUR SERVICES OUR INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
05:41:10 IN PEOPLE'S LANGUAGES YOU KNOW REGARDLESS OF THE LANGUAGE YOU
05:41:12 SPEAK, PEOPLE CAN ASK FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE AVAILABLE
05:41:15 IN THAT LANGUAGE, RIGHT? SO JUSTVA THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
05:41:18 KNOW. >> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
05:41:19 BUT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DO WHAT WEER HAVE COMING UP NOW
05:41:22 IS THAT WE DO HAVE ENEMIES THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A ANOTHER
05:41:25 REQUIRE LANGUAGE WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT NOW
05:41:29 DEPARTMENT CITY AGENCIES WHEN THEIRY PRODUCING INFORMATION
05:41:33 THAT WE CONSIDER VITAL SO THINGS THAT IMPACTAL PEOPLE'S
05:41:36 HEALTH SAFETY ACCESS TO BENEFITS HAS TO BEFI AVAILABLE
05:41:41 IN VIETNAMESE FROM THE BEGINNING.
05:41:42 RIGHT AND IT'SSHT GOING TO IT'S GOING TO JOIN YOU KNOW,
05:41:45 FILIPINO. IT'S GOING TO JOIN CHINESE
05:41:48 IN SPANISH. RIGHT.
05:41:49 SO THAT OUR CITY DOES THAT THAT THEY RECOGNIZE IT.
05:41:53 LET'S MAKE THAT MAKE IT EASY FOR THESE FOLKS TO READ
05:41:56 AND UNDERSTAND MATERIALS THAT ARE COMING IN THE MAIL.
05:41:58 I TELL YOU, I READ MY MOM'S MAIL AND I'M LIKE OH, THERE'S A
05:42:01 DAD UP. >> THIS IS AMAZING AND YOU KNOW
05:42:04 HER AND I CAN READ IT TOGETHER AND IT'S JUST AMAZING SHE
05:42:05 BECAUSE ALL YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE COULD BE
05:42:09 INFORMED WITH NOW. >> EXACTLY.
05:42:12 AND NOT A BARRIER AND EXACTLY I ALWAYS TELL THE STORY BECAUSE
05:42:15 FOR MY SO MY PARENTS THERE WERE I MENTIONED EARLIER THERE WERE
05:42:19 FARM WORKERS AND I THINK OF THEM WHEN THEY FIRST GOT THEIR
05:42:20 FIRST LOAN SO THEY CAN A START A BUSINESS.
05:42:23 YEAH AND AND I REALIZE THAT BECAUSE OF THAT THEY WERE ABLE
05:42:27 TO BASICALLY HAVE DIFFERENT TYPESTO OF REVENUES OF INCOME.
05:42:31 THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY THEIR OWN FARM.
05:42:32 THEY WERE ABLE TO START THEIR OWN TUY T LITTLE YOU KNOW ORCHAD
05:42:35 YEAH IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY BECAUSE SOME OF SOME OF THE THE
05:42:40 THE THE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE IN THEIR LANGUAGE
05:42:44 AND IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THE LOANAN INL AGENT SPOKE THE LANGE
05:42:47 NOT BECAUSE OF THE MATERIALS BEING AVAILABLE BUT IT'S
05:42:48 BECAUSE SOMEBODYNO WAS THERE TO HELP THEM OUT AND I THINK I
05:42:51 ALWAYS THINK OF THAT LIKE WHAT IF WHAT IF THERE'SND O INFORMATN
05:42:54 WAS AVAILABLE TO TO FOLKS IN THEIR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES?
05:42:56 OF COURSEO, YOU KNOW MOST MOST OF THE LOANS AND STUFF ARE FROM
05:42:59 THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT ANY RESOURCECE FROM THE CITY SHOULD
05:43:03 BE AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE'S LANGUAGES BECAUSE WE WANT THEM
05:43:06 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
05:43:07 RIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT. LOTS OFERRT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTSF
05:43:09 YOUR DEPARTMENT COMMUNITYCC AMBASSADORS PROGRAMS
05:43:14 AND MILESTONES AND JUST BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU'DAMST E
05:43:17 TO SHARE THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THESE LAST WHAT TEN 50
05:43:20 DIALOGS AND DEPARTMENT BEEN AROUND ABOUT 15 YEARS.
05:43:22 >> THEDEBO YEARS HAVE BEEN 15 YEARS.
05:43:24 >> THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S ALMOST THE
05:43:25 DEPARTMENTS AND I MEAN I OF COURSE IT'S NOT IT'S ONLY BEEN
05:43:29 HERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS BUT I MEAN THERE'S THERE'ST' BEEN A
05:43:31 WHOLE SET OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE HAVE WHO HAVE CREATED
05:43:33 THIS O DEPARTMENT AND WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK OF THIS
05:43:36 DEPARTMENT AND WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
05:43:40 I MEAN I YOU KNOW, WE THERE'S THERE'S VERY KEY PROGRAMS LIKE
05:43:44 THE ONES I MENTIONED BUT ALSO THE GREEN AMBASSADORS PROGRAM
05:43:47 IS ONE THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.
05:43:48 IT WAS ITS WAS A IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS BOTH A
05:43:51 WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMAM AND ALSO A SAFETY PROGRAM.
05:43:54 RIGHT. AND WE WERE IN VARIOUS
05:43:57 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
05:43:58 >> I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME BY THE WAY.
05:43:59 AND IT'S AMAZINGSC. THEY'RE GREAT.
05:44:02 YEAH. YOU KNOW PRESENTER CITY YEAH SO
05:44:03 SO YOU A A KNOW THE PROGRAM HAS COME TO AN END.
05:44:06 YES BUT I THINK WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL THE THEHE
05:44:09 AMBASSADORS WHO WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
05:44:14 YOU KNOW THEY GOT VERY SPECIFIC TRAINING ON LIKE ADMINISTERING
05:44:18 NARCAN HOW TO YOU KNOW, DE-ESCALATING ANY SITUATION
05:44:21 AND COMMUNITY. WE WERE PARTNERING WITH VARIOUS
05:44:25 INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THERE WAS A
05:44:26 SCHOOL, A FOOD BANK, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID THERE WERE THERE
05:44:30 WERE A BIG PIECE OF THE OUTREACH WORK THAT WAS BEING
05:44:35 DONE BY THE CITY AND ALSO PREDOMINATELY IN IMMIGRANT
05:44:37 NEIGHBORHOODS WE WERE VERY MUCH PRESENTT IN THE BAYVIEW THE
05:44:40 MISSION CHINATOWN, RIGHT. AND THEN WE EXPANDED INTO SOME
05:44:44 NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT FIVE AND THEN AND THEN ALSO TO
05:44:48 SUNSET. SO WE WE WERE VERY PROUD OF
05:44:49 THATE PROGRAM. NOW WITH WITH ALL THE
05:44:51 REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE CITY, WE HAD TO
05:44:56 UNFORTUNATELY REDUCE THAT PROGRAM.
05:44:58 BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THAT YOU
05:45:00 WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TCO AND I WOULD I, I WANT TO TAKE A
05:45:03 LITTLE BIT OF CREDIT FOR THIS AH YOU WERE THE ITL OFFICE SHOUD
05:45:06 TAKE A LITTLE BIT CREDIT. IT'S LIKE IT'S BECAME A MODEL
05:45:07 FOR OTHER AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS A THAT WE NOW SEE RIGHT SO I WILL
05:45:11 I WILL WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
05:45:13 >> YES. OH FOR SURE..
05:45:14 NO, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
05:45:15 BUT LET'SBS LET'S GO BACK TO THE COVID ERA AND HOW IMPORTANT
05:45:18 YOUR DEPARTMENT WAS FOR MANY OF
05:45:21 THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I MEAN WE WENTANES THROUGH A LOT AS A Y
05:45:25 AND IT WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY .
05:45:28 A LOT OF YOU KNOW, AS I'M SURE A LOT OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
05:45:30 WERE SCARED OF WHAT'S GOING F TO HAPPEN TO ME RIGHT NOW.
05:45:33 >> RIGHT. WHAT WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT
05:45:35 THAT? , ALL OF THAT.
05:45:38 >> SOO I MEAN I THINK WHAT I WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR
05:45:39 PROGRAM DURING COVID AND I YOU KNOW I WAS ALSO WORKING FOR THE
05:45:42 CITY AT THE TIME IS THAT WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE
05:45:45 THAT CONNECTION TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN L.A.
05:45:47 PURE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT COMMUNITY.
05:45:49 RIGHT. AND OUR AMBASSADORS AND OUR
05:45:50 D DO IN MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MATERIALS
05:45:54 WERE AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WERE KEYAB IN THE
05:45:57 OUTREACH OF OF MAKING SURE THATF THE RESOURCES WERE GETTING TO
05:46:01 OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I
05:46:02 MENTIONED THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD LIKE THAT AT THAT TIME,
05:46:05 THAT'S WHEN WE GOT CONNECTED TO A LOT OF THE FOOD T DISTRIBUTION
05:46:09 CENTERS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE, RIGHT?
05:46:10 SO WE WERE DISTRIBUTING FOOD FAMILIES WEREHE
05:46:13 SHELTERING AT HOME. SO THE AMBASSADOR STILL CAME
05:46:17 OUT AND HELP WITH MY MANAGEMENT HELP WITH DISTRIBUTINGHE FOOD,
05:46:21 HELP WITH GETTING FOOD INTO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES.
05:46:22 RIGHT. AND THENEOES BECAUSE OF THE COVD
05:46:25 LESSONS, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT THAT WE O WERE THAT WE
05:46:28 LEARNED THROUGH THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF T AND RESPONDING
05:46:32 TO THE SHIFTS IN IMMIGRATION POLICY THATH WERE COMING FROM
05:46:36 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. RIGHT.
05:46:36 THERE WAS A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS IRI MEAN THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
05:46:39 NERVOUSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES NOW AROUND
05:46:42 LEAVING THEIR HOMES, GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING TO THE
05:46:44 MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. YOU KNOW T T, ESPECIALLY LAST LT
05:46:47 YEAR WE SAW A LOT OF THAT. SOSA AND THE AMBASSADORS WERE
05:46:51 STILL STEPPING UP AND HELPING, YOU KNOW, MANAGE SOME OFLIN THE
05:46:54 LINES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE CONNECTING WITH
05:46:56 COMMUNITY TCT ORGANIZATIONS WHO NEEDED SUPPORT.
05:46:58 >> SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
05:47:00 WHAT ARE SOME FIRST STEPS COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE
05:47:02 WHEN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES LIKE FCO REPORTED?
05:47:04 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE YEAH SO YOU KNOW A JUST TAKING A LITTLE
05:47:09 BIT OF STEP BACK THROUGH LAST YEAR I THINK T I WANT TO
05:47:13 RECOGNIZE THAT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES EVEN THOUGH EVEN IF
05:47:14 YOU WERECO E BORN HERE AND IF YU LOOK LIKE AN IMMIGRANT WHICH IS
05:47:17 LIKE MOST OF US YESS, WE'RE EVEN WE'RE NERVOUS.
05:47:21 YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE IF YOU WERE A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUTWE BEING
05:47:24 OUT IN PUBLIC AND THERE'S AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZEEIIN THT
05:47:28 RIGHT? BECAUSE IF I START WITH THAT I
05:47:29 THINK OF LIKE MY PARENTS I IBE THINK O OF OF EVEN MYSELF WHEN I
05:47:32 WHEN I TRAVEL. WHAT ARE THAT WHATWH ARE WHY IS
05:47:35 IT THINGS THAT I HAVE THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLEHA AND THE
05:47:39 THE FIRST THING I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD DO ISG STAY INFORMED YOU
05:47:42 KNOW I THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, A LOT OF
05:47:47 MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, A LOT OFE, SOURCES THAT ARE GIVING YOU
05:47:50 DIFFERENT INFORMATION. >> AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD
05:47:53 BE INFORMED TRY TO FIND THAT TRUSTED PARTNER THAT GIVES YOU
05:47:55 THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND GO TO THEM.
05:47:58 RIGHT AND BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SOURCES OUT THERE, THERE'S
05:48:02 AND AND THEN ONCE YOU STAY INFORMED I THINK THE NEXT PIECE
05:48:05 IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT HAND
05:48:08 WHEN YOU NEED THEM. YOU KNOW, IN SAN FRANCISCO
05:48:10 WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS ARTICLE RAPID RESPONSE
05:48:13 HOTLINE RIGHTT? I CAN I CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY
05:48:17 RESOURCE THAT'S AVAILABLE SO WHEN FOLKS ARE SEE ACTIVE
05:48:21 ENFORCEMENT AND KNOW THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS LEGAL SERVICES
05:48:25 OR LEGAL SERVICES NEED TO BE DEPLOYED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL OR
05:48:28 INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
05:48:32 SO THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
05:48:33 WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT IN SANHAHA FRANCISCO AND KNOWING
05:48:36 YOUR RIGHTS TO RIGHT KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS T AND BEING EDUCATED
05:48:40 INFORMED LIKE OH THESE ARE MY RIGHTS, YOU KNOWED AND GOING BY
05:48:43 THOSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. >> EXACTLY.
05:48:44 AND I JUST SO SO AGAIN NO GETTING INFORMED HAVING THE
05:48:47 HOTLINE AND THEN KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS BOTH WHAT YOU DO AS AS
05:48:51 AS IF YOU ARE GETTING DETAINED OR YOU AND OR HAVE AN
05:48:55 INTERACTION WITH WITH FEDERAL ENFORCEMENTTI BUT ALSO IF YOU'RE
05:48:58 YOU'RE YOU'RE OBSERVING RIGHT WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AS AN
05:49:01 OBSERVER WHO'S DOCUMENTING THE INCIDENT I THINK THAT'S ALSO
05:49:05 IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT TO DO YOU KNOW
05:49:10 AND AND THEN YOU KNOW SPEAKING TO KIND OF THE THE CITY STAFF
05:49:13 YOU KNOW, WE PARTNER WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
05:49:17 AND OTHERS TO JUST TO LAUNCH A TRAINING FOR ALL CITY STAFF
05:49:21 AROUND UNDERSTANDING CENTURY CITY POLICIES AND WHAT THEY ARE
05:49:24 AND THEN THE PROTOCOLS THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE IF THERE'S
05:49:26 EVER ENFORCEDHE MEANT AND A CITY FACILITY AND WE WE SUSPECT THAT
05:49:30 THERE WILL BE AT SOME POINT WE DON'T KNOW BUT I THINK IT'S
05:49:34 IMPORTANT FORT ALL OF US EVEN OUR CITY STAFF TO BE AWARE OF
05:49:37 LIKE WHAT TOFF DO IF THERE IS ENFORCEMENT.
05:49:41 WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO TO ALSOWH SHARE THAT WITH WITH OUR
05:49:44 COMMUNITIES? >> RIGHT SO OKAY YEAH YEAH.
05:49:48 >> OR CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE S.F. IMMIGRANT FORUM?
05:49:50 IT'S A HUBMM RIGHT FOR VERIFIED RESOURCES?
05:49:52 >> WELL YEAH. SO YOU KNOW WE WE'VE BEEN PART
05:49:56 OF THIS WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE WITH THE MAYOR'S
05:49:59 OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMITTEE
05:50:02 DEVELOPMENT THAT HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY OUR OFFICE AND THE
05:50:06 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE WE YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN
05:50:10 TRUMP TOOK OFFICE WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO LIKE RELAUNCH A
05:50:13 LITTLE BIT OF OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH O COMMUNITY
05:50:17 TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEEDED SO THE
05:50:20 S.F. IMMIGRANT FORUM IS A GREAT PLATFORM.
05:50:21 THREE THREE HAS THREE COMPONENTS.
05:50:25 OKAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTNTOS
05:50:29 THE THE WEBSITE, THE LIST OF RESOURCES.
05:50:30 THERE'S A LIST OF VERIFIED RESOURCES BOTH FROM CITY
05:50:34 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THIS THIS
05:50:37 FORUM THIS SITE HAS EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION, FOOD,
05:50:42 HEALTH, HOUSING, THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS
05:50:45 REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS. RIGHT.
05:50:46 IMMIGRATION STATUS. SO THAT'S THAT IS THAT'S KEY.
05:50:50 WE HAVE A LISTSERV FOR OUR FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP
05:50:53 AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS RESOURCES THAT ARE
05:50:54 AVAILABLEEV AGAIN TO PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS.
05:50:58 CBOS REGARDLESS OF STATUS. AND THE THIRD PIECE IS WE DO A
05:51:01 BI MONTHLY WEBINARS ON VARIOUS TOPICS BASED ON THE TIME THATTO
05:51:05 WE'RE IN. YES TO TO SUPPORT OUR CBOS, OUR
05:51:09 SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE URBAN
05:51:13 COMMUNITIES AND THAT ISIT THOSE ARE THE THREE PIECES OF THE
05:51:16 S.F. IMMIGRANT FORUM I KNOW WHEN I I WHEN I GO OUT TO
05:51:20 COMMUNITY AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS IENS ALWAYS LIKE
05:51:22 THIS IS A ONE THING YOUS NEED TO REMEMBER FROM THIS FROM THIS
05:51:24 CONVERSATION IT'S A HUBUB FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU
05:51:27 NEED TO KNOW IT IS AND I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'REEV T VERY
05:51:30 FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER CITY AGENCIESTH AND O
05:51:33 BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR FOR
05:51:37 EVERYBODY GET ORGANIZEDED AND AD RESOURCE AND ONE STOP SHOP FOR
05:51:41 IF YOU WILL IF YOU COULD FIND THAT ONLINE FOR ANYONE THAT'S
05:51:44 YEAH JUST GO INTO YOUR SEARCH ENGINE TYPE NSFUS IMMIGRANT FORM
05:51:48 AND THERE IT IS WONDERFUL WONDERFUL.
05:51:49 >> ALL RIGHT COMING UP T ON JUNE 8TH OR IS IT YEAH, JUNE 8TH IS
05:51:56 THE EIGHTH ANNUAL IMMIGRANT LEADERSHIP ERA AWARDS.
05:51:59 >> YES. THAT'S ANN ANNUAL YOU KNOW, ONE
05:52:03 OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE TOO IS THAT WE
05:52:05 PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH I THE
05:52:06 IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COMMISSION. SO ONE OF MY OTHER TITLES THAT
05:52:08 I HAVEON IN THE CITY IS I'M TECHNICALLY THE SECRETARY TO
05:52:12 THE IMMIGRANTS COMMISSIONLL
05:52:14 AND WE WE ARE HAVING OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL LEADERSHIPHT AWARDS
05:52:18 AND IT'S A WAY TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR AND HIGHLIGHT A LOT
05:52:22 OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT IMMIGRANTS MAKE IN SAN
05:52:23 FRANCISCO. IT'STITI A YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'A
05:52:27 GREAT EVENT AND IF THERE'S A LOT OF JOY, A LOT OF
05:52:30 CELEBRATION AT THE EVENTF AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOME
05:52:34 AMAZING FOLKS BEING HONOREDIN. WHERE'S IT HELD BY THE WAY?
05:52:38 IT'S HEALTHY HERE AT CITY HALL. SO HERE AT 5:30 P.M.
05:52:40 EVERYBODY'S INVITED. Y' TO THE PUBLIC.
05:52:44 YES. SO EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO
05:52:45 COME. IT'S
05:52:45 ME IT'S A IT'S A GREAT EVENT
05:52:48 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SEE THE LEADERSHIPD T HR
05:52:51 THE HONOR OUR AWARDEES AND HAVING THE COMMISSIONRD HONR
05:52:55 THEM AND MAKE SURE WE'RE CELEBRATING THEM.
05:52:56 BUT ALSO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'STHTHIN VERY IMPT
05:52:59 THAT WE'RE DOING AT THIS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY HAS NOT
05:53:00 HAPPENED BEFOREE' WHERE WE ARE GETTING OUR FIVE STAR WELCOMING
05:53:03 CERTIFICATION. >> OH OKAY.
05:53:07 THAT'S SOUNDS HUGE. WHAT IS THAT?
05:53:08 WHAT IS IT? SO SO WELCOMING AMERICA IS A
05:53:11 THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION NONPROFIT AND WE ARE THE FIRST
05:53:18 JURISDICTION TO GET A FIVE STAR THE FIRST TO GET FIVE.
05:53:21 >> EXACTLY. YES.
05:53:22 THAT OR FIVE. EXACTLY.
05:53:24 AND WE'RE THE FIRST OTHER I WON'T MENTION ANY I WON'T
05:53:28 MENTION ANY NEIGHBORING CITIES OR COUNTIES BUT THEY HAVE NOT
05:53:31 MATCHED US RIGHT THERE AT FOR OTHERS THAT'S YEAH SO IT'S A
05:53:35 IT'S A HUGE CELEBRATION AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE GREAT
05:53:39 WORK AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN SAN FRANCISCO OVER THE
05:53:42 YEARS OUR VALUES OF HOW WE'RE A WELCOMING CITY THAT WE WANT TO
05:53:47 SHOW THAT EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY BELONG.
05:53:48 RIGHT. AND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING T OUR
05:53:50 OUR YOU KNOW, OUR POLICIES, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE
05:53:55 YEARS. >> SO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
05:53:56 FEEL LIKE THEY BELIEVE THEY BELONG AND SO ISHAKE THIS A
05:53:58 NATIONWIDE THING CALIFORNIA IS LIKE WHAT?
05:53:59 >> YEAH. SO IT'S A NATIONAL THIRD PARTY
05:54:02 THAT DOES THIS. YES.
05:54:03 PTH YFIVE OUT OF FIVE AND WE'RE FIRST CITY OR THE FIRST THANKS
05:54:06 TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FTY AND EVERYONE THAT'S WORKED ON
05:54:09 THAT. >> THAT'S THAT'S HUGE FOR US.
05:54:10 YEAHAN. AND AND MIND YOUIN JUST TO GIVE
05:54:13 YOU A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE WORKT IN OUR
05:54:16 OFFICE. IT'S ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE
05:54:17 CITY DOES AS A WHOLE RIGHT BECAUSEEBO A YOU KNOW THEY LOOKT
05:54:20 OUR PARKS OUR PARKS HAVE A PROGRAMINGRO THAT'S WELCOMING.
05:54:24 YES. THEY THEY LOOK AT OUR POLICIESWE
05:54:25 AROUNDS OUR ARE THEY DO A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR PEOPLE'S
05:54:29 DIFFERENTT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS.
05:54:31 >> YES YES SO SO THEY LOOKED AT SO MANY THINGS THAT WE ALREADY
05:54:35 DO THAT I THINK IT WAS IT WAS JUST IT WAS GREAT TO BE
05:54:39 RECOGNIZED. IT IS GREAT TO BE IT'S GOING TO
05:54:40 BE GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED TS ATT THE AWARDS JUNE 8TH JUNE 8TH
05:54:46 5:30 P.M. RIGHT HERE CITY HALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC H AND IT'S A
05:54:49 CELEBRATION AND A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR CITY
05:54:54 SAYING THAT THIS THIS IS WHO WE AREAT.
05:54:57 WE ARE A VERY WELCOMING CITY AND WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE
05:54:59 AGAINST ANYONEIN. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE PLACE
05:55:02 THAT YOU CAN CALL HOME AND FEEL PROUD OF IT.
05:55:05 >> AND THEN THEN NOW WE HAVE WE HAVE AN AWARD TO SHOW FOR IT
05:55:06 BUT WE ALSO
05:55:08 HAVE THE POLICIES THAT GOT US THAT AWARD RIGHT,
05:55:09 WHICH I GUESS IS THAT IS EXCITING.
05:55:10 >> THAT'S EXCITING ICI. LET'S LET'S LEARN A LITTLE MORE
05:55:13 ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIKE YOUR DAY TO DAY.
05:55:14 WHAT DO YOU YO LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB WHEN YOU WALK IN?
05:55:17 YOU SAID OKAY I'M GONNA MAKE A
05:55:20 DIFFERENCE THIS WAY LIKE WHAT? WHAT MOTIVATES YOU AND WHAT
05:55:21 EXCITES YOU WHEN YOUDI COME TO WORK.
05:55:24 >> SO I Y ALWAYS THINK I HATE TO GO BACK TO THAT THING BUT I
05:55:28 WOULD SAY MY PARENTS MY PARENTS AREEN KIND OF THAT FOUNDATION OF
05:55:31 LIKE WHO AM I REALLY? WHO AM I TRYING TO HELP?
05:55:32 RIGHT? WHO I AM I WORKING FOR?
05:55:35 RIGHT? AND I THINK OF THAT THAT
05:55:36 IMMIGRANT WHO WHOHOK WHO STRUGGD WHO HAD A VERY DIFFICULT
05:55:40 JOURNEY TO GET HERE RIGHTER. >> WHO WHO DID ODD JOBS AT THE
05:55:44 BEGINNING JUST TO TO LEARN THAT ONE GOOD JOB THAT YOU KNOW,
05:55:48 THEY KEPT FOR 25 YEARS. RIGHT.
05:55:50 AND THEN HOW EVENTUALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO LIKE GET GET A
05:55:53 LITTLE FINANCIAL HELP TO START A BUSINESS.
05:55:54 SO I THINKAL B OF THEM I THINK F THAT IMMIGRANT WHO'S HERE
05:55:57 IN SAN FRANCISCO ITH AND HOW AMI GOING TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE
05:56:01 THAT THEY HAVE A PATH FORE THEMSELVES AND ALSO FOR THEIR
05:56:05 FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN THE GENERATIONS TO COME RIGHTN.
05:56:08 YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S MY DRIVER.
05:56:09 THAT IS THAT IS WHO IT' THINKR F AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY I COME
05:56:13 COME TO WORK YOU KNOW THERE T ARE
05:56:15 THERE ARE VERY TOUGH CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF US BUT I THINK LIKE
05:56:17 OKAY, HOW I WANT TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER HOW I'M GOING TO
05:56:21 REMOVE BARRIERS FOR G THEM SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
05:56:24 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES INFORMATIONHE T THEY ND
05:56:27 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> THEY THEY CAN DO IT.
05:56:28 THERE'S HOPE THERE'S THERE'S LIGHT AT THAT TUNNEL T.
05:56:30 YOU CAN BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT AND WE'RE GOING TO YOU'REOU GOIG
05:56:34 TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW,
05:56:35 REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS AS YOU CANN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN
05:56:38 DO IT BE SUCCESSFUL. LIKE IF I SEE T THAT THEME YOU
05:56:42 WILL REALLY WANT TO SEE THEM SUCCESSFUL.
05:56:43 YEAH LIVING IN OUR CITY TO TO
05:56:45 TO EXCEED AND EXCEL BEYOND THEIR IMAGINATION AND I MEAN IT
05:56:49 SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT CORNY FRANKLY BUTUT LIKE IT'S I DON'T
05:56:53 WANT THEM JUST TO SURVIVE. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL
05:56:54 AND THRIVE RIGHTO? LIKE ABSOLUTELY.
05:56:57 I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
05:56:58 IS SOMETIMESVAL THE MODE WE'RE ALWAYS IN BUT I
05:57:01 KNOW I WANTTHTH MY OUR COMMUNIT, MY COMMUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL
05:57:08 AND TO THRIVE MODE ALL THE TIME.
05:57:09 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT'SOD WHAT'SEA SO INSPIRING ABOUT OUR
05:57:12 S.F. IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES? >> I KNOW THAT LED TO SOME OF
05:57:13 THE K MOST HARDWORKING, HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT ARE
05:57:16 JUST THEY'RE LIKE SUPERHEROES TO ME AND I SEE LIKE MY GOSH,
05:57:20 THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILYES ,DO THEM LIKE THEY DO
05:57:24 EVERYTHING AND THEY DO IT JUST WITH WITH PASSION E.
05:57:27 >> THEY GO ALL IN. IT'S HARDWORKING PEOPLE.
05:57:29 WELL, I MEAN I I THINK YOU SAID IT.
05:57:32 >> THAT'S IS WHAT'S INSPIRING. I THINK OUR I COMMUNITIES ARE
05:57:35 RESILIENT TO VERY RESILIENT, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU
05:57:39 KNOWOW AND LIKE I THINK IN SAN FRANCISCO OUR COMMUNITIES ARE
05:57:43 VERY RESILIENTLILI. THEY ARE JUST YOU KNOW, WE WE
05:57:47 TRY TO SUPPORT THEM IN ALL THE WAYS WE CAN.
05:57:51 BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SO CREATIVE THEY
05:57:53 THEY'LL FIND WAYS TO TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
05:57:55 THEY'LL FIND WAYS TO GET ACCESS TO SERVICESS RESOURCES.
05:57:58 THEY FIND WAYS TO TOO GET CONNECTED TO NETWORKS, YOU
05:57:59 KNOW,RK AND I AND I REALLY, REALLY ADMIRE THAT BECAUSE I
05:58:03 THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THISS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT
05:58:06 SPEAKS TO THE SPIRIT OFIA A THRIVING AND TRYING TO FIND A
05:58:10 BETTER LIFE. THAT'S BECAUSE THERI SPIRIT OF F
05:58:13 HOW DO I MAKE SURE S THAT I I'M GIVING FOLKS A BETTER LIFE
05:58:17 AND I AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MOTIVATES I ME AND THAT'S WHAT S
05:58:21 INSPIRING OF OF OUR AMERICAN WAYSHYMM HERE IN THE CITY.
05:58:24 I'M INSPIRED. I'M JUST LIKE IT JUST
05:58:25 REINFORCES WHAT I SEE EVERY DAYM .
05:58:28 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT MYNO MY PARENTS, MY AND MY UNCLES THAT
05:58:29 WE'RE ALLY THAT ALL IMMIGRATED HERE.
05:58:32 THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES, THEY DID THIS AND THEY MADE YOU
05:58:33 KNOW, THEY WANTEDLLLL, A BETTERE AND THEY DID AND FOR THEIR KIDS
05:58:36 AND BEYOND TOTHTH AND IT'S AMAZ. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT
05:58:40 AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME FUN THINGSTUN AND FESTIVALS BECAUSEE
05:58:43 HAVE SO MUCH DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY.
05:58:44 DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITEE FESTIVAL
05:58:47 LIKE WE HAVE CARNIVAL THAT HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT
05:58:50 GOT THIS ONE WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES FOR THE FILIPINO
05:58:52 COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW IN AUGUST WE GOT THE
05:58:55 CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE CHINESE PARADEE.
05:58:58 WE GOT A LOT WE CELEBRATE A LOT OF PARADES HERE.
05:58:59 IRIS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CULTURESES.
05:59:02 >> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? BUT GO AHEAD.
05:59:04 SO YEAH, NO, I THINK I MEAN YOU'RE PUTTING THEM IN THE HARD
05:59:07 SOCKS AT THE CHOOSE ONE AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHY ARE YOU
05:59:08 CHOOSE T YOU KNOW I, I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THAT PRIDE PRIDE IS
05:59:13 LIKE PROBABLY MY FAVORITE I THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW
05:59:17 THE CITY CELEBRATES NOT ONLY THE NOT JUST THE PARADE BUT THE
05:59:20 ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE IS CELEBRATING PRIDE AND I AND I I
05:59:24 YOU KNOW, AS A GAY MAN I FIND THAT TO BE VERY REWARDING AND I
05:59:28 FIND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT IT MAKES IT A PLACE FOR ME
05:59:33 TO BELONG AS WELL. RIGHT?
05:59:33 NOT ONLY AS A SON OF IMMIGRANTS BUT ALSO AS A GAY MAN AND I
05:59:37 THINK PRIDE G IS ONE OF THOSE THOSE MOMENTS THAT I FEEL LIKE
05:59:40 THE ENTIRE CITY'S IS IS CHANGING ITS VIBE.
05:59:44 IT'S IT'S WELCOMING. IT'S LIKE I CAN BE ME AND THIS
05:59:49 IS A LOVINGS AND ACCEPTING. YOU'RE RIGHT.
05:59:52 EXACTLY. SO ALTHOUGH LIKE THE ENTIRE
05:59:53 WEEK LEADING UP TO THE PRIDE PARADEIG NG IS GREAT AND ALL ANI
05:59:56 REALLY APPRECIATE HOW THE CITY LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY EVERYBODY
05:59:59 COMES TOGETHER DURING THAT WEEKEND AND LIKE THE WEEKS
06:00:01 LEADINGG UP TO IT AND IT IT'S YEAH IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
06:00:04 TIMES OF THE YEARR YEAH FOR SURE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IT'S
06:00:07 ALWAYS A HOT DAY ON PRIDE IT'S LIKEKEAY HOW DID THE THE WEATHER
06:00:11 GODS ALWAYS MAKE IT SO BEAUTIFULLW MOST OF THE TIME ON
06:00:15 PRIDE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY ON PARADE RIGHT.
06:00:18 >> I'VE DONE I'VE DONE PROBABLY LIKE 12 13 ON A FLOAT WITH MANY
06:00:21 PARTNERS AND SPONSORS AND I LOVE IT.
06:00:25 >> IT'S LIKE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR JUST LIKE THIS ONE
06:00:27 WEEKEND. SO YEAH YEAH YOU'RE YOU'RE
06:00:29 RIGHT I THINK I'M GRATEFUL TO THE TO THE WEATHER GODS THAT
06:00:30 MAKEE IT HAPPEN. >> SO LET ME ASK YOU ARE YOU DO
06:00:34 YOU HAVE YOUR CONTINGENT DID YOU GONG I MEAN YOU PROBABLY DO
06:00:36 OR DO YOU LIKE TO JUST BE LIKE A PATRON AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M
06:00:38 JUST GOING TO ENJOY MY CITY RIGHT NOW?
06:00:41 >> YEAH I LET'S THE YEAH I'VE JOINED THE PARADE A COUPLE OF
06:00:45 TIMES ALREADY I THINK THAT WAS I'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMESDY BUT
06:00:48 MORE SO IH JUST TRY TO GO WATCH IT JUST SO I HAVE FUN.
06:00:49 >> IT'S JUST TO CELEBRATE EXACTLY I CELEBRATE SO I DO A
06:00:52 LOT OF THAT. >> OKAY.
06:00:53 WITH THAT SAID, ISRA THERE ANY FAVORITE GEMS BITES LIKE LIKE
06:00:56 RESTAURANT THAT YOU ARE JUST YEAH THIS IS MY FAVORITE GO TO
06:01:02 SPOT YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THE CITY THERE'S SOAV MUCH DO YOU HAVE AY
06:01:05 FAVORITES? >> I ALWAYS ASK IT'S A TOUGH
06:01:06 QUESTION. IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION DRI SO ITS
06:01:08 A VERY TOUGH QUESTION BUT WOULD YOU GO TO WHATS WOULD YOU DO
06:01:12 YOUR GO TO WHAT DISTRICT? >> WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIKE
06:01:13 YEAH, THAT'S MY FAVORITE SPOT N >> SO UM, YOU KNOW THERE'S
06:01:16 THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY'RE
06:01:19 ALL VERY UNIQUE. THEY'RE ALL THEY ALL HAVE
06:01:20 SOMETHING TO OFFER RIGHT? I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME
06:01:26 AMAZING NEIGHBORS OUT IN THE SUNSET NEIGHBORHOODS.
06:01:30 >> I LIVE IN SUNSET. RIGHT?
06:01:31 THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW.
06:01:32 SO I DON'T LIVE IN THE SUNSET BUT I KNOW OUT OF NORIEGA LIKE
06:01:37 THE OUTER PARTNER. YEAH, I LOVE THAT QUIETNESS
06:01:41 THAT COMES OUT THERE AND I LOVE GOING TO DEVIL'S TEETH FOR
06:01:45 BREAKFAST. OH YES.
06:01:46 SO SO I'M I'M A BIG FAN OF BREAKFAST FOR BREAKFAST SO I
06:01:49 CAN HAVE BREAKFAST AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND I THINK DEVIL'S
06:01:53 TEETH IS ONE OFS THOSE PLACES WHERE I CAN GO HAVE A GOOD
06:01:54 BREAKFAST SANDWICH , SIT OUT
06:01:57 IN THERE IN THE PARK AND AND JUST ENJOY THE BREEZE FROM FROME
06:02:00 THE OCEAN AND IT'S LIKE IT'S A GREAT PLACE A GOOD IT'S A GOOD
06:02:02 PLACE TOND GET, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE STILL IN SAN
06:02:05 FRANCISCO IT FEELS LIKE SAN FRANCISCOE BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT
06:02:08 AWAY FROM THE DOWNTOWN. YEAH BUT ANYHOW THAT IS THE GEM
06:02:12 OF THAT I KEEP I LOVE SO BECAUSEHA I'M AS OPPOSED TO LIKE
06:02:15 RICHMOND SUNSET BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES YES THAT
06:02:19 I LIKE THE SUNSET TOO. >> I MEAN I'M A LITTLE BIASED.
06:02:21 I LIKE BOTH WE HAVE SO MANY OPTIONSUNE.
06:02:23 I SLIGHTLY SAID YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONVERSATION.
06:02:25 WE START WRAPPING UP HEREHA>. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT WOULD
06:02:28 YOU LIKE TO SEE A HEADLINE READ FOR SAN FRANCISCO AS IT
06:02:31 PERTAINS TO YOU AND YOUR AND WHAT YOU'RE
06:02:35 DOING EVERY DAY? WHAT WOULD YOU WANT THAT TO SAY
06:02:37 IN LIKE FIVE YEARS? YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD GET
06:02:39 EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU W,NT, WHAT'S THE
06:02:40 HEADLINE? SAN FRANCISCO IS THE MOST
06:02:42 WELCOMING CITY IN THE WORLD AND THE WORLD IN THE WORLD
06:02:45 IN THE WORLD. >> YEAHTH.
06:02:48 EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY BELONG.
06:02:49 THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THAT IS THAT THAT IS
06:02:52 THE HEADLINE. >> AWESOME.
06:02:53 WHAT? THANK YOU GEORGE.
06:02:54 II HWE THINK WE COVERED A LOT. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE
06:02:57 INFORMATION, JUST GOD ON THE WEBSITE.
06:03:01 >> EXACTLY. YEAH.
06:03:01 AND LOOK, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU FRANCO ELOLORA FOR THE
06:03:04 OPPORTUNITY. IT'S GREAT TO SHARE INFORMATION
06:03:05 WITH WITH FOLKSUN I ABOUT WHAT E DO AND WHERE WE'RE GOING
06:03:08 AND YES, AS AN IMMIGRANT FORUM THAT'S FIRST PLACE TO GO.
06:03:15 >> BUT YES BUT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO
06:03:16 IN OUR OFFICE YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE S.F. GOV OKAY AND I'M A
06:03:20 LITTLE JUNE 8TH. >> I'M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT.
06:03:22 YOU SHOULD DANIEL. I GOT TO BE THERE.
06:03:24 YOU BETTER WE GOT TO CHECK ITAN OUT JUNE 8TH.
06:03:26 YES, 530 CITY HALL NEVER BEEN J BEFORE.
06:03:27 I WANT TO SEEL THAT FIVE STAR YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT IS
06:03:30 GOING TO BE AYO CERT FOR THAT. >> OH YEAH.
06:03:34 YEAH. SO I DON'T WANNA GIVE TOO Y MUCD
06:03:35 AWAY BUT YES, WE EXPECT A CERTIFICATE WE EXPECT CDC
06:03:38 LEADERSHIP TO AGREE TO TAKE THE CERTIFICATETIPE.
06:03:41 >> ALLEB RIGHT AND AND A FEW CELEBRATION SO THIS IS GREAT.
06:03:45 WELL WE ASKK OUR GUESTS ALSO TO LEAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING
06:03:46 BECAUSE LIKE WE HAVE OUR LITTLE
06:03:49 WALL OF FAME HERE. >> YES.
06:03:50 THAT A LOTAM L OF REPRESENTATION
06:03:53 HERE. >> WOULD YOU SAY ANYTHING THAT
06:03:54 YOU THINK WOULD BE. YEAHAH.
06:03:57 >> SO GOOD FORR US WE BROUGHT A FEW OCR THINGS FOR YOU.
06:04:01 WE GOT A. FEW ITEMS. YEAH.
06:04:02 SO MOST OF THEM ARE YOU KNOW THESE ARE THESE ARE STICKERS OF
06:04:05 STICKERS I THINK I'LL TAKE THAT ONE THING ONE OF ONE OF THE
06:04:07 THINGS THAT I KNOW IT'S VERY STAFF IS SEE IN CITY
06:04:11 THAT YOU HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK WITH STICKERS ON THEM OF ALL OF
06:04:13 THE THINGS THAT YOU REPRESENT IR AND WORK ON.
06:04:16 >> SO WE HAVE THREE SOEE WE HAVE A FEW STICKERS FOR YOU TO ADD
06:04:19 TO YOUR COLLECTION SO WE CAN SHOWCASE SOME OF THAT.
06:04:21 >> I LOVE STICKERS I STILL LOVE STICKERS AS A AS A S KID EXCEPT
06:04:24 YOU LIKE THE SMELL OFT THE OILY STICKERS.
06:04:27 >> OH YES. YEAH YEAH EXACTLY.
06:04:28 BECAUSE THERE'S NOTES SCRATCHES SNIFF BUT YEAH.
06:04:30 WHAT'S THIS SBU? THAT IS A STRAW.
06:04:38 IT IS A YEAH GO GREEN IT IS A STRAW AND A PIPE CLEANER AND A
06:04:43 CLEANER FOR THEIR STRAW. >> YES CLEANER WITH IT.
06:04:46 YES. SO I'M NOT DOING IT FOR MYSELF
06:04:47 FOR HOLIDAY LIKE FOR HOLIDAY LIKE TODAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
06:04:50 TO HAVE SO YES I LOVE IT AND GO GREEN.
06:04:54 YOU CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT TOO?
06:04:55 WE DO THAT. LET'S SEE WHO CARES ABOUT THE
06:04:58 PEOPLE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND ALSO GOING
06:05:01 GREEN AS WELL AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY YOU KNOW.
06:05:04 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
06:05:05 TIME. NO, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING TO
06:05:08 GET WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR TEAM
06:05:09 AND EVERYONE DOING WHAT THEY CAN IN THE CITY TO MAKE IT YOU
06:05:13 KNOW, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT PLACE
06:05:16 TO LIVE. SAN FRANCISCO IS THE PLACE THAT
06:05:19 IS THE MOST WELCOMING. >> THANK YOU.
06:05:20 YOU KNOW AND I'M THANKFUL THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEEAN I HAVE A GRET
06:05:23 TEAM WHO HELPS OUT OF COURSE. RIGHT.
06:05:24 AND ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WGH THAT MAKE
06:05:27 THIS HAPPEN AND OF COURSE A LOT OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS
06:05:29 AND AGENCIES THAT ARE PARTNERINGEER WITH US IN THIS
06:05:32 GREAT WORK. >> THANK YOU ARE I'M GOING TO
06:05:33 FEEL LIKE I'M DONE THIS. GATLIN WOW.
06:05:34 BUT W T JUNE 8TH I WILL BE THER. >> LET'S GO.
06:05:36 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I. LEFT MY PODCAST IN SAN
06:05:39 FRANCISCO. >> HOORAY.
06:05:39 THANK YOU. AN>>>>YOU
06:06:28 . MAN THIS IS 2026 AND WE'RE
06:06:32 CELEBRATING PRIDE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN CITY HALL AND THIS
06:06:36 IS PROBABLY THE MOST HAPPY I'M GOING TO BE ALLLL MONTH BECAUSE
06:06:41 THE CRAZINESS IS JUST STARTING. >> MY NAME IS HONEYRT MAHOGANY.
06:06:45 I'M THEOG DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES HERE
06:06:48 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND IT IS AN HONOR TO
06:06:55 BE HERE TO BE OPEN TO BE ABLEOR TO OPEN UP THE CEREMONY
06:06:56 AND ALSO TO BEE ABLE TO SHARE SPACE WITH SO MANY INCREDIBLE
06:06:59 LGBTQO LEADERS FROM ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ACROSS THE
06:07:03 COMMUNITYOS. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU
06:07:06 WHAT ANL IMPORTANT PRIDE SEASON THIS ISDE.
06:07:13 WE ARE IN THE YEAR 2026 SO NOT TO BE A DOWNER BUT WE ARE
06:07:17 FACING UNPRECEDENTED PERSECUTION AND OPPOSITION
06:07:20 ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE GLOBE.
06:07:25 >> THIS LAST YEAR ALONE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WE'VE SEEN
06:07:29 ALMOST 800 PIECES OF ANTI-TRANSS LEGISLATION INTRODUCED ACROSS
06:07:33 . IS COUNTRYSL THE LEMKIN INSTITUTE HASE GIVEN
06:07:39 ITS THIRD RED FLAG WARNING SAYING THAT WE ARE IN THE EARLYS
06:07:40 TO MID STAGES OF A GENOCIDE AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
06:07:46 IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE MOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT
06:07:50 ESTIMATES THAT SINCE THE 2024 ELECTION OVER 400,000 TRANS
06:07:53 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FLED THEIR HOMES SEEKING SANCTUARY
06:07:57 IN PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO. >> NOW THAT PAINTS A VERY STARK
06:08:05 PICTURE. BUT WHAT PRIDE. REMINDS US IS
06:08:09 THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THAT WE'VE WON I .
06:08:13 >> SAN FRANCISCO IS THE HOME OF THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOTSTS
06:08:20 AND THAT LET THAT BE BOTH AN INDICATION AND A REMINDER THAT
06:08:24 PRIDE ISN'T JUSTCA A PARTY. IT IS ABOVE ALL OTHER THINGS A
06:08:32 PROTEST. >> IT IS NOT A PARADE.
06:08:33 IT ISPR A MARCH. AND THE LGBTQTH COMMUNITY HAS
06:08:39 FOUGHT FOR DECADES TO ENSURE THAT WE ENSHRINEE OUR RIGHTS
06:08:44 INTO LAW. TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WETO
06:08:45 ARE NOW. BUT THERE'S NO STOPPING.
06:08:48 WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TOWE FIGHT. >> AND WE KNOW THIS AS
06:08:52 AND TRANS PEOPLE. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE
06:08:53 BEENSHI AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVEY SINGLE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTIL
06:08:58 IN THIS COUNTRY WHETHER IT BE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL
06:09:00 RIGHTS MOVEMENTTIV AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND VOTING
06:09:03 RIGHTS OR THE WOMEN'S LIBERATION A MOVEMENT.
06:09:06 >> WE HAVE BEEN THERE WRITING
06:09:07 POLICY BEHIND THE SCENESSVE AND SOMETIMES EVEN AT THE
06:09:11 FOREFRONT. I'M REALLYT PROUD TO SEE THAT
06:09:15 ACTIVISM CONTINUE TODAY. ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL
06:09:18 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE
06:09:23 LEADERS OF THIS CITY AND MAYOR DANIEL LURIE FOR TAKING IN TO
06:09:26 CONSIDERATION THE ASKS FROM THE TRANS COMMUNITY BECAUSE T RIGHT
06:09:30 NOW WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
06:09:33 >> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE CITY SEEKING
06:09:37 REFUGE. AND THAT'S WHY THE OFFICE OF
06:09:41 TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CIVIL
06:09:42 RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CH COMMISSION AND THE
06:09:45 DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IS WORKING WITH SUPERER
06:09:48 VISOR MAHMOOD TO INTRODUCE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S FAIR
06:09:52 CHANCE ORDINANCE. THOSE AMENDMENTS WOULD ENSURE
06:09:53 THATAT PEOPLE WHO FACE DISCRIMINATION REGARDING
06:09:57 ACCESSING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE OR GENDER SPECIFIC FACILITIES
06:10:01 ACCESSING REPRODUCTIVE CARE OR
06:10:04 EVEN PERFORMING IN DRAG IF THEY RECEIVEFO A MISDEMEANOR OR A
06:10:08 FELONY CHARGE. IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRYLO
06:10:11 LIKE THEY CAN IN IDAHO FOR JUST USING THE BATHROOM THAT WHEN
06:10:13 THEY COME HERE J SEEKING SERVICES, SEEKING AFFORDABLE
06:10:16 HOUSING, SEEKINGE EMPLOYMENT THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW FOLKS TO
06:10:20 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM SO THAT THEIR DISCRIMINATION THAT
06:10:23 THEY EXPERIENCE BACK HOME DOES NOT FOLLOWO THEM HERE TO THE
06:10:27 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCOY.
06:10:30 NOW I KNOW THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH AND TRUST ME THIS IS
06:10:36 JUST THE BEGINNINGS. THERE ARE MANY INCREDIBLE
06:10:39 ACTIVISTS AND MANY INCREDIBLE ALLIESY HERE IN THE CITY OF
06:10:42 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHO ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAYAY TO
06:10:46 IMPROVE THINGS TO KEEP FIGHTING.
06:10:47 AND YES, THE BUDGETEEFI PROCESS ISN'T OVER YET SO WE STILL HAVE
06:10:50 A LOT OF WORKIS TOO DO. SO I I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
06:10:54 ALL OF THEHE ACTIVISTS, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THE
06:10:58 DEPARTMENTNT HEADS AND MAYOR DANIEL LURIE FOR YOUR
06:11:02 THOUGHTFUL WORK IN CREATING THE BUDGET.
06:11:05 AND THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS HURTING.
06:11:10 WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE TO PUT IN THE
06:11:14 WORK. AND ITH JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAT
06:11:16 THING FOR ALL THEHE AND TRANS PEOPLE HERE WE HAVE BEEN
06:11:20 FIGHTING FOR A VERY LONG TIME FORR YOU.
06:11:23 I DO WANT YOU TO SEE PRIDE AS AN OPPORTUNITY D TO CELEBRATE, O
06:11:27 CELEBRATE YOUR WINS AND TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DECOMPRESS.
06:11:31 >> AND FOR ALL THE ALLIES IN THE ROOM, THIS IS YOUR TIME
06:11:34 TO PUT IN THE WORK. >> SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME
06:11:45 TO OPEN UP OUR PRIDE FESTIVITIES.
06:11:46 >> I HOPE THAT WASN'T TOO DARK .
06:11:48 BUT LISTEN, WE'VE GOTT TO MEET THE MOMENT AND WE'VE GOT TO
06:11:50 CALL EVERYBODY INTO THIS BATTLE.
06:11:54 AND I'M SO PROUD TO INTRODUCE THE CURRENT MAYOR OF SAN
06:11:57 FRANCISCO WHO HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ALLY THROUGHOUT THIS
06:12:01 PROCESS. >> PLEASE WELCOME MAYOR DANIEL
06:12:02 TO THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
06:12:13 HONEY. WE APPRECIATE YOU HAPPY PRIDE
06:12:16 SAN FRANCISCO TODAY AS WE RAISE THE PRIDE FLAG HERE AT CITY
06:12:28 HALL WE KICK OFF A MONTH OF JOY AND THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE
06:12:36 IN THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE PRIDE THAN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
06:12:42 YOU WANT ME TO WAIT? LET M THEM HAVE THEIR VOICE.
06:12:46 YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. HEY, THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO.
06:12:53 WE EXPECT THIS. WE'RE GOOD.
06:13:03 KEEP GOING EVERY JUNE. EVERY JUNE OUR CITY COMES ALIVE
06:13:11 AS PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD COME TO AS YOUE A SAID, MARCH WH
06:13:15 US. DANCEEDA WITH US AND CELEBRATE
06:13:18 WITH US A AND PROTEST WITH US. PRIDE FLAGS LINED MARKET STREET
06:13:25 FROM THE FERRY BUILDING TO THE CASTRO.
06:13:29 THE PINK TRIANGLE RETURNS TOMORROW TO TWIN PEAKS.
06:13:32 AND FOR THE LAST WEEKEND OF THE MONTH THIS CITY IS GOING TO BE
06:13:37 A PARTY THAT ENERGY IS A RESULT OF GENERATIONS OF COURAGE
06:13:45 AND COMMUNITY. AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD TO OUR
06:13:49 CITY'S RICH HERITAGE. LAST WEEK I WENT TO CHINATOWN
06:13:53 TO OPEN THE FIRST LGBTQ BUS MUSEUM IN THE WORLD.
06:14:07 IS FORTUNATECITY TO HAVE LGBTQ PLUS MUSEUMS
06:14:11 WHERE HISTORY CAN BE CELEBRATED AND PRESERVED FOR GENERATIONS
06:14:19 TO COME. SAN FRANCISCO HAS LONG BEEN A
06:14:23 BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY WHEREVERE THEY
06:14:28 ARE. WE ARE A PLACE WHERE YOU CANWE
06:14:29 LOVE WHO YOU WANT TO LOVE, BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE AND LIVE
06:14:35 FREELY. THIS CITY WOULD NOT BE WHO WE
06:14:39 ARE WITHOUT THE HISTORY. ALL RIGHT.
06:14:46 SHE WANTS TO CHANT HAPPYAN PRID. YOU WANT TO DO IT?
06:14:50 ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.
06:14:53 ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY PRIDE.
06:14:54 HAPPYY PRIDE. HAPPY PRIDE.
06:14:58 HAPPY PRIDEDE. ALL RIGHT.
06:15:02 I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING. WE KEEP GOING.
06:15:06 WE ARE PROUD TO BE HOME TO THREE LGBTQ PLUS CULTURAL
06:15:09 DISTRICTS. THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT IN THE
06:15:14 TENDERLOIN THE LET LEATHERCT DISTRICT IN SOMA AND THE WORLD
06:15:18 FAMOUS CASTRO. THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY FORGED
06:15:21 ITS POLITICALES VOICE HERE. HARVEY MILK JOSE SORIA PROVED
06:15:28 THAT THIS COMMUNITY DESERVED A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
06:15:32 DEL MARTIN, PHYLLIS LYON AND RICKY STRECKER FOUGHT FOR
06:15:36 LESBIAN RIGHTS HERE DECADES BEFORE IT WAS CELEBRATED.
06:15:43 CLEVE JONES CLEVE JONES FOUNDED THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUIT QUILT TO
06:15:48 REMEMBER AND BRING AWARENESS TO THOUSANDS OF GAY MEN WE LOST TO
06:15:52 A DISEASE THAT NO ONE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
06:15:58 WHILE WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, I TOO
06:16:03 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
06:16:07 LGBTQ PLACE PLUS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
06:16:11 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TARGETING TRANST HEALTH CARE
06:16:15 GOING HIV AND AIDS FUNDING AND TURNING ITS BACK ON OUR
06:16:19 COMMUNITIES. WEWE ARE SENDING A DIFFERENT
06:16:22 MESSAGE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. FEFACING SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL CUS
06:16:26 AND A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WE MADE A CHOICE AND WE CHOSE OUR
06:16:31 PEOPLE. AND AS HONEY POINTEDND OUT AND I
06:16:34 UNDERSTAND DEEPLY THAT THERE IS ANXIETY ABOUTUT THE BUDGET AND I
06:16:38 KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOUR WORK IS TO OUR CITY.
06:16:42 THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR WE MADE SIGNIFICANTAD INVESTMENTS
06:16:46 IN HEALTH CARE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
06:16:47 THE ORGANIZATIONS H H DOING CRITICAL WORK FOR THE LGBTQ
06:16:51 PLUS COMMUNITY. WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
06:16:54 CUTS HIV AND AIDS FUNDING WE WILL BACKFILLED THEM AS WE ALWAS
06:16:58 HAVE. BECAUSE NO ONE NO ONE IN THIS
06:17:06 CITY SHOULD LOSE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BECAUSE WASHINGTON
06:17:09 TURNS ITS BACK. THE S.F.CA COMMUNITY HEALTH
06:17:13 CENTER IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR SAN FRANCISCANS EVERY DAY.
06:17:16 >> AND WITH THEIR WORK WE WILL CONTINUEL TO DRIVE DOWN TO ZERO
06:17:21 THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS. WE ARERE AND I WAS EXPLAINING
06:17:25 THIS TO SOMEONE JUST BEFOREE WE GOT UP HERE.
06:17:28 WE ARE INVESTING A LOT IN HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE
06:17:32 AND FOOD SERVICES BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY HUNGRY H OR
06:17:36 SLEEP OUTSIDE. WE ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT THE
06:17:38 ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE.
06:17:41 THE ASIAN WOMEN'S SHELTER, THE S.F. LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER.
06:17:45 BECAUSE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL AND LYRIC SO OUR
06:17:52 YOUTH HAVE A PLACE THAT SEES THEM AND MY BUDGET PROPOSAL
06:18:00 CONTINUES TO INVEST IN LEGAL SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANT
06:18:03 FAMILIES. SAN FRANCISCO STANDS BEHIND THE
06:18:04 PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS.
06:18:08 WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING FUNDING THE CASTRO COMMUNITY BENEFITS
06:18:13 DISTRICT WORK TO KEEP THE CASTRORI WHAT IT IS A VIBRANT
06:18:16 AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT INCLUDES CONTINUING GRANTS TO
06:18:21 MAINTAIN JANE WARNER I PLAZA ASA WELCOMING PUBLIC SPACE
06:18:25 AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.
06:18:28 >> THE CASTRO BELONGS TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY
06:18:33 AND THIS BUDGET MAKES SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
06:18:36 PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR STRONGAY SUPPORT, YOUR
06:18:40 LEADERSHIP FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT ENSURE THE CASTRO REMAINS
06:18:43 A VIBRANT AND SAFE PLACE FOR THE AND TRANS COMMUNITYAILA.
06:18:50 >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY FOR
06:18:54 WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO PRESERVE NIGHTLIFE IN THE
06:18:55 LEATHER DISTRICT.
06:18:58 I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR HONEY MAHOGANY SUPERVISOR BILAL
06:19:03 MAHMUD AND THE OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES FOR
06:19:04 PARTNERING TOGETHER ON THE FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE ENSURING
06:19:07 FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACCESS TO
06:19:11 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
06:19:14 COLLABORATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS IMPORTANT
06:19:17 WORK TOGETHER. AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO WELCOME
06:19:19 OUR COUNCIL A CORE COMMUNITY WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN
06:19:24 OVER TEN COUNTRIES TODAY. YOUR PRESENCE CARRIES DEEP
06:19:28 MEANING FOR ALL OF US AND WE VALUE D YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOR
06:19:32 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
06:19:33 TODAY. >> I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE S.F.
06:19:43 PRIDE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZANNE FORD AND THE AND THE
06:19:50 MEMBERS OF THE PRIDE BOARD WHOSE LEADERSHIP HELPS ENSURE
06:19:54 THAT THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE CONTINUES TO THRIVE IN SAN
06:19:58 FRANCISCO AND BEYOND. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THIS
06:20:00 YEAR'S GRAND MARSHALS. IT'S GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL.
06:20:04 BEFORE ARMANI, RUPERT GORDON, JON WEBER, MARCELLO PARDO ARISA
06:20:10 MAS. BOB DAVIS.
06:20:10 ROGER DUDDY AND TRANS DRIVE. >> THANK YOU ALL.
06:20:15 CONGRATULATIONS. >> AND BOB THE BOB ROSS
06:20:21 FOUNDATION AND TOM HORNE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM.
06:20:26 THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN SUPPORTING TODAY'S FLAG
06:20:30 RAISING AS WELL AS OUR FLAG
06:20:33 RAISING CEREMONY FOR LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK AND TRANS
06:20:37 HISTORY MONTH. YOUR DECADES OF ADVOCACY FOR
06:20:40 THE LGBTQ PLUS SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY AT THE BAY AREA
06:20:44 LAWYERS FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND THE WAR MEMORIAL REFLECT
06:20:49 THE VERY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING TODAY.
06:20:50 THANKE YOU, TOM.
06:20:54 >> AND I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE AND TRANS
06:20:59 DEPARTMENT HEADS CITY STAFF COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITY
06:21:02 LEADERS WHO SHOW UP EVERYS DAY TO BUILD A MORE JUSTJU SAN
06:21:06 FRANCISCO. >> AND WHILE TODAY WE HONOR
06:21:10 LEADERS WHOHO SERVE AND HAVE SERVED, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
06:21:14 NAMES WHO WETHOSE DO NOT SEE WHO LIVED THEIR
06:21:18 LIVES QUIETLY AND WITH DIGNITY, WHO HAD TO HIDE WHO THEY WERE,
06:21:26 WHO LOVED IN SECRET, WHO CARRIED THE WEIGHT OF A WORLD
06:21:30 THAT WAS NOT READY FOR THEM. THEY ARE PART OFRE THIS STORY
06:21:34 TODAY. WE RAISE THE FLAG FOR
06:21:38 THEM. SO HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE ONE
06:21:41 AND TWO. AND TOM, I WANT YOU TOOM COME UP
06:21:42 HERE BECAUSE WE ARE DECLARING THIS JUNE PRIDE MONTH AND SAN
06:21:46 FRANCISCO COME ON UP HERE. ALL RIGHT.
06:22:10 YEAH. >> BART DIRECTOR JANICE LEE HAS
06:22:18 JUST SHARED SOME WISE WORDS WHICH IS THAT DOING BUDGET
06:22:22 ENGINE IS ALL RIGHT THAT IIC STEAL THISS AND WANT TO LIKE YOU
06:22:25 GOT A GOOD LINE. >> DOING BUDGET IN JUNE IS
06:22:29 PROFOUNDLY HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC AND PHOBIC
06:22:37 AND ALL THEBI PHOBIC. >> BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE
06:22:40 GOING TO CHANGE IT ANY TIMEE SOON.
06:22:43 >> I MEAN THERE IS THE MAGIC OF SAN FRANCISCO NOW AND THE FIGHT
06:22:47 OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE TRADITION OF OF ACTIVISM WHICH
06:22:52 I HAVE BEEN A PART OF ATIS TIMES IN MY LIFE.
06:22:55 I T T DO THINK THAT IT IS WORTH KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT IS NOT
06:23:02 ALWAYSN THE MOST USEFUL THING O RAGE AGAINST YOUR ALLIES
06:23:09 AND FOR ME. >> IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT
06:23:10 IS DEEPLYIE AND PROFOUNDLY AN ALLY TO THE
06:23:14 LGBTBT Q COMMUNITY AND WE SEE IT IN LOTS AND LOTS OF WAYS L.
06:23:29 MOST RECENTLY WE SAW IT IN IEC THINK ABOUTUT $2 MILLION
06:23:32 IN REJECTIONS OF PROPOSED CUTS THAT WERE GOING TO IMPACT THE
06:23:37 LGBTQ COMMUNITY. HAND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO START
06:23:41 BY THANKING THE MAYOR AND HIS BUDGET TEAM FOR REVERSING THOSE
06:23:45 CUTSTS AND INVESTING IN THE TOMUNITY AND THAT IS NOT
06:23:52 SAY THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT MORE WORK FOR USMO TO DO OVER
06:23:55 THIS NEXT MONTH BECAUSE I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE.
06:23:57 I KNOW THE MHA MAYOR IS NOT HAPY WITH WHERE WE ARE.
06:24:00 WE NEED TO LOOK UNDERER EVERY CUSHION AND FIND EVERY LAST
06:24:03 CENT THAT THERE CAN BE TO C INVEST IN HIV PREVENTION
06:24:07 IN SUPPORT FOR LONGRE TERM SURVIVORS, IN INVESTMENTS
06:24:11 IN THE COMMUNITY, IN OUR PRIDE CELEBRATIONS.
06:24:15 BUT LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE ENEMIES IN THE WORLD AND I
06:24:20 DON'T SEE ANY OF THEM HERE. >> SO M THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
06:24:27 IT'S MY LAST. >> ONE OF THESE THINGS IS THE
06:24:31 GAY, GAY, GAY GAYHE SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT EIGHTM MIKE NO, I
06:24:39 DON'T THINK YOU'RE APPLAUDINGNK THAT.
06:24:43 I'M GOING AWAY. I THINK YOU'RE APPLAUDING THAT
06:24:44 I'M A SUPER GAY T T BUT I EVERY SINGLE TIME E I COME TO THIS
06:24:51 PRIDE CELEBRATION AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE IEE AM
06:24:54 OVERWHELMED WITH PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
06:24:58 YOU LOOK AROUND THIS ROOMY. AND YOU SEE PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
06:25:05 EXCELLENT PEOPLE LIKE AND I WROTE SOME OF THEM DOWN SO I
06:25:10 DON'T GET MYSELF IN. I MEAN I WILL GET MYSELF
06:25:12 IN TROUBLE. BUT AS OURRO DIRECTOR OF HUMAN
06:25:14 RESOURCES HERE, CAROL EISENS, A BIG LESBIAN.
06:25:18 THANK YOU CAROLOLOU MOSELEY TO D YO WHOSE S SHOW AND LEADERSHIP T
06:25:26 THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION T. THANK YOU MAYOR WOOLLEY.
06:25:32 >> M MR. MAYOR, YOU'VE MADE AN EXTREMELY GAY MAN, THE DIRECTOR
06:25:36 OF ALL THE ARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO CONGRATULATE A SINCE
06:25:40 MATTHEW GOODELL. >> AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
06:25:44 WISDOM IN CONTINUING TO HAVE HONEY MAHOGANY LEADING OURD
06:25:52 OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES AND PROVIDING
06:25:53 LEADERSHIP FOR THE WHOLELEID COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON OUR MOSTT
06:25:57 VULNERABLE MEMBERS. IL ALSO AND I WILL GET MYSELF
06:26:01 IN TROUBLE WITH THIS TOO. >> I T WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
06:26:05 MY ALLIES ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO ARE HERE.
06:26:08 SEE. >> I SEE CHEYENNE CHEYENNE FROM
06:26:15 DISTRICT 11 AND I SEE STEPHEN. CHERYL, THANK YOU FOR BEING
06:26:19 HERE. I SEE SHERMAN WALTON F B.
06:26:22 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'MOU MISSING SOMEONE.
06:26:28 >> MATT DAWSON WELL, HE'S NOT AN ALLY.
06:26:31 HE'S LIKE HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE BIGTH.
06:26:35 THANKS, MATT DORSEY I GUESS SO. I MEAN, YOUTH KNOW, GOODI FOR YU
06:26:38 . AND THEN I DO WANT TO THANK
06:26:42 SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS WHO'VE FOUND SOME TIME I MEAN SUPERO O
06:26:46 GAY PHIL KIM, BOARD PRESIDENT JUST GOT TO GOT P HIMSELF
06:26:49 REELECTED. CONGRATULATIONS.
06:26:50 DIO. FOR THAT BUTLL BUT ALLY MATT HANEY AND TE
06:26:54 ASSEMBLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WALKING TORRES OUR OUR
06:26:58 RECORDER I'M I'M GOING TO STOP I'M GOING TO STOP BUT I
06:27:06 KNOW GOING BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM OF P THIS
06:27:07 ROOM, I SEE NOT JUST THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS BUT CITY STAFF
06:27:11 IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE
06:27:15 PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SO MANYG FOLKS
06:27:17 WHO ARE DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
06:27:21 OF SAN T FRANCISCO GIVE THEM GIE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
06:27:24 . I REALIZING I AM REMISS IN NOT
06:27:29 ACKNOWLEDGING BIG LESBIAN LESBIAN LESLIE KATZ, FORMER
06:27:33 SUPERVISOR AS HER BILLY LEMON WANTS ME TO IGNORE THAT TOO TO
06:27:43 ACKNOWLEDGE BIG LESBIAN IN MY OFFICE SOPHIE MARIE ALL LCE RIGT
06:27:47 BUT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER IS HERE WE HAVE WE HAVE SO MANY
06:27:52 AMAZING LEADERS IN THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND I JUST
06:27:56 I WANT TO SHOUT AT A COUPLE BECAUSE ROGER DOUGHTY AFTER 20
06:28:01 FOUR YEARS OF LEADING THE T HORIZONS FOUNDATION, I DON'TF
06:28:05 THINK EITHER OF US COULD POSSIBLY BE THAT OLD TO
06:28:06 REMEMBER ALL OF THAT.
06:28:08 BUT WE IF THIS IS YOUR LAST YEAR SO THANK YOU ROGER FOR
06:28:12 BUILDING AN ENDOWMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR DIRECTINGNT, FOR
06:28:16 CALLING ON US TO INVEST IN PEOPLEN AND FOR ALL THE
06:28:19 LEADERSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN OVER ALL THOSE YEARSOR.
06:28:23 MISS BOB DAVIS I GOT TO KNOW YOU AT CITY COLLEGE.
06:28:27 I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DOO WITH A
06:28:31 TRANSGENDER ARCHIVE. THANK YOU.
06:28:32 MS.. BOB DAVIS THANKRC YOU SAN
06:28:34 FRANCISCO FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MISS BOB.
06:28:35 I MEAN NOW I'M I'M GOING TO STOP BUT BUT WE HAVE AND THEN
06:28:41 WE HAVE LEADERS IN THE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO'VE SHOWN
06:28:43 UP AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU PEOPLE
06:28:47 IN BUSINESS FOR PROVIDING THERE. IP
06:28:50 IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE A GAY IN THIS BUILDING
06:28:54 IN HARVEY MILK SEE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS Y A MILLION THANK
06:29:01 YOU'S WE
06:30:19 WE ARE RECONVENE AND WE WILL NOW GO BACK ON RECESS OF 515
06:32:06 THERE DESPITE ALL THE DIFFERENCES WE MAY HAVE I
06:32:11 REMEMBER LAST YEARES WHEN MY PARTNER DANIELLE OPENED UP
06:32:16 RICKY IS IN THE CASTRO SAN I FRANCISCO'S FIRST WOMEN'S
06:32:19 SPORTS BARAR'S AND DANIELLE LIKS TO SAY RICKY'S IS NOT NOT A
06:32:26 LESBIAN BAR BUT IT'S AAR WOMEN'S SPORTS BAR.
06:32:30 AND WHILE GAY MEN MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND WHYIL WE WOMEN THIRST
06:32:34 AFTER ALL OF THOSE PRO ATHLETES ON THE VALKYRIES AND ACROSS
06:32:38 WOMEN'S SPORTS, THE CANCER COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO
06:32:41 INCREDIBLY WELCOMING AND IN PARTICULAR IT WAS A GAY MAN WHON
06:32:46 OWED NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES BAR 49NG HIGH TOPS ORBO
06:32:48 WHO SAID WE'VE GOT YOU AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
06:32:52 HERE IN THE CASTRO. SO THANK YOU.
06:32:56 >> SOO WE NEED US WE NEED US MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.
06:33:01 WE NEED TOOOR HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
06:33:05 TO SHOW SAN FRANCISCO THAT THERE CAN BE
06:33:08 ANOTHERR WAY WE BUILD COMMUNITY AND NOT TEAR IT DOWN.
06:33:13 THANKAN YOU SO MUCH TO OUR MAYOR FOR BELIEVING SO HARD
06:33:16 IN SAN FRANCISCOCO S AND FOR BEG AN ALLY IN THIS FIGHT FOR
06:33:20 OPENING UP CITY HALL AND YOUR OFFICENDNDIN FOR TODAY'S CELEBR.
06:33:23 SO AS WE SAY IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY BE GAY DO CRIMES
06:33:27 AND AS OUR HONORABLE MAYOR SAYS LET'S GOAY SAN FRANCISCO AND NOW
06:33:38 I AM ABSOLUTELY HONORED TO WELCOME SAN FRANCISCO PRIZE
06:33:39 EXECUTIVENC DIRECTOR SUZANNE FOD GRAND MARSHAL I MEAN EXCUSE ME
06:33:49 GET UP HEREECTORS .
06:33:58 ALL RIGHT. YEAH.
06:33:59 YOU'RE NOT GOING. TO LET ME DO THIS ALONE.
06:34:05 >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. HAPPY PRIDE
06:34:08 MY NAME IS SUZANNE FORD AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE
06:34:14 HER AND I AM THE FIRST TRANSGENDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR T
06:34:20 OF THE MOST ICONICIC ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD SAN
06:34:25 FRANCISCO PRIDE THANK YOU, MAYOR LURIE.
06:34:32 MAYOR LURIE. I KNOW I IUR PUSH YOU AND I'M
06:34:35 ALWAYS GOING TO PUSH YOU BUT I ALWAYS LOVE AND RESPECT YOU.
06:34:37 >>. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TO THE SUPERVISORS
06:34:42 ESPECIALLY MY SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR MANDO MIN CHIEF'S
06:34:52 CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS DISTINGUISHED D GUEST AND ALL TE
06:34:59 GRAND MARSHALS WHICH ALL OF A THEM ARE CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE.
06:35:03 THANK YOU ALL. I WANT YOU ALLE. TOLL GET EVERY
06:35:05 MINUTETE OUT OF THIS MONTH. WELCOME TO BEING GRAND MARSHALS
06:35:08 AT SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE AND I SEE A BUNCH OF YOU OUT THERE.
06:35:18 HI, JAKE. HI, ANGEL.
06:35:18 HI, BILLY. HI TO ALL THE NONPROFIT.
06:35:22 HI, DR. TYLER. I SEE T YOUT. ALL THE NONPROFIT
06:35:25 LEADERS AND STAFF THIS MONTH IS FOR YOU.
06:35:29 >> THANK YOU. I HAVE MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS UP
06:35:41 HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO
06:35:42 RECOGNIZE MY SALESPERSON WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
06:35:47 JUPITER PERAZA WHO IS THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD MY
06:35:55 FRIEND MICHELLE MEOW, OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER SHAYNE'S
06:36:02 OUT OF OUR AND SAM FOR FAVELA THIS YEAR S AT SAN FRANCISCO
06:36:14 PRIDE WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THE BEST TEAME B IN MY TENURE LED BY
06:36:21 MY CLOSE DEAR FRIEND THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO HAS PUT
06:36:25 UP WITH ME FOR FIVE YEARS CHRIS ROBERT OUR NEW TEAM MEMBERS
06:36:33 SIDNEY DEVEREAUX AND ABBY EVERYWHERE ARE HERE S S AND OUR
06:36:40 TALENTED CONTRACTORS MARCIA H. LEVINE, GREG TRAVERSO, NICO
06:36:45 STORM AND GAIL, ROBERTS AND MY PARTNER IN PRIDE WHEN FAM A
06:36:52 AND ALSO A HUGE THANKS TO SILVERBACK PRODUCTIONS KYLE
06:36:56 MYERS THANK YOURO. LET'S GET DOWN TO THE
06:37:00 OF ITGET TO THE HEART I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO READ IT
06:37:03 THIS YEAR I NEVER DO I A USUALLY COME UP Y HERE AND WING IT BUT I
06:37:07 REALLY WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT I I HAVE TOHA SAY EVERY YEAR WHEN WE
06:37:13 RAISE THE FLAG AT CITY HALL I THINK ABOUT WHAT IT REPRESENTS
06:37:18 NOT JUST TO SAN FRANCISCO BUT TO PEOPLE ALL J OVER THE WORLD.
06:37:21 >> FOR MANY THIS FLAG IS A BEACON.
06:37:26 IT IS A BEACON OF SAFETY OF POSSIBILITYEA AND OF HOPE.
06:37:30 I KNOWI THAT PERSONALLY. I GREW UP IN OWENSBORO,
06:37:34 KENTUCKY WATCHING SAN FRANCISCO, PRIDE ON THE TELEVISION IN THE
06:37:39 70S AND I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME ANY OPENLY TRANS PERSON OR
06:37:44 LEADER IN MY CITY, IN MY STATE, IN THIS COUNTRY I DID NOT KNOW
06:37:50 THAT A FUTURE LIKE MINE WAS POSSIBLE BUT I DID SEE SAN
06:37:54 FRANCISCO. I SAW PEOPLE LIVING OPENLY,
06:37:59 JOYFULLY, AUTHENTICALLY AND IT CHANGED, ME AND THAT'S THE POWR
06:38:03 OF VISIBILITY. THAT'S THE POWER OF PRIDE
06:38:10 AND THAT'S WHY WE WHAT WE DO
06:38:11 HERE NOW MATTERS STILL WHAT WE DO HERE MATTERS FAR BEYOND THE
06:38:21 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. PEOPLE AROUNDNC THE WORLD STILL
06:38:25 DREAM ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. SO PEOPLE LIKE DR. NAS MUHAMMAD
06:38:32 THE FIRSTST PUBLICLY THE FIRST PUBLICLY OUT GAY MAN FROM
06:38:37 GUITAR WHOM SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE CELEBRATED AS A GRAND MARSHAL
06:38:41 IN 20 23. >> HE HAS POOR TASTE.
06:38:42 HIS PARTICIPATION WENT VIRAL AND GAVE HOPE TO MILLIONS OF
06:38:49 PEOPLE. PEOPLE LIKE AAJA HARA, A TRANS
06:38:52 WOMAN WHO DOCTOR NOT HELPED ESCAPED A BRUTAL REGIME BECAUSE
06:38:54 HE WASR B KNOWN TO THE WORLD. THEY ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY.
06:38:58 UPL BOTH OF YOU STAND AND WAVED EVERYBODY THEY
06:39:10 DREAMED OF A PLACE WHERE LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE NOTF ONLY TOLERATED
06:39:14 BUT CELEBRATED. BEING THE CITY OF DREAMS COMES
06:39:18 WITH RESPONSIBILITY. THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
06:39:22 LEADER IN SHOWING WHAT INCLUSIVE PROGRESS CAN LOOK
06:39:26 LIKE. AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
06:39:30 TO LEAD AGAIN NOT BY REBUILDING THE PAST BUT BY BUILDING
06:39:34 SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE FUTURE.
06:39:38 >> FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS MANY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAN
06:39:42 FRANCISCO PRIDE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL.
06:39:49 CAN WE KEEP THE DOORS OPEN? CAN WE FUND THE PARADE?
06:39:53 CAN WE MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR?
06:39:56 PRIDE'S IN LONG BEACH PHENIX TO SAN AND TAMPA HAVE HAD TO
06:40:01 CANCEL ANNUAL EVENTS WITH LOSS OF CORPORATE FUNDING.
06:40:04 STORY AFTER STORY DESCRIBES THE OBSTACLES THAT PRIDE ORGANIZERS
06:40:09 FACET AROUND THE WORLD. AND I'LL BE HONEST I'M TIRED OF
06:40:17 JUST SURVIVING. WE HAVE RAISED THE ALARM FOR
06:40:21 THE LAST FOUR YEARS ABOUT HOW FRAGILE THIS EVENT HAS BECOME.
06:40:26 THIS YEAR I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE IS MOVING
06:40:30 INTO A NEW CHAPTEROV. >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE
06:40:36 APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN SPONSORSHIP COMMITMENTS.
06:40:40 PARTNERS LIKE KAISER PERMANENTE GOT GILEAD.
06:40:45 BMO AND ABC7 ACTUALLY INCREASED THEIR SUPPORT THISS YEAR.
06:40:55 WE HAVE A NEW PARTNER PHILS COFFEE AS A SPONSOR THIS YEAR.
06:41:03 >> WE WERE AWARDED OVER $260,000 IN GRANTS THIS CYCLE.
06:41:11 FOUNDATIONS LIKE S.F. FOUNDATION, SAINT FRANCIS
06:41:12 FOUNDATION THERE'S VEIN FAMILY KRANK START CIVIC JOY FUND
06:41:18 HORIZONS. WE HAVE THE BEST INDIVIDUAL
06:41:22 DONOR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY TENURE.
06:41:27 >> DONORS LIKE TOMLIN ZOBEL, ROBERT HOLGATE, MARCI EDELMAN,
06:41:35 MARK LENO, ROGER DOUGHTY AND MANY OTHERS MADE THIS M
06:41:38 POSSIBLE THAT PROGRESS MATTERS .
06:41:42 BUT WHAT EXCITES ME THE MOST IS NOT JUSTIT STABILITY.
06:41:46 IT'S A POSSIBILITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR
06:41:50 YEARNING FOR PRE-PANDEMIC D LEVELS.
06:41:54 WE CAN AND WE MUST LS BETTER DO
06:41:57 BETTER THAN 2019. THANK YOU.
06:42:04 >> 20 19 IS NOT THE GOLD THE COMMUNITY.
06:42:09 D2028 SHOULD BE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
06:42:15 WE CAN ASK BIGGER QUESTIONS HOW DO WE BUILD A STRONGER
06:42:19 INSTITUTION? HOW DO WE EXPAND INCLUSION?
06:42:20 OHOW DO WE ENSURE THAT TRANS PEOPLE, PEOPLE
06:42:24 AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE PART OF SHAPING SAN
06:42:28 FRANCISCO'S FUTURE? PBECAUSE THRIVING CITIES ARE
06:42:32 INCLUSIVE CITIESHR AND SAN FRANCISCO STREET STRENGTH AS
06:42:36 A FROM THE DIVERSITY, CREATIVITY AND COURAGE OF THE
06:42:42 PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME. THIS MONTH WE WILL CELEBRATE
06:42:47 PRIDE WITH JOYTE, WITH PROTEST, WITH VISIBILITY.
06:42:51 BUT WEEIB SHOULD ALSO CELEBRATE SOMETHING ELSE.
06:42:54 THE OPPORTUNITYSO TO BUILD TOGETHER TO INVEST IN THISIS
06:42:59 COMMUNITY , TO INVEST IN OUR
06:43:02 CULTURE, TO INVEST INTO ORGANIZATIONSTOUR AND PEOPLE WHO
06:43:06 MAKE SAN FRANCISCO EXTRAORDINARY
06:43:09 . THAT WORK BELONGS TO ALL OF US
06:43:12 . AND SO TODAY AS WE RAISE THIS
06:43:13 FLAG OVER CITY HALL, LET'S REMEMBER FOR SOMEONE WATCHING
06:43:18 SOMEWHEREMB FAR AWAY MAYBE IN KENTUCKY, MAYBE IN ANOTHER
06:43:24 COUNTRY. THIS FLAG MEANS EVERYTHING.
06:43:28 IT MEANS THERE IS A PLACE WHERE
06:43:29 THEY MIGHT SOMEDAY BELONG. >>
06:43:32 LET'S CONTINUE BUILDING A CITY WORTHY OF THAT HOPE.
06:43:36 PLEASE JOIN O AND SUPPORT S.F. PRIDE BY VISITING SF PRIDE.ORG
06:43:43 AND HIT THE DONATE BUTTON. >> PLEASEG EVERYBODY HAPPY PRIDE
06:44:04 . >> PLEASE WELCOME AMANI RUPERT
06:44:07 GORDON. >> IS THIS STILL MORNING?
06:44:18 >> AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON.
06:44:19 IT'S'S ONE OF THOSE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
06:44:22 MY NAME'S IMANINI E. RUPERT GORDON.
06:44:26 MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER AND HERS.
06:44:27 AND I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THEDOO NATIONAL CENTER FOR LGBTQ
06:44:29 RIGHTSGB AND ONE OF THIS YEAR'S SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE GRAND
06:44:32 MARSHALS F. AND I'M SO PROUD TO JOIN YOU
06:44:43 AND TO CELEBRATE THE START OF PRIDE.
06:44:44 I'D PR FIRST LIKE TO THANK
06:44:46 MAYOR MAYOR LAURIE FOR INVITING PART PARTICIPATE AND TAKE
06:44:50 IN THIS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL OCCASION.
06:44:51 THERE WAS A TIMERERESI NOT SO LG AGO WHEN PEOPLE THAT LOOKED
06:44:55 LIKE MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IN LOVE LIKE MANY OF THE
06:44:58 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WERE FORCED TO LIVE OUR LIVESIV IN SHADOWS.
06:45:02 >> WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE OUR FLAG RAISED AT CITY HALL.
06:45:06 AND SOIT I DON'T TAKE DAYS LIKE THIS IN LEADERSHIP LIKE THIS
06:45:10 FOR GRANTED. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY PRIDE
06:45:13 AND HONOR TO LIVE AND WORK IN THIS CITY A AND TO WORK WITH
06:45:17 BRAVE LEADERS THAT HAVE A VISION FOR FAIRNESSEAVI AND EQUY
06:45:20 THAT THEY LIVE OUT EVERY DAY FOR ALL OFAIY US.
06:45:24 >> BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THE FEDERAL T
06:45:25 ADMINISTRATION IS ACTIVELY TARGETING OUR COMMUNITY WITH
06:45:29 UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND BLATANT DISCRIMINATION FOR
06:45:33 JUST BEING WHO WE ARE. >> AND MANY OF OUR SO-CALLED
06:45:37 ALLIES ALLIES THE ONES THAT WERE HAPPY TO BE NEAR US WHEN
06:45:41 IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER ARE SHOWING US THAT MAYBE THEY
06:45:44 ATE NEVER REALLY ALLIES ALL.
06:45:48 HOSPITALS, LAW FIRMS, UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONSMS
06:45:51 ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY ARE OPTING TO BE WEAK WHENTI THEY
06:45:55 COULD BE STRONG AND THE NEWS WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THE LIE
06:45:59 THAT THERE ARE FAR M MORE OF THM THAN THERE ARE OF US.
06:46:03 BUT HERE'S WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU.
06:46:04 THAT WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION STARTED ISSUING SUBPOENAS
06:46:08 REQUESTING THE PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS OF TRANSGENDER YOUNG
06:46:12 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT LGBTQ LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS
06:46:15 IMMEDIATELY SUED THE ADMINISTRATION SENDING THE
06:46:16 MESSAGE THAT YOU WILL NOT BULLY US AND WE ARE PROTECTING TRANS
06:46:20 YOUNG PEOPLE. >> WHEN LGBTQ ASYLUM SEEKERS
06:46:32 WHO HAVE FOR DECADES BEEN RECOGNIZING AS HAVING A VALID
06:46:33 CLAIM TOEN A PROTECTION IN THIS COUNTRY ARE WATCHING THAT
06:46:37 PROMISE QUIETLY DISAPPEARISE OR THAT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STARTED
06:46:41 TO WORK EVEN CLOSER TOGETHERONOO CREATE NEW STRATEGIES AND NEW
06:46:46 PATHWAYS TO HELP ME KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.
06:46:49 AND WHEN THE SUPREME COURT MADE THAT HORRIBLE DECISION
06:46:53 IN CHILES VERSUS SALAZAR THAT WOULD UNDO PROTECTION
06:46:57 AND PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM GOING THROUGH THE
06:46:58 DISCREDITED PRACTICE OF CONVERSION THERAPY, WE PROVIDED
06:47:01 GUIDANCE AND WORKED WITH COLORADO AND OTHER STATE AGS TO
06:47:05 ONCE AGAIN CREATE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
06:47:09 THIS HARMFUL AND SHAMEFUL PRACTICE.
06:47:12 AND JUST THIS WEEK WE SECURED A WIN WHEN THE APPELLATE COURT
06:47:16 OVERTURNED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNCUFFED
06:47:17 UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN.
06:47:27 >> SO MUCH OF IT THAT'S HAPPENING IS
06:47:30 UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT WOULD NEVER STAND UP
06:47:32 IN COURT AND IT IS NOT STANDING UP IN COURT.
06:47:35 >> AND THE REASON WE DON'T HEAR PART OF THEIRE
06:47:39 STRATEGY IS EXHAUSTING US. PART OF THEIR STRATEGY IS DOING
06:47:42 THINGS THAT IS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL.
06:47:43 PART OF THEIR STRATEGY IS TO CONTROL THE MEDIA SO WE DON'T
06:47:47 SEE JUST HOW UNPOPULAR THEY ARE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE AGREE WITH
06:47:52 US. >>WY I MEAN THIS ADMINISTRATION
06:47:55 IS LITERALLY TAKING LATE NIGHT SHOWS OFF THE AIRINRA.
06:47:59 THEY ARE SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OFN THE BARREL AND THEY HOPE THAT
06:48:03 WE ARE TOO TIRED OR TOOOO UNINFORMED TO FIGHT BACK.
06:48:06 >> BUT N WE'RE NOT. WE AREN'T.
06:48:07 EVERY DAY I WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO
06:48:11 MAKE THE WORLD BETTER. OAND I KNOW THAT THAT IS TRUE
06:48:14 FOR YOU IN THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHTT.
06:48:18 RIGHT NOW PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THIS
06:48:21 COUNTRY ARE SHOWING UP AND SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T
06:48:23 RIGHT SD RI AND WE WON'T LET THS HAPPEN.
06:48:25 AND AS WE STAND UNDER THIS PRIDE FLAG, LET US REMEMBER
06:48:29 THAT PRIDE IS A CELEBRATION AND A PROTEST.
06:48:33 LET'S SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE WORTHS FIGHTING FOR
06:48:37 AND WE ARE THE ONES COMMITTING TO DOING IT.
06:48:40 WE DESERVE ACCESS. WE DESERVE FREEDOM.
06:48:41 WE DESERVE EQUITYE AND WE HAVE IT BECAUSE OF THE VISIONARIES,
06:48:48 BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVISTS, THE ORGANIZERS, THE BRAVE
06:48:50 LEGISLATORSTS T, ELECTED OFFICIS AND ORGANIZERS THAT WORK TO
06:48:53 MAKE OUR LIVES T BETTER. BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE,
06:48:57 BECAUSE OF THESE INSTITUTIONS, WE HAVE A REASON TO CELEBRATE.
06:49:04 >> SO LET'S DO ONE BETTER THIS YEAR AND LET'S FIGHT FOR MORE
06:49:05 FOR BETTER BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT.
06:49:08 >> LET'S REMEMBER THAT LGBTQ EQUALITY EQUALITY ISN'T
06:49:12 DIFFERENT FROM RACIAL JUSTICE OR GENDER JUSTICE.
06:49:15 AND OUR FIGHT IS AN INTERSECTIONAL ONE.
06:49:17 LET'S MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT.
06:49:20 IT'S NOT REVOLUTION ERY TO BE WHO WE ARE BUT IT IS
06:49:24 REVOLUTIONARY TO FIGHT FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO BE WHO WE
06:49:29 ARE B. >> EVERYONE THIS IS WHERE WE
06:49:38 EARN OUR STRIPES HAPPY PRIDE. >> I AM SO PROUD TO BE IN THIS
06:49:41 FIGHT WITH ALL OF YOU
06:52:27 . THANK YOU TO THE ACA PRIDE
06:52:31 BAND. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION
06:52:32 BETWEEN THE ELEVATORS
06:53:04 . HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE.
06:53:32 >> OH IT'S AMAZING. IT'S INCREDIBLE FORAM THE FOR TE
06:53:36 CITY, FOR THE CITIZENS, FOR OUR VISITORS, FOR THE FIRE
06:53:40 DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS TO BE
06:53:41 ABLE TO COME TOGETHERYRT TODAY AND TO CELEBRATE PRIDE WEEKEND.
06:53:44 >> I CAME BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST DAY MY FIRST YEAR OF
06:53:48 PRIDE AND I WANTEDDE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT MY MOM I'M MOST
06:53:52 EXCITED FOR EVERYTHING THAT I WILL SEE.
06:53:54 SO CELEBRITIES JUST TO BE SURROUNDED BY SO MANY FINE
06:53:59 PEOPLE ALL MY BESTIES HAD A GREAT TIME.
06:54:13 >> AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPRESSION OF FREEDOM
06:54:21 AND THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
06:54:22 >> THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DO IT.
06:54:23 WHEVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG AND WE SHOULD ALL BE LIKE THEND PRIDE
06:54:29 PEOPLE AND BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE.
06:54:30 >> WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE.
06:54:33 >> IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST ONE SO EXPERIENCING THE WHOLE NEW
06:54:37 ATMOSPHERE AND LEARNING WHAT IT'S ABOUTW.
06:54:39 >> SO IT'S MY FIRST ONE TOO. SO JUST HERE TO SEE IT.
06:54:41 WE'RE SO CLOSE YOU COULDN'T PASS IT UP.
06:54:44 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S SAN FRANCISCO.
06:54:45 IIT'SE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES. AMBASSADOR.
06:55:00 IT MEANS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL, A COMMON
06:55:05 OPERATING PICTURE AND A COMMON MISSION.
06:55:08 >> AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE TOGETHER AND WALK TOGETHERIT
06:55:11 AND SHOW THAT THINGS. >> SO I THINK THE MESSAGE
06:55:26 REALLY IS THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS REFLECTED IN OUR
06:55:29 POLICE DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
06:55:32 IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT,
06:55:37 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE
06:55:38 DEPARTMENT THAT ARE JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ENCOUNTER
06:55:41 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND I THINK IT SENDS A MESSAGE
06:55:45 OF HOPE THE MORE THAT WE CAN HONOR EVERY SINGLE PART OF OUR
06:55:48 LGBTQ COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THE STRONGER THAT WE
06:55:52 CAN BE IN STANDING UP AGAINST THOSE THAT DON'T WANT OUR
06:55:54 REPRESENTATION ALWAYS WHEN WE SAY THAT GO YESOF THEY SAID LOOK
06:56:10 SORRY I SAID I DON'T WANT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
06:56:13 >> THEY CAN'T BRING THAT UP. YOU CAN BRING THAT OVER THERE
06:56:18 IS THAT MASS RELEASES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING TO YOUR TO YOUR
06:56:23 ALSO THE LOCUS ESTAMOS AS YOU KNOW MOST I'M NOT A MUNDO KASI
06:56:28 SOMEWHAT BUT ALSO NOT SO MINUS EVA LEMON MUJER PARA TODOS.
06:56:33 >> IT HAS THIS
06:57:11 COMING FOR RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT THE
06:57:26 SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE. EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
06:57:29 A COUPLE OF YEARS I FELT LIKE NOW WAS THE TIME TO GO REALLY
06:57:36 JUST COMING TO J SHOW MY SUPPORT AND LOVE FOR THE WHOLE
06:57:41 COMMUNITY OUT HERE. SO I'M REALLY JUST EXCITED TO
06:57:45 BE HERE TODAY. I THINK I'M MOST EXCITED TO
06:57:48 JUST SEE SUCH AN AMAZINGD COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER JUST
06:57:52 THE LOVE AND SUPPORT. I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY IN SAN
06:57:56 FRANCISCO PEOPLE BRINGI TOGETHER IT'S JUST THIS SUCH A DEEP
06:58:00 FEELING AND I'M JUST D REALLY EXCITED TO FEEL THAT TODAY YOU
06:58:46 CRY FRIDAY YOU KNOW YOU WE'RE NOT
06:59:54 OH OH AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN TO LIKE A PARADE OR SOMETHING LIKE
07:00:02 THAT. YEAH I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THE
07:00:03 PARADE. NEVER COULDN'T DO AN ACTUAL
07:00:06 PRIDE PARADE SO YEAH WE PRETTY PUMPED BACK OH I'M YEAH THEY
07:00:20 JUST LIKE SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH ALL
07:00:32 OF MY PEOPLE AND TO STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY AND A
07:00:35 REALLY HARD TIME TO LIKE REAFFIRM EACH OTHER AND TO
07:00:40 SUPPORT EACH OTHER. EXACTLY SAME DITTORT
07:00:49 . YEAH.
07:00:53 WE'RE GOING TO THE STATES HERE SO I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU ONE TO
07:01:08 LOVE HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE BEFORE I H GO SAN FRANCISCO HAPY
07:01:12 PRIDE. >> HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE HAPPY
07:01:15 FRICKIN PRIDE EVERYBODY
07:02:12 HAPPY PRIDE
07:02:55 S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION.
07:03:28 >> WELCOME TO S.F. GOV TV'S IN PERSON.
07:03:29 MY NAME IS MARY APPENA AND WE'RE HERE AT THE
07:03:33 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CULTURAL ARTS HEALING CENTER IN THE
07:03:36 MISSION DISTRICT. >> WELCOME.
07:03:41 >> THANK YOUOU FOR JOINING US. HOW ARE YOU?
07:03:42 FANTASTIC. AND SERVE THIS BLESSED.
07:03:44 CAN YOU PLEASEE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES?
07:03:48 MY NAME IS ROBERTO AND AND THIST AND UM THE CEO KIND OF CALLED
07:03:52 EQUAL TO THAT YET THAT THE THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS AND I'M
07:03:56 WONDERING OTHER THAN I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AT SAN
07:04:00 FRANCISCO I'M RAISING GARCIA I'M THE FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
07:04:03 SAN FRANCISCO AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE MISSION
07:04:07 FOOD HUB. >> WELLANAM THANK YOU VERY MUCHR
07:04:10 JOINING US IN THIS EPISODE
07:04:13 AND ROBERTO, I WANT TO JUST DIVE INTO IT RIGHT AWAY.
07:04:15 ROBERTO TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF. TELL ME WHERE YOU GREW UP, THE
07:04:19 KIND OF WORK THAT YOU DO THE UM THE NEED D THAT YOU SEE IN THE
07:04:25 COMMUNITY. JUST TELL US ABOUT YOUR
07:04:26 INVOLVEMENTT IN ALL THE GRASSROOTS WORK THAT YOU DO.
07:04:30 >> BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE MISSIONN DISTRICT AND I'VE BEEN
07:04:33 I STILL LIVE I HERE AND BLESSED ON FLORIDA STREET ACTUALLY NOT
07:04:40 TOO FAR FROM HERE. AND UH, I STARTEDED A OFF UM,
07:04:44 LEARNING HOW TO BECOMELE AN ORGANIZER FOR ONE SUMMER WHEN I
07:04:49 WAS A CHILD. UM, I GOT SENT BY MY FATHER TO
07:04:53 THE LEMON CALIFORNIA AND THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING
07:04:59 TO BE DOING AND IT WASIN RIGHT AROUND THE TIME WHEN THE UNITED
07:05:01 FARM WORKERSIT UNION WAS FORMED BY SUICIDE AND CHAVEZ IN THE
07:05:07 LORD'S WORK. AND SO I MET THEM AT ALA VERY
07:05:09 YOUNG AGE AND UH, AFTER THAT SUMMER I IT TRANSFORMED ME
07:05:15 COMPLETELY. JUST BEING AROUND THOSE TWO
07:05:18 LITTLE ANGELS UM, BECAUSE THE REALLY FED MY HEART, MY SOUL,
07:05:23 MY SPIRIT AND MY MIND IN SO MANY DIFFERENTRT A WAYS BECAUSE.
07:05:26 I DIDN'T LIKE MYSELF, YOUOU KNOW ,UM, I HATED SCHOOL, YOU KNOW
07:05:30 UM, IT WAS A TIME WHEN RACISM WAS WORSE THAN IT IS NOW, IF
07:05:38 YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. UM, WE WERE FORBIDDEN FROM
07:05:40 SPEAKING ENGLISH AND I MEAN SPANISH IN SCHOOL AND I HAD
07:05:43 TROUBLE FOR THAT. >> SO I WAS TAKING A LITTLE
07:05:47 LEFT TURN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN THE STREETS AND THAT'S I'M
07:05:50 REALLY GRATEFUL TO MY PAPA AND I WANT TO HONOR HIM AND FOR
07:05:53 HAVING SENT ME AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.
07:05:58 YOU KNOW, I BECAME AN ORGANIZER FOR THE UFWAM AT A YOUNG AGE WHN
07:06:02 THE GREAT BOYCOTT WAS HAPPENING AND I WAS IN CHARGE OF ONE OF
07:06:06 THE SAFEWAY STORES TO IN CHARGE OF THE PICKET LINE.
07:06:09 HOW OLD WERE YOU? INI WAS LIKE 14 AND AND THEN I
07:06:16 GOT INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE MISSION COALITION ORGANIZATION
07:06:19 AND THEN I GOT INVOLVED WITH RAP THE ROYAL TERRORIST PROGRAM
07:06:23 AND THEN SHE BECAME THE DIRECTOR THERE AND I STARTED AN
07:06:24 ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL CALLED JESUS WAY AND AT THAT TIME IT
07:06:28 WAS A LOT OF CHOICE AND CHOICE AND WERE THREE OF THEM HAD BEEN
07:06:32 SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL B OR EXPELLED.
07:06:35 AND SO I WENT TO THIS IN RETURN AND SAID THIS IS A CRIMINAL
07:06:38 THAT YOU'RE DEPRIVING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM AN EDUCATIONRO
07:06:42 AND HERE'S A CURRICULUM THAT I'VE CREATED ALONG WITH SOME
07:06:46 PROFESSORS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND I WANT TO START
07:06:49 AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEMER AND HERE'S THAT VACANT
07:06:54 PROPERTY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLS IT IN 1950 MISSION THREE
07:06:57 WERE WHICH IS SOME EMPTY BUNGALOWS
07:07:00 . I WAS
07:07:01 IN THERE AND I GOT SOME TEACHERS WHO WERE WILLING TO
07:07:02 TEACH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO
07:07:05 HE SURPRISINGLY NOWY READ THE WHOLE CURRICULUM AND SAID GOD,
07:07:09 IF I WAS A TEENAGER I'D LOVEE TO GO TO THE T SCHOOL.
07:07:13 RIGHT? AND SO I I CREATED A BIOLOGY
07:07:16 COURSE AROUND OIL IN GASOLINE AND A CHEMISTRY COURSE AND A
07:07:21 MATH COURSE AND THEN OF COURSE THE READING WAS LIKE YOU WOULD
07:07:27 READ LOWRIDER MAGAZINE WRITE BOOKS ABOUTOU SOMEBODY PIPELINE
07:07:31 PANCHO HE AND YOU KNOW AND THEN REBEL YEAH AND YOU REBEL YOU
07:07:35 KNOW YOU'RE A YOU'RE A REBEL YOU KNOW TO THE END AND THAT
07:07:40 RIGHT AND SO WE AND THEN I HAD
07:07:43 A MURAL PAINTING CLASS SO THAT WAS YOUR CLASSIC LEARN HOW TO
07:07:47 PAINT AND AND AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL.
07:07:51 WE HAD A 86% SUCCESS RATE. THESS OTHER 14% WERE SO FAR
07:07:57 BEHIND ACADEMICALLY THATY THERE WAS JUST NO WAY THAT THEY WERE
07:08:01 GOING TO BE ABLE TO GRADUATE. SO I STARTED A GED PROGRAMMO
07:08:04 AND I WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE T THE GOVERNMENT HERE IN OUR CITY
07:08:08 PICK WHICH IS THE TIME THATCH TIME WAS CALLED THE PRIVATE
07:08:12 INDUSTRY COUNCIL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENTTERYI
07:08:16 GAVE HER A PROPOSAL AND SAID GIVE ME FUNDING SO I CANG TAKE
07:08:20 THESE THESE YOUNG YOUNG PEOPLE AND GET THEM A GOOD EDUCATION
07:08:27 OVER 18 MONTHS AND FOR AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE MONEY SO THAT
07:08:31 THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, JUMP ON THE BUS, BUYS CLOTHES CS, YOU KNOW,
07:08:35 HAVE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND PAY FOR THE TEACHERS AND SHE
07:08:39 ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
07:08:40 SHE GOES I KNOW WE WERE NOT FUNDING THIS MR. HERNANDEZ BUT
07:08:43 KNOWING THAT YOU'VE DONE SO WELLAN OVER THERE, I'M WILLING O
07:08:47 TAKE A RISK. SHE GOES YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE
07:08:48 THAT ALL 30 OF THEM GRADUATE. SHE GOES AND YOU'RE NOT GOING
07:08:51 TO ADMINISTRATE THE TESTS. CITY COLLEGE WILL ADMINISTRATE
07:08:55 THE TEST. AND I SAID DONE DEAL.
07:08:58 BUT THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GUARANTEE THEM A JOB RIGHT?
07:09:02 SO WE MADE A DEAL 18 MONTHS LATER THEY ALL GRADUATE
07:09:05 GRADUATE FROM CITY COLLEGE WITH THEIR G.E.D. AND SHE GOTUAWI HIA
07:09:09 JOB AND THEN I STARTED A UH AN ALTERNATIVE GROUP HOME
07:09:13 AND BECAUSE YOU KNOW AT THAT TIME BLACK AND LATINO YOUNG
07:09:16 BOYS WERE BEING SENT TO HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH AND THEN TO LOG
07:09:21 CABIN RANCH AND THEN TO CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY
07:09:25 AND I TRACKED, YOU KNOW, 30 OF THEM.
07:09:29 AND WHEN JORDI EVENTUALLY LANDED0 UP IN SAN QUENTIN SO
07:09:33 BASICALLY AS A PIPELINE TO PRISON RIGHT T.
07:09:36 AND SO I CONVINCED THE JUDGE AT THAT TIMET WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN
07:09:40 JUDGE KENNEDY MAY HE REST IN PEACECAT.
07:09:44 >> I SAID LOOK, JUDGE, HERE'S THE DATA.
07:09:45 WHYER ARE WHITE YOUNG BOYS BEING SET FREE AND BLACK AND BROWN
07:09:52 KIDS ARE BEING YOU KNOW, I SAID I'M CALLING FOR GRAND JURY
07:09:56 INVESTIGATION AND SO ON. AND SURE ENOUGH THE GRAND JURY
07:09:59 DID INVESTIGATIONND AND DOCUMENTED WHAT I WAS
07:10:02 STATING BASED ON THE DATA THAT I HAD WAS TRUE.
07:10:05 AND SO HE SAYS WELL WHAT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
07:10:10 >> I SAID I WANT TO START A GROUP HOME AS YOU YOU CAN YOU
07:10:13 CAN UH GIVE HIM A SENTENCE, YOU KNOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO GIVE
07:10:17 HIM AND AND HE BECAUSE HE WAS THE HEAD JUDGE SO HE TALKED TO
07:10:22 OTHER THE JUDGE AND SAID OKAY S WE'RE GOING TO START SENDING
07:10:25 YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES TO THIS.
07:10:29 LIKE I SAID, THE ALTERNATIVA AND AND THERE WE HAD A 94%
07:10:35 SUCCESS RATE, YOU KNOW, AND AND SO WE ALREADY HAD THE SCHOOLS
07:10:37 S SO THEY GOT TO GO TO
07:10:40 SCHOOL. WE GOTOT IN PART TIME JOB
07:10:43 AND THEN PART OFF THEIR UM GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
07:10:47 WAS VOLUNTEERING YOU KNOW SOHE THAT IF YOU YOU DID SOMETHING
07:10:51 TO A Y MERCHANT THEN YOU HAD TO GO VOLUNTEER FOR THEM.
07:10:55 IF YOU DID SOMETHING TO YOUR T NEIGHBOR YOU GOT YOU HAD TO GO
07:10:59 CLEAN YOUR BACKYARD OR DO SOMETHING YOU KNOWWNG SO IT WASA
07:11:02 WAY ALSO EDUCATING THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER
07:11:04 THEY W T DONE. AND THEN I LEFT AND STARTED THE
07:11:06 BERNAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERT UP IN ON COURT
07:11:10 IN AVENUE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TWOAR BUILDINGS K AND STARTED A SENIOR
07:11:13 PROGRAM YOUTH PROGRAM AND UMIO A HEAD START PROGRAM AND I DIDN'T
07:11:20 I HAD NO INTENTION OF STAYING THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST USING
07:11:25 MY SKILLS TO ORGANIZE O COMMUNIY .
07:11:28 SOWE WE ORGANIZED 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND AND
07:11:29 AND THEYND WERE THE ONES WHO WEE EMPOWERED TO TO RUN THE C CENTER
07:11:35 AND EVENTUALLY FOUND SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY TOTUY BECOME
07:11:39 THE DIRECTOR. BUT IN THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN I
07:11:41 WASBU AT RAP AND EMPEROR HEIGHTS I WAS INVOLVED IN CARNIVAL ASGH
07:11:47 VOLUNTEER AND UM I FELL IN LOVE WITH CARNIVAL, YOU KNOW UM,
07:11:51 BECAUSEOU I WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I USED TO WATCH I LOVE LUCY
07:11:57 AND I LOVE RICKY RICARDO AND I LOVED THE WAY HE PLAYED THE
07:11:59 BONGOS AND I LOVED THIS BIG OLD RUMBA.
07:12:03 SURE. AND I WANTED TO BE LIKE RICKY
07:12:05 SO MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY INTO WERE THESE BIG BLACK MEN
07:12:13 AND THEY WOULD PLAY CONGAS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE ALL THE
07:12:14 TIME BARBECUERO AND THEY SPOKE SPANISH AND AND YOU KNOW, I
07:12:18 MEAN BEING NAIVE YOU KNOW, TOLD ME ABOUT ONE DAY I SAID HOW
07:12:22 COME THEY SPEAK SPANISH SOAI WEL ?
07:12:25 YEAH BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SO NEGRITO THEYO ALL WERE YOU KNOW
07:12:29 AND HE WAS COOL RIGHT? AND HE PULLED OUT A MAPHT
07:12:32 AND EDUCATED ME ABOUT AND THEN TAUGHT ME ABOUT SLAVERY AND THE
07:12:36 MAX LOVE AND THE KNOWING AFRICANOS AND I SAID WOW, I
07:12:40 DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY CONGAS. KIMIKO YOU KNOW, TELL HIM TO
07:12:44 TEACH ME AND HE'S A THINK GOD GIVE YOU A TONGUE.
07:12:48 I GO YEAH,OTVE I THINK I'LL GIVE YOU OKAY SEE YOU JUST PREPARED
07:12:52 ALL SAY BE THERE AND HUGGED I ADORE IT T AND I
07:12:59 FEEL LIKE I PUT MY HAND OUT AS A I AM ROBERTA AND I WANT TO
07:13:03 LEARN HOW TO PLAYY CONGAS AND THEY'VE INVITED ME IN.
07:13:07 I LANDED UP HAVING DINNER WITH
07:13:11 THEM AND AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. STARTEDYOUNG AGE IND
07:13:14 PLAYING CONGAS AND AND THEN THEY STARTED TAKING ME TO
07:13:15 AQUATIC PARKK BECAUSE AQUATIC PARK WAS KNOWN BACK IN THOSE
07:13:19 DAYS FOR RUMBA CENTRALAL PARK AND GOLDEN GATE PARK AND THE
07:13:23 HIPPIE MOVE MOVEMENT WAS GOING SO WE'D GO TOO THE PANHANDLE
07:13:29 AND I MEAN I GOT EXPOSED MAN WITH THEM JUST LIKEE SO MUCH
07:13:34 INTO THE MUSIC M AND PEOPLE AND CULTURETU AND AND SO 111 OF
07:13:38 THEM THAT I MET MARCUS GORDON SAID HEY LET'S THROUGH CARNIVAL
07:13:45 I WAS LIKE I'M THERE. WHAT DO YOU C NEED ME TO DO?
07:13:48 >> I'LL VOLUNTEER WAS THAT TO CARNIVAL THAT WE
07:13:52 KNOW TODAY? >> YEAH.
07:13:52 SO HE MARCUS DID THE ORGANIZED SAW THE KANGAROOS AND THE
07:13:59 DRUMMERS AND THE MUSICIANS AND THEN A TWO WAS THE ONE THAT
07:14:02 DID THE KARATE FREE AND THE DANCERS OR ABOUT THE DANCERS
07:14:07 AND THAT WAS THE BIRTHTH OF CARNIVAL AT PRISCILLA PARK.
07:14:12 AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR AT THE LORD'S WORK AND THEN THE REST
07:14:14 IS HISTORYAT, RIGHT? >> SO ALL S THIS HISTORY OF YOU
07:14:21 FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE BEINGOM EXPOSED TOSE INJUSTICES
07:14:25 AND VOLUNTEERING AND JUST REALLYLY SEEING THE NEED THERE
07:14:30 FOR GRASSROOTS AND COMMUNITY ORDER ORGANIZINGER, TELL US HOW
07:14:37 THE HOW HOW WAS KENNA BORN AND TELL US YOU KNOW FOR THE
07:14:44 FOR THE VIEWERS THAT DON'TNO KNW WHAT ORGANIZATION THAT IS
07:14:48 WHAT'S KENNA AND HOW DID THAT START SO OF SCHOOL TO THE EAST
07:14:55 ARE THING AND DELILAH SO MANY GIRLS I REALLY FELT THAT WE
07:14:59 NEEDED TO GO BACK TO OUR INDIGENOUS ROOTS RIGHT
07:15:02 AND EDUCATE YOU ABOUT OUR NATIVE CAUSE WE LOST THAT YOU
07:15:06 KNOW AND THERE'S GENERATIONS GENERATIONS IN OUR YOU KNOW
07:15:12 AGAIN GOING BACK TOO MY EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
07:15:14 THEY'RE A BUNCH OF LIES. AS I GREW UP I LEARNED THAT,
07:15:18 YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IN THIS GO FOR AMERICA AND YOU LOOK AT ALL
07:15:21 THE BOOKS AND BUT I I WAS FORCED TO STUDY AND LEARN ABOUT
07:15:28 THAT AND NOT ONLY WITH THEIR LIVES BUT I NEVER LEARNED
07:15:30 ANYTHING ABOUT MYSELF. AND SO I REALLY FELT THAT IT
07:15:33 WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE THE PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO
07:15:36 EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT WHO WE ARE T T BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNW
07:15:39 WHO YOU ARE THEN YOU'RE REALLY NOT WHOLE RIGHT?
07:15:42 AND SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH MAY GO BECAUSE OF
07:15:47 MYIN ABILITY TO MOVE IT TO THE KEY YOU KNOW NO SUSIE A KEY
07:15:54 IN THE IN THE SKI GEAR SO I WENTTH THROUGH OUR FIRST TIME I
07:15:57 WENT THROUGH THE YUCATAN AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE YOU
07:16:01 KNOW, MY WALLET WAS MINE AND I LEARNED THAT WE HADW,D OUR OWN
07:16:04 DIALECT. WE DIDN'T SPEAK SPANISH
07:16:08 AND THAT THERE'S 31 DIFFERENT DIALECTS WAY.
07:16:09 AND THEN I LEARNED ABOUT CEREMONIALAL AND THEN I LEARNED
07:16:13 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOTHER EARTH AND FROM THE SKYEA AND AND SO YU
07:16:17 KNOW THAT I WAS IOU GOT TO HAVEA MAN IT WAS DEEP AND I JUST KEPT
07:16:21 GOING BACK AND BACK AND THEN THEN I GOT INVITED TO GO TO
07:16:25 WHAT IN MY LINE I T WENT THROUGHOUT WHAT THE MALA I WENT
07:16:31 TO BELIZE YOU KNOW I'VE I'VE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY I MEANVE
07:16:35 GONE TO GOUB YOU KNOW IN BRAZIL AND AND THAT ALLND THAT REALLY
07:16:39 FED ME AND THAT BEINGLL FED HELP ME VISION STARTING IN OREGON A
07:16:47 STATION THAT REALLY NOT JUST DID AN ANNUAL PARADE BUT REALLY
07:16:51 WENT DEEP SO THROUGH THROUGH CANADA YOU HAVE SEVERAL
07:16:56 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE FLOURISHED UNDER THE ORGANIZATION
07:17:03 OBVIOUSLY CARNIVAL CAN YOU TALK ABOUT CARNIVAL WHEN IT STARTED
07:17:11 AND THEN WHAT IT ISND NOW? AND THEN THERE WAS A CHANGE
07:17:15 IN LIKE PASSING THE BATON TO A NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP
07:17:19 IN CARNIVAL. CAME ABOUT.THATT
07:17:22 >> SO YOU KNOW, I, I, I SAW THE UMUM THAT CARNIVAL REALLY
07:17:32 ATTRACTS PEOPLE RIGHT? IT'S LIKE A MAGNET, RIGHT?
07:17:36 IGAND IF WE TAKE THAT ENERGY RIGHT AND JUST GROW IT RIGHT
07:17:47 WHERE IT'S GLOBAL AND I REALLY FELT LIKE CARNIVAL WAS LIKE
07:17:54 COLORBLIND. RIGHT?
07:17:55 AND DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE . LLGHGH
07:17:59 YOU SURE YOU BIG IT'S IT JUST AND IT BRINGS PEOPLE
07:18:03 TOGETHER AND SOR THE WE WERE LIKE A GYPSY FOR A MANY YEARS
07:18:10 BECAUSE THE CITY WAS THERE LIKE I CAN'T DO THAT PRECEDED
07:18:11 PARKING MORE DOORS BARGAININ THN OTHER AREAS WE WENT TO CIVICIC
07:18:15 CENTER BECAUSE THEY TOLD US TO GO TO SEE SAGAG EVE WORKS
07:18:18 AND THEN NOW WE'RE COMING BACK YOU KNOW N AND SO WE CAME BACK
07:18:22 AND WE DID THE PARADEID ON MYSTERY AND THE FESTIVAL ON 24
07:18:25 SCREEN YOU CAN WALK DOWN 24. IT WASEE LIKE4T YOU'RE LIKE
07:18:28 SARDINES. AND SO THE CITY SAID EVEN FIND
07:18:30 SOME SO I DID I FOUND HARRISON STREET WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS
07:18:33 YOU KNOW RAILROAD TRACKS. I HAD NOT SIDEWALK NO LIGHTING
07:18:38 THAT YOU KNOW I WAS IN MY BAND STREET YOU KNOW THERE WAS
07:18:41 PEOPLE LIVING ON THERE AT THAT TIMEME.
07:18:43 THISAR IS HERE IT IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE RAILROAD TRACKS
07:18:47 REMOVED. WE HAD SIDEWALKS BUILD.
07:18:48 WE PAINTED MURALS. WE PLANTED. TREES.
07:18:51 WE BEAUTIFY THATY STREET AND THE THE THE BEAUTY OF ALL THAT IS
07:18:55 THAT IT'S GIVEN AND NOT BECAME IS AND BE ON A PARADE AND NOW
07:19:03 BECAME LIKE THE BIGGEST OPEN MACADAM RIGHT YOU KNOW THAT YOU
07:19:07 CAN IMAGINE RIGHT WHERE PEOPLE SELL EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
07:19:11 AND YOU KNOW AND AND SO AND THAT I GET IT'S I GOT THAT
07:19:15 INFLUENCE FROM LATIN AMERICA YOU KNOW BEING IN DIFFERENT
07:19:16 PLACES RIGHT JUST THE BEING AROUND THAT GUY WAS RIGHT UM
07:19:22 AND THAT'S BECOME ECONOMICALLY FOR OUR BARRIO HERE IN THE
07:19:28 MISSION CARNIVAL IS THE H BIGGET ECONOMIC INFUSION ALL YEAR LONG
07:19:34 FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND FOR OUR VENDORS RIGHT SO SO
07:19:38 THAT POWER RIGHT WE REALLY HAVE BUILT AND WE CONTINUE TO FINE
07:19:42 TUNE IT AND BUILD ON IT RIGHT? >> AND IT'S ALSO LIKE HEAVILY
07:19:46 ALSO THE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOLUNTEERS IS
07:19:53 IS VERY BIG AND IT'S GROWN YEAH, A LOT.
07:19:54 SO RODRIGO YOU ARE USING ARE PART OF CARNIVAL.
07:20:01 TELL ME HOW YOU BECAME INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING AND PART OF
07:20:05 THIS. >> YEAH WELL YEAH I MEAN I'M A
07:20:09 BYPRODUCT OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE SINCE HE STARTED
07:20:13 LIKE AT 14 YEARS OLD BECAUSE I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE
07:20:17 MISSION SAN FRANCISCO ON 20TH AND IN MISSION AND I WENT
07:20:20 THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SO A LOT OF THE
07:20:23 ART PROGRAMS THAT WERE T BEING YOU
07:20:29 YOU KNOW INTRODUCED I GOT EXPOSED TO THOSE SO I
07:20:33 WOULD BE PART OF O CARNIVAL THROUGH THE
07:20:37 SCHOOLS. BUT EVEN BEFORE THEN BOTH MY
07:20:38 PARENTS ARE CENTERS BS THAT TAKE US THEY'RE AZTEC DANCERS.
07:20:42 SOAN I MEAN THERE'S PHOTOS OF MY MOM PREGNANT ON A P FLOAT, YOU
07:20:48 KNOW, IN HER REGALIAGA AND THEN THERE'S PHOTOS OF THEN LATER ON
07:20:53 AS A FOUR YEAR OLD ON THE FLOAT DRUMMING AND THEN DANCING BUT
07:20:59 ALSO APPRECIATE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE MISSION
07:21:07 CULTURAL CENTER. THAT WAS MY SECOND HOME.
07:21:08 THAT'S WHAT MY DAD'S GROUP USED TO AND STILL DOES REHEARSE BUT
07:21:11 THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO DO CAPOEIRA.
07:21:15 SO NOW I WAS EXPOSED TO A CULTURE OUTSIDE OF MY MEXICAN
07:21:18 HERITAGE. SO I LEARNED ABOUT PORTUGUESE,
07:21:21 I LEARNED ABOUT MUSIC, I LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORIES OF
07:21:23 PEOPLES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. AND THEN I TOOK PUERTO RICAN
07:21:29 SALSA THERE AND THEN FOLKLORIC DANCES FROM THE ANDES.
07:21:34 SO GROWING UP I WAS REALLY BLESSED TO BE IN THIS
07:21:41 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT'S LIKE VIBRANT ALL THE TIMEE AND THEN
07:21:45 YOU HAD PROTESTS THAT WE WERE INVOLVED THROUGH DANCE I THINK
07:21:47 OR JUST H PERSONALLY BECAUSE THE MISSION IN SAN FRANCISCO ALWAYS
07:21:50 AT THEON FOREFRONT OF CHANGE AND I LEFT THE CITY AFTER HIGH
07:21:57 SCHOOL TOIT STUDY AT UC SAN DIEO UH AND I MINORED IN PORTUGUESE
07:22:06 BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE SONGS I WAS SINGING GROWING
07:22:10 UP WAS ALL ABOUT AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW I DID MARKETING AS
07:22:17 MY MAJOR BUT ONE THING I KNEW I WAS I WAS GOING TO TRAVEL
07:22:22 AND STUDY ABROAD AND AND I REALLY I LIKE I THINK CARNIVAL
07:22:25 FOR PLANNING THAT SEED OF EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW I HAD GONE TO
07:22:29 MEXICO GROWING UP BUT THROUGH CARNIVAL I HAD GONE TO 23
07:22:35 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES YOU KNOW I CAN JUST TASTE THE LITTLE BIT
07:22:37 FROMAN CUBA, FROM PERU AND NICARAGUA AND SO ONOM AND SO
07:22:43 FORTH. SO I KNEW I WANTED TO STUDY
07:22:44 ABROAD AND I DID FOR A YEAR I STUDIED IN HUGE AN AID
07:22:48 AT THE UNIVERSITY THERE AND I WAS FULLY IMMERSED
07:22:54 IN PORTUGUESE AND THE CULTURE AND IMMERSED IN THE CARNIVAL
07:22:55 THERE THE MECCA OF CIC CARNIVAL AND DRAWING COMPARISONS BETWEEN
07:23:01 WHAT I HAD LEARNED INFORMALLY BECAUSE I WAS JUST INVOLVED
07:23:05 IN LIFE DOING CARNIVAL HERE BUT NOW AS A STUDENT I WAS ABLE TO
07:23:09 REALLY COMPARE AND LOOK AT THE BEAUTY IN THE DIFFERENCES
07:23:13 AND THE SIMILARITIES NOT KNOWING THAT I WOULD COME BACK
07:23:14 HOMEMI, YOU KNOW, FULL CIRCLE AND BE INVOLVED IN CARNIVALLL AT
07:23:21 ALL. I HAD NO NO IDEA CAME BACK
07:23:24 AND MY DAD AND ROBERTO GO WAY BACK SINCE YOU KNOW THE 80S
07:23:29 RECONNECTED AND ROBERTO HAD MENTIONED TO HIM THAT HE WANTEDR
07:23:33 TO CREATE THIS COHORT, THIS NEW GENERATION AND OF OUR SCHOOLS
07:23:41 TO LEARN YOU KNOW FROM POINT A POINT NEVER ENDS
07:23:45 BECAUSE YOU KEEP LEARNING HOWOW TO PRODUCE, HOW TO BE A
07:23:51 CULTURAL CURATOR AND AND THAT'S WHEN ITHA STARTED IN 2000 I THIK
07:23:58 13 BUT I WAS DANCING PRIOR TO THAT I WAS DOING PHONE I HOPE I
07:24:03 WAS DANCING WITH THEM PARADING DOWN, YOU KNOW, THEHE MISSION
07:24:06 AND I WAS PROTESTING AS WELL. THERE WAS THAT UNFORTUNATELY
07:24:10 DOESN'T END BUTY IT ALSO KIND OF RECONNECTED ME TO SAN FRANCISCO
07:24:14 TO THE MISSION AFTER BEING AWAY.
07:24:18 SO SINCE 2013 I'VE BEEN PART OF THE PRODUCTION TEAM OF CARNIVALF
07:24:23 AND SO IT'S BEEN THAT MORE THAN A TEN YEAR JOURNEY TO BE THE
07:24:28 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DENVERR. AND ROSLYN, YOU'RE THE PROGRAM
07:24:34 DIRECTOR FIRST OF ALL FESTIVAL DIRECTOR.
07:24:35 TELL US ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENTNT IN CARNIVAL IN THE
07:24:38 ORGANIZATION, HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEERING.
07:24:42 >> YEAH, SO I'M NOT FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
07:24:45 I'M ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY FROM L.A. I GREW UP IN TACOMA OF
07:24:49 CALIFORNIA. >> SO IF YOU KNOW RITCHIE
07:24:50 VALENS THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM. THAT'S RIGHT.
07:24:53 THAT'S OUR LANDMARK. >> AND I ORIGINALLY CAME UP TO
07:24:57 SAN FRANCISCO FOR SCHOOL. I WENT TO USF FOR MY UNDERGRAD.
07:25:00 MY MAJOR WAS IN BUSINESS BUT I FOCUS ON HOSPITALITY. AND IT WS
07:25:04 REALLY A CULTURE SHOCK FOR ME GROWING UP I WAS SURROUNDED BY W
07:25:07 LATINOS. I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
07:25:08 MINORITY ASPECT AND IT WASN'T TILL USF THAT I WENT AND I
07:25:13 REALLYLY LOOKED AROUND. I WAS LIKE OH LIKE THESE PEOPLE
07:25:16 DON'T LOOK LIKE ME. THEY DON'T KNOW MY DISHESE.
07:25:20 THEY DON'T KNOW I I COULDN'T RELATE TO A LOT
07:25:21 OF PEOPLE. I ACTUALLY HAD A LOTAD OF
07:25:24 IMPOSTER SYNDROME MY FIRST WEEK I CONSIDERED
07:25:27 DROPPING OUT WOULD BRINGP BACK MEMORIES.
07:25:31 IT WAS A TOUGHUG TIMEIM. IT WASN'T UNTIL I FOUND A CLUB
07:25:35 THERE THAT LATER BECAME PRESIDENT OF LATINOS WHEN YOU
07:25:39 WAS WHEREE I KIND OF TOOK I GUESS LIKE MORE OWNERSHIP OFF
07:25:45 AND MORE INTENSE BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT LEARNING MY
07:25:47 CULTUREIN WHERE I CAME FROM AND SO I ENDED UP MINORING
07:25:50 IN CHICANO LATINO E STUDIES ANDI JUST REALLY YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
07:25:57 SPEAK SPANISH GROWING UP. >> I REALLY ONLY KNEW ENOUGH TO
07:25:59 GET UP TO THOSE. THAT WAS MY PRIMARYINY TRY.
07:26:01 >> BUT I TOOK SPANISH CLASSES AND I REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF
07:26:05 PICK UP WHERED I LOST IN MY MY CHILDHOOD AND SINCE THEN
07:26:13 AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE TOWARDS THE END SS OF MY
07:26:17 TIME AT UCSF A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING GOING
07:26:18 TO LAL NEVADA. THEY'RE LIKE OH LIKE IT'S
07:26:21 REALLY YOU YOU WE THINK YOU'D'D ENJOY IT
07:26:23 . AND THE FIRST SUMMER I ENDED UP
07:26:24 STAYING HERE IN SAN FRANCISCOUMI COULDN'T COME BECAUSE I WAS
07:26:28 WORKING FULL TIME TO PUT MYSELF THROUGH SCHOOLNG BUT IT IS KIND
07:26:31 OF LIKE A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT BECAUSE LATER ON IN THAT SUMMER
07:26:35 I HAD WON A SCHOLARSHIP TO SAN FRANCISCO TRAVEL AND I SPOKE AT
07:26:39 A LUNCHEON IN FRONT OF OVER I THINK I WAS OVER LIKE A
07:26:43 THOUSAND PEOPLE. IT WAS INTENSE TO SAY THE LEAST
07:26:50 . AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
07:26:53 QUESTIONS THAT THEY REALLY ASK IS LIKE OKAY, LIKE WHY
07:26:55 HOSPITALITY? AND I JUST MENTIONE YOU KNOW,
07:26:57 GROWING UP BEING A HOSPITABLE PERSON AS A LATINAOU IS WAS
07:27:02 SECOND NATURE. YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD
07:27:03 WHENEVER WE HAD PARTIES I COULDN'T GO TO SLEEP UNTIL THE
07:27:06 LAST PERSON LEFT THE HOUSE OR THEY DECIDED TO SLEEPEP OVER.
07:27:09 AND SO YOUNO KNOW, I WAS LIKE SX YEARS OLD GIVING PEOPLE WATER.
07:27:13 SO IT WAS JUST YOU KNOW, WHO I WAS AS ANO PERSON AND I BELIEVEI
07:27:17 WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LATINOS TO WHEN THE SCHOLARSHIP AND A
07:27:22 WHILE AND II JUST REMEMBER AFTER ROBERTA CAME UP TO ME AND HE
07:27:29 HAD HANDED ME HIS BUSINESS CARD, IT'S LIKE OH, I THINK I
07:27:30 HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN AND I AND HE JUST
07:27:33 WHISKED AWAY AND I REACHED OUT TO HIM ABOUT A MONTH AFTER
07:27:37 BECAUSE I RECOGNIZED THE NAME. I WAS LIKE, OH LIKE THIS IS THEE
07:27:40 YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME TO GO TO
07:27:41 AND YEAHME, I YOU KNOW, I WENT O HIS HOUSE.
07:27:45 >> I MET WITH ROBERTOOU AND RODRIGO STARTED OFF AS AN
07:27:47 INTERN WITH THEM, GOT ONE GOOD EVENT WITH THEM BEFORE THE
07:27:51 PANDEMIC HIT. SO MARDI GRAS 2019 WAS REALLY
07:27:55 SPECIAL AND THEN OUR 20 20 AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT
07:27:59 AND THENDE WHAT? THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE FOOD
07:28:03 HUB I KIND OF WADDLED AFTER THEM A AND I'VE BEEN WITH THEM
07:28:06 SINCE. >> SO WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING
07:28:07 BACK? VOLUNTEERING AND DOING THE WORK
07:28:10 AND YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF CANA IT'S FUN.
07:28:17 YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THERE'S STRESS INVOLVED BUT
07:28:24 IT'S BEEN IT'S IS A IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY AND EVERY DAY
07:28:29 FEELSEAFE LIKE A JOURNEY BECAUSE ARE BLESSED WITHEC SO MANY
07:28:35 PROJECTS FROM SUMMERS AS IN SALES TO LATININ JAZZ YOUTH
07:28:39 ENSEMBLE THAT WE HOUSE HERE TO OUR NEW HOMETH THAT FOR ME IT WS
07:28:44 A SEVEN YEAR JOURNEY FOR ALLE THAT THE 40 PLUS YEAR JOURNEY
07:28:46 TO HAVE A CATHOLIC CARNIVAL BUT NOW IT'S THE INDIGENOUS
07:28:49 PEOPLE'S CULTURAL ARTS HEALING CENTER AND THEN SO THE FUTURE
07:28:53 JUST LOOKS REALLY BRIGHT AND COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY
07:28:55 KNOWING THAT THERE'S A BRIGHT FUTURE JUST KIND OF IT
07:28:59 STIMULATES ME AND AND ENCOURAGES ME TO TO GIVE BACK
07:29:09 UM THE WAY THAT I WAS GIVEN BACK FROM PEOPLE LIKE ROBERTO
07:29:13 AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS AND AND AND TALENTED FOLKS
07:29:22 AND THAT THAT BASICALLY SUMS ITT UP.
07:29:27 YEAH I LOVE WHAT I DO. UM, I'VE WORKED AT A FEW OTHER
07:29:29 NONPROFITT THINGS BUT GHANA HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE MY HOME
07:29:35 AND PARTIALLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW LIKE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL IT'S
07:29:38 WHAT HELPED MEH GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH MY CULTURE.
07:29:40 YOU KNOW IT'S I GREW CLOSER WITH MY MOM THROUGH MY WORK
07:29:44 WITH GUATEMALA BECAUSE I WAS LIKE HEY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
07:29:47 LIKE THAT TEST LIKE I WANT AS A KID.
07:29:48 AND SO WHEN THE PARADESON HAPPES WHEN WE HAVE A VET I SEND HER
07:29:52 PHOTOS. I'M LIKE I USED TO DO THIS.
07:29:54 I KIND OF WANT TO GET BACK INTO IT AND FOR ME IT'S CENTRALIZED
07:29:58 MY AND KIND OF HELP ME ROOT IN MYSELF HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO
07:30:02 AND THEN WITH THAT I YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE MISSION OF KIND OF
07:30:10 NOT JUST AND KIND OF US SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEIR GOALL
07:30:13 IS TO EDUCATE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND I WANT TO YOU
07:30:17 KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING I HOLD DEARLY COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?
07:30:19 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS WHO ARE GROWING UP NOW WHO
07:30:22 WHETHER THEY IMMIGRATEDE HERE THEMSELVES, WHETHER THEY ARE A
07:30:26 FIRST GENERATION PERSON HERE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
07:30:30 GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CULTURE OR EVEN EXPLORE OTHER CULTURES.
07:30:33 YOU KNOW, THERE'S WHEN PEOPLE THINK LATIN O AMERICAN THEY
07:30:37 REALLY ONLY THINK MEXICAN BUT THERE'S 20 SOMETHING COUNTRIES
07:30:40 OUT THERE SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, BUTAR LIKE I SAY, THE AIR FROM
07:30:44 MEXICO IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN LIKE A SALVADORIAN CATHOLICRO,
07:30:47 VERY DIFFERENT AND SO BUT YEAH, I LOVE WHAT I DO HEREOV FOR ME,
07:30:52 YOU KNOW NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME SO A LITTLE HECTIC BUTE I
07:30:58 ENJOY THE EXCITED NESS OF KINDHE OF SEEING WHERE WE'RE GOING,
07:31:02 WHERE WE'RE SHAPING HOW FAST WE'RE GROWINGRERE.
07:31:05 INO KNOW WHEN I STARTED IT WAS JUST A THREE WHEREAS NOW WHERE
07:31:08 WE HAVE H A STAFF, WE HAVE A SPACE, WE HAVE A PERMANENT
07:31:13 SPACE. OUR MEETINGS USED TO BE AT
07:31:14 ROBERTO'S DINING ROOM TABLE LIKE THISSP AG AND JUST LIKE THS
07:31:18 AND NOW WE HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE SO IT'S IT'S VERY KIND OF HAS A
07:31:22 VERY BRIGHT FUTURE AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT.
07:31:29 THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR A ME AT ALL.
07:31:30 YOU KNOW FOR ME SITE IS A WAY OF LIFE.
07:31:33 YOU KNOW SIMPLY ASK ME WHEN I'M RETIRED AND HE SAID WHEN THEY
07:31:39 BURY ME H YEAH YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT'S UHT' IT IT FEEDS ME EVERY
07:31:47 DAY. YEAH.
07:31:48 AND IT'S NOTYE IT EVERY DAY EVEY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
07:31:52 YOU KNOW YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH UH FROM A JOYOUS MOMENT TO A
07:31:58 HAPPY MOMENT TO A SAD MOMENT TO A CHALLENGING MOMENT RIGHT TO A
07:32:05 SCARY MOMENT, YOU KNOW AND JUST LIKE YOU KNOW BUT FOR ME THAT
07:32:09 THAT UM F I WAKE UP AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MY DAY, YOU KNOW,
07:32:16 JUST LIKE I LOOK FORWARD TO SLEEPING OR I'M OLDER I SLEEP
07:32:26 MORE SORT OF IF YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD EYE FOR IDENTIFYING
07:32:33 POTENTIAL AND LEADERSHIP IN PEOPLE, HOW DOES THAT DEFINE
07:32:40 THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU DO? >> ARE YOU ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
07:32:44 FOR SOMEONE OR JUST YOU JUST HAPPEN TO RUN INTO PEOPLE
07:32:48 AND IT JUST CLICKS BOTH WAS LOOKING YOU KNOW AND I REALLY
07:32:59 BELIEVE THAT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I RECEIVED YOU KNOW FROM A
07:33:07 SISTER IN THE LORD IS RIGHT LIKE THE OTHERS YOU GOT TO PASS
07:33:10 IT ON RIGHT AND THE MORE OF US WHO ARE EDUCATED AND HAVE
07:33:14 SKILLS THEN WE CAN ELEVATE, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY MORE RIGHT
07:33:21 ? THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON CAN DOO
07:33:22 IT. IT TAKES MANY HUNDREDS
07:33:25 THOUSANDS OF HOURS. RIGHT.
07:33:26 AND SO FOR ME THAT'S THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT IN MY
07:33:32 WORK. Y RIGHT.
07:33:33 AND NOT ONLY WITH CARNIVAL BUT IN OTHER AREAS OF WORK THAT I
07:33:37 DO. RIGHT IS TO TO IN TEACH,
07:33:40 EMPOWER AND NURTURE AND DEVELOP ,YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP.
07:33:45 >> SO THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND IDENTIFY IN PEOPLE
07:33:48 IN RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES IN THE
07:33:53 COMMUNITY TELL US HOW THAT EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
07:34:00 ALSO INFORMED YOU WHEN YOU WHEN IT CAME TO STARTING THE MISSION
07:34:05 FOOD HUB DURING THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
07:34:08 HOW HOW DID YOU WORK WITH THE CITY AND OTHER PARTNERS TO GET
07:34:15 THAT OFF THE GROUND AND GET BUY IN ON IT?
07:34:18 >> WELL, IT IT IF WE LOOK BACK IT WAS ONE PHONE CALL THAT I
07:34:23 GOT FROM AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO TOLD ME SHE HAD LOST HER JOB,
07:34:27 COULDN'T COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE SHE WAS A CASH WORKER
07:34:30 AND SHE HAD NO BENEFITS AND SHE WAS SUPPORTING HER DAUGHTER
07:34:38 AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN BECAUSE HER SON PASSED AWAY AND I
07:34:41 OFFERED TO PERSONALLY GO BUY GROCERIES AND THEN THE PHONE
07:34:46 JUST KEPT BRINGING AND RINGING AND RINGING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN
07:34:49 OPENED UP MY GARAGE AND WE STARTED GIVING FOOD OUT OF MY
07:34:53 BANK GARAGE AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE AT ALL.
07:34:57 AND THEN UM, I AND THE PANDEMIC WAS GETTING WORSE AND SO I
07:35:04 DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED A BIGGER PLACE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVE
07:35:09 TWO LOWRIDERS IN MY GARAGE AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO PUT
07:35:10 THEM OUTUT ON THE STREET SO FORTH.
07:35:13 AND SO I KNEW OF THE 701 ALABAMA STREET WE BELONG TO A
07:35:17 NONPROFIT AND THE SPACE IS EMPTY AND I ACTUALLY HAD HELPED
07:35:21 THEM RACE $2 MILLION TO YOU KNOW, TO SAVE THE BUILDING SOO I
07:35:27 CALLED THEM AND HE SAID I NEED THE KEYS AND THEY GAVE ME THE
07:35:29 KEYS AND WE SY STARTED OUT OF TT SPACE OUT S OF ONE ONE SPACE
07:35:35 IN THE WAREHOUSE AND EVENTUALLY WE EVENTUALLY TOOK OVER THE
07:35:36 WAREHOUSEYTU RIGHT WITH THE UM AND FOR ME HAVING GROWN UP WITH
07:35:46 EATING CANS, YOUTI KNOW, AND TV DINNERS AND FOOD THAT'S NOT
07:35:50 HEALTHY WHICH I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME WAS NOT HEALTHY.
07:35:54 RIGHT. BUT AS I GREW UP AND LEARNED
07:35:57 ABOUT HEALTH I LEARNED THAT THAT'S LIKE THE WORST PROCESSED
07:35:58 FOODEAHE THAT YOU CAN PUT IN AND THAT OUR BODIES ARE SACRED
07:36:02 AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOINGN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE YUCATAN
07:36:05 AND WHATNOT, I LEARNED ABOUT, , YOU KNOW, HOW SACRED OUR OUR
07:36:08 BODIES ARE. RIGHT.
07:36:11 AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE OUT CANS.
07:36:13 I REFUSE TO GIVE OUT CANS OR PROCESSED FOODS.
07:36:16 I SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUITS
07:36:20 AND AND THEN WALKING DOWN THE LANE SEINE WHICH WILL WHAT YOU
07:36:24 LIKE YOU KNOW AND LET'S JUST IN THE CITY LET PALESTINIANS
07:36:27 YOU KNOW AND I WAS LIKE HARD TO GET BUT IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER
07:36:31 STORY BUT EVENTUALLY WE GOT IT CHANGED.
07:36:32 YOU KNOW, SEEING EUROPE FROM PERU AND SAN DIEGO, THE PINTO
07:36:39 BEANS ARE GREAT BETTER SO THEY PERUVIAN POTATO IF WE'RE GOING
07:36:40 TO THROW HOLES, YOU KNOW AND SO WE WENT AND GOT RED BEANS, YOU
07:36:43 KNOW, AND THEN WE GOT BLACK BEANS BECAUSE A COUPLE OF
07:36:47 CUBANS IN THE AID OF ONE JINGLING YOU KNOW AND SO WE DID
07:36:50 WE WE REALLY CREATED A WHOLE NEW MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY WHICH
07:36:58 WE CAME RIGHT OUT OF CULTURALLY PROVIDING FOOD FOR PEOPLEID RIGT
07:37:06 . AND WHAT DID THAT DO?
07:37:06 IS THAT ITT IT WAS A IT WAS A SURPRISE OF ELEMENT EVERY WEEK
07:37:12 OF THE FOOD THAT WE WERE GETTING TO GIVE AWAY.
07:37:15 IT'S LIKE THAT WAS LIKE EVERYBODY CAME IS LIKE GIVEN
07:37:19 THAT A WHOLE THING OUT OF THE ENERGY TO ME AND YOU KNOW
07:37:22 AND AND WE DID FROM YOU KNOW TACO TUESDAY TO GIVING MASA SO
07:37:26 YOU CAN MAKE THE MILES AND ALL THE INGREDIENTS T ARE THERE FOR
07:37:30 FOOD TODAY YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH AND AND THAT JUST WAS MAGICAL
07:37:34 YOU KNOW IT WAS LIKE JUST YOU KNOW IT BROUGHT A LOT OF JOYOU O
07:37:39 PEOPLE AT A TIME THAT WAS REALLY DEPRESSING, YOU KNOW,HA
07:37:44 AND AND AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT FOOD IS MEDICINE.
07:37:46 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TAUGHT AND THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED AND I
07:37:49 KNOW IT FOR A FACT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I'M GOING
07:37:53 THROUGH MY MOMENT FOOD IS MY COMFORT.
07:37:57 YOU KNOW, I CALL IT COMFORT FOOD.
07:37:58 YOU KNOW , IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT
07:38:03 THAT IN ITSELF I THINK WAS JUST UM ORGANICALLY YOU KNOW
07:38:08 HAPPENED RIGHT UM AND AND WHAT I SHARED TO EVERYBODY WAS JUST
07:38:13 LIKE THE MISSION FOOD WHAT FOOD HUB IT WAS LIKE THIS PLANE THAT
07:38:17 TOOK OFF AND WE WERE MAKING THE PLANE AS WE WERE GOING RIGHT
07:38:23 YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN CHAIRS AND PULLING THAT JUST YOU KNOW
07:38:27 AND SO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE WHAT WERE
07:38:30 OR JUST SOME WERE FORCED AND I'M A CALL IT LIKE IT IS
07:38:35 YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T
07:38:39 BELIEVE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT YOU KNOW AND THEY WERE FORCED
07:38:43 TO DO IT. BUT THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF
07:38:46 WHAT I CALL ANGELS PEOPLE JUST CAME FORWARD AND DIDN'T TAKE
07:38:50 MUCH TO CONVINCE THEM AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO JUST LIKE OUT
07:38:54 OF NOWHERE JUST CAME OUT TOO QUICKLY.
07:38:58 THERE WAS ONE NIGHT THAT IT WAS A FRIDAY OH MY CPA CALLED ME UP
07:39:05 AND SAID DO NOT SPEND ANY MORE MONEY FOR FOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE
07:39:09 NO MONEY LEFT AND THIS IS ON A FRIDAY AND I'M LIKE OH MY GOD,
07:39:14 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT WEEK?
07:39:16 AND I WENT AND BOUGHT BUNDLES A WHOLE BAG?AN COULDN'T WAIT TO GT
07:39:20 HOME. I MADE IT ALL I'M AS SOON AS I
07:39:24 GOT OUT I WENT INTO THE MINI PARTY AND STUDIED WITH AND I'M
07:39:27 LIKE WHAT A GOD PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE.
07:39:28 I'M CALLING G ALL THIS BIRDS. OH THAT'S NOT AND MY PHONE
07:39:35 RINGS AND THIS WOMAN TELLS ME SHE'S SAYING MICHELLE YOU SAY I
07:39:39 I SAID HOW CAN I HELP YOU? SHE GOES, UM, I NEED YOUR BANK
07:39:42 ACCOUNT NUMBER. >> I GO FOR WHAT?
07:39:46 AND SHE GOES OH SHE GOES WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE $1.5
07:39:49 BILLION. >> WOW.
07:39:53 I JUST BROKE DOWN IN TEARS. I WAS LIKE I COULDN'T DO IT.
07:39:57 >> IT'S LIKE TELL MEE WHERE YOU BOUGHT THE BUNDLES.
07:40:09 BUT THAT WAS A MILAGRO YOU KNOW, TIME BOMB.
07:40:12 THAT WAS A MIRACLE AND IT JUST LIKE AND I COULD JUST TELL YOU I
07:40:14 ALLL THE MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY OF PEOPLE THAT I T
07:40:17 NEVER KNEWEO RIGHT? >> AND SO WHAT IT DID IT IT IT
07:40:24 IT THAT'S WHAT MADE IT WHOLE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS
07:40:29 LIKE THAT'S YOU KEEP AS YOUOU FIGURE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF
07:40:32 PEOPLE VOLUNTEER WAS JUST LIKE YEAHBET, YOU KNOW AND THERE WAS
07:40:35 PEOPLE LIKE I'LL VOLUNTEER BUT I'M NOT GOING IN THAT BUILDINGGR
07:40:39 . >> WHAT CAN IAN DO?
07:40:39 I SAYL WELL GO DELIVER FOOD. ROXANNE YOU YOU ARE THE PROGRAM
07:40:43 MANAGER AT THE MISSION WHO TOLD
07:40:47 ME ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH.
07:40:47 STARTEDUT OFF AS A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR BACKR
07:40:53 IN DECEMBER 2020 AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD OH WET HAD ABOUT 300
07:40:57 VOLUNTEERS AND IT WAS A MIXTURE OF THE SONORA WOULD BAG LIKE
07:41:01 THE RICE AND THE BEANS'S WE DID OUR LIKE MERCADO SET UP WE HAD
07:41:07 ABOUT 30 SOMETHING DRIVERS EACH DAY AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE
07:41:12 YEARS, YOU KNOW AS GHANA GREW AND ROBERTO HAD TO SHIFT WITH
07:41:19 GHANA INTO HOW HOW BIG IT WAS GROWING, I ENDED UP KIND OF
07:41:24 JUST I THINK STEPPING INTO THE PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION FOOD
07:41:30 STUFF FOR ME WAS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO ME.
07:41:31 MY MY W FAMILY WHEN I WAS GROWIG UP USED TO BE IN FOOD
07:41:35 DISTRIBUTION LINES AND SO AGAIN I FEEL LIKE GHANA'S JUST A VERY
07:41:39 FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR MEI AND SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
07:41:43 GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOW I MEAN WE DON'T WE'RE
07:41:46 NOT AS BIG AS WE USED TO BE DURING PEAK PANDEMIC WE DID
07:41:50 9000 HOUSEHOLDS EVERY WEEK. FUNDING IS NOT THE SAME AS IT
07:41:54 ONCE WAS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK AND SO
07:42:00 CURRENTLY WE ONLY DO OUR ZIP CODE WHICH IS 94110.
07:42:01 WE SERVE ABOUT 200 HOUSEHOLDS EVERY WEEK NOW AND WE HAVEE
07:42:07 ABOUT 30 VOLUNTEERS. BUT THE ENERGY AND THE
07:42:08 . NTIMENT IS STILL THE SAME IT'S STILL LIKE A FAMILY.
07:42:11 THERE ARE A LOTLL OF THOSE VOLUNTEER HOURS ARE PEOPLE WHO
07:42:16 USED TO BE IN OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION LINE WHO JUST WANT
07:42:18 TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WORK IN A
07:42:20 PLACE THAT THEY LIVE P IN AND FR ME IT'S ALWAYS JUST A VERY
07:42:24 REWARDING EXPERIENCE. IT'S NICE YOU KNOW WE SEE THESE
07:42:25 PEOPLELE CONSISTENTLY. WE KNOW THEIR NAMES.
07:42:27 I'VE SEEN KIDS GROWW UP BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE WITH US BACK
07:42:31 WHEN THEY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND NOW THEY'RE WALKINGG AND SO
07:42:34 IT'S A VERY IT'S A VERYND WHOLESOME FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
07:42:38 >> AND RODRIGO, DURING THE PANDEMICG HOW DID YOU MANAGE
07:42:42 KINDHE OF NEVER BECAUSE IT'S STILL IT'S STILL HAPPENED
07:42:49 IN LIKE A DIFFERENT ITERATION. BUT HOW DID YOU TAKE THAT H ON
07:42:53 AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BRIGHT SPOT, THAT PART THAT
07:42:57 JOYOUS PART OF YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY EVENT STAYED AFLOAT?
07:43:05 >> YEAH, WELL IT FIRST STARTED WITH ROBERTO PIVOTING F YOU KNOW
07:43:08 OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY STARTING THIS WHOLE NEW PROJECT CALLED
07:43:12 THE MISSION FOOD HUB BUT THEN HAD IT HOW HOW DID WE HOW ARE
07:43:17 WE GOING TO PIVOT RESOURCES KNOWING THAT CARNAVAL AS THE
07:43:23 FULL BLOWN FESTIVAL WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2020?
07:43:26 AND SO WE ASKED OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS TO SHIFT SOME OF
07:43:30 THOSE RESOURCES TO FOOD BUT ALSO ALWAYS KEEPING THE ARTS
07:43:38 SOMEONE IN THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THROUGH THE
07:43:42 ARTS WE HEAL, WE TELL OUR STORIESHR, WE RECONNECT, YOU KNW
07:43:47 AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART ABOUT COVID LOSINGNE CONNECTIONS
07:43:50 TO PEOPLE AND AND GOING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.
07:43:55 AND SO ONE EXAMPLE ONE QUICK PIVOT WAS WHY DON'T WE HAVE W TE
07:44:02 ARTISTS THAT ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE IN THE PARADE
07:44:03 PERFORMOIRM IN FRONT OF THE LINF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR
07:44:07 FOUR HOURS FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S GET A THE MARIACHIS, LET'S GET
07:44:10 THE CONJUNTO, LET'S GET THEHE DRUMMERSS YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN
07:44:14 LIVELY UP THE SPACE AND ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT CARNIVAL IS
07:44:18 NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY. YOU KNOW
07:44:20 , IT'S ALWAYS PRESENT, IT'S OMNIPRESENT AND SO THEN WE
07:44:24 YOU KNOW, WE WE DID AN ONLINE FUNDRAISER FOR THE MISSION FOOD
07:44:28 HUB, YOU KNOW, WITH PERFORMANCES IS LISTED AS A NORTENO
07:44:33 PERFORMED ONLINE AND OTHER ARTISTS LIKE THAT THAT CAME
07:44:37 BACK TO GHANAER MISSION FOOD HUB AND CARNIVAL 2021 AT SO WE
07:44:44 POSTPONED CARNIVAL1 IN MAY OF 2020 BUT WE WE HAD20 EYES ON
07:44:49 HAVINGNG A HEALTH FAIR IN SEPTEMBER AND WHEN WE SENT
07:44:56 THE PROPOSAL TO THE CITY THEY CALLED US UP THE CITY ATTORNEY
07:45:00 CALL US CALLING US CRAZY YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE FULL BLOWN
07:45:04 CARNIVALNG PARADE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
07:45:10 SO YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T READ LIKE THE MEMO.
07:45:11 IT'S LIKEOUDN THIS IS A TWO BLOK COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR.
07:45:17 STILL WASN'T REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE IDEA OF EXPOSING PEOPLE,
07:45:22 YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT AND MINGLE SO TO SPEAK OR
07:45:26 PARTY. THAT'S HOW THEY SAW IT.
07:45:27 BUT AFTERER A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WERE ALLOWED TO
07:45:30 REUNITE WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS STAKEHOLDERS,
07:45:34 SCIENTISTS WE WE FINALLY PAINTED THE VISION.
07:45:41 WE SAID HEY, YOU KNOW, OUR PEOPLE ARE, NOT ALWAYS RECEIVING
07:45:45 THE INFORMATION AND PROCESSING IT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU EXPECT
07:45:49 IT TO BE ON ONLINE ON CERTAIN CHANNELS YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN
07:45:56 LANGUAGES. CARNIVAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
07:46:00 CONVENER AND SO BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TRUSTED CARNIVAL AT THAT
07:46:03 POINT FOR OVER 40 YEARS, THEY KNOW THAT IF WE CREATE THIS
07:46:05 HEALTH KIND OF PAVILION, OUR HEALTH FAIR FOLKS WILL SHOW
07:46:15 UP AND THERE WE PROVIDED FOOD. ROZIN WAS IN CHARGE OF YOU
07:46:20 KNOW, I THINK 2000 BAGS OF GROCERIES ON THAT CARNIVAL
07:46:26 HEALTH FAIR. WE HAD IN 2020 TESTING.
07:46:30 SO WE HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND DR. COLFAX AT
07:46:34 THE TIME SHOW UP AND VOUCH THAT THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO
07:46:38 INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO EDUCATE FOLKS IN SPANISH, ENGLISH
07:46:41 AND MAYAN. WE HAD OF COURSE OUR DANCERS WE
07:46:45 HAD A AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY LIKE ZONE
07:51:04 WELCOME WHERE WE CONVENED. AND I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME
07:51:09 SUPERVISOR MARIANA MALKA AND SUPERVISOR SHARON CHIN TO
07:51:12 THE CHAMBER. >> WE ARE STILL AWAITING SOME
07:51:17 TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT FROM
07:51:20 BUDGET DIRECTOR KETTLER BUT I THOUGHT THAT SINCE YOU'RE HERE
07:51:24 I MY ASSUMPTION IS SOME OF YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE SOME REMARKS.
07:51:25 SO I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS WE COULD START WITH THE REMARKS
07:51:28 YOU'VE IF YOU GUYS WANT ALL RIGHT.
07:51:32 BOARD PRESIDENT EDELMAN WELL BARRING SOME UNFORESEEN
07:51:39 CIRCUMSTANCES, CHAIR CHAN AND HER TEAM SEEM TO HAVE
07:51:47 MANAGED TO LAND THIS PLANE EARLIER THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN
07:52:01 AND AND I WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE HER FOR THAT.
07:52:05 >> I THERE IS A SKILL AND AN ART AND A SET OF KNOWLEDGE
07:52:14 AND TALENTS AND THE ABILITY TO BOTH TERRORIZE PEOPLE AT THE
07:52:18 RIGHT MOMENT AND ALSO NEGOTIATE AND CAJOLE AND BRING COLLEAGUES
07:52:26 TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT DIFFERENT FOLKS NEED IN THEIR
07:52:30 DISTRICTS AND SHE INSISTS THAT THIS IS WELL, THIS MAY THIS MAY
07:52:38 BE HER LAST YEAR ON THE BOARD BUT SHE INSISTS THAT SHE DOES
07:52:42 NOT WANT TO BE DOING BUDGET EVER, EVER AGAIN AND THE CITY
07:52:45 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL MISS YOU IN THAT CHAIR.
07:52:46 CHAIR CHANCE SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU THANK YOU
07:52:53 AND THANK YOU TO FRANCIS AND THANK YOU TO YOUR WHOLE
07:52:58 TEAM. >> FRANCIS AND AND YOUR WHOLE
07:53:05 TEAM. >> I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR
07:53:08 DORSEY FOR FOR YOUR GROWING ROLE IN THIS BUDGET.
07:53:13 IT'S BEEN GOOD TO SEE THAT AS YOU KNOW SENIOR GAY MANDOLIN
07:53:19 GETS READY TO MOVE ON. I'M GLAD THAT THERE WILL BE A
07:53:23 HOMOSEXUAL ON THE BOARD WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE OF BUDGET AND SO
07:53:27 THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TO TO SUPERVISOR WALTON WE HAVE BEEN
07:53:31 AT THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS AND DIFFERENT ITERATIONS ON
07:53:38 THIS COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VOICE FOR PEOPLE
07:53:42 WHO NEED A VOICE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND YOUR STAFF ENSURES
07:53:47 THAT WE ARE WELL FED WHICH WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF AND I THINK
07:53:54 SAN FRANCISCO IS GOING TO MISS YOU AS WELL WHEN YOU MOVE ON
07:53:57 NEXT YEAR AND AND SUPERVISOR SÖDER, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO SEE
07:54:05 YOU. I LIKE MOVING INTO THIS INTO
07:54:09 THIS ROLE AND LEARNING ABOUT BUDGET AND FIGHTING FOR YOUR
07:54:12 FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT THREE
07:54:16 AND LOOKING OUT FOR FOR EVERYBODY AS WELL.
07:54:19 SO PARTICULARLY YOUR INTEREST IN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS
07:54:23 I'VE SEEN AND APPRECIATED AND TITA AND OTHERS IN YOUR
07:54:27 OFFICE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS AND THEN IN MY OFFICE I
07:54:31 DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK SOPHIE MARIE IN PARTICULAR MY CHIEF OF
07:54:35 STAFF WHO I THINK IS MOVING MY CAR RIGHT NOW.
07:54:40 THANK YOU SOPHIE MARIE AND RENELL WHO HAS BEEN HELPING
07:54:43 AS WELL. >> YOU KNOW I ALSO DO WHAT I
07:54:48 MEAN THE BULK OF THE WORK ON THE BUDGET IN SAN FRANCISCO IS
07:54:56 DONE BY THE MAYOR AND HIS TEAM .
07:54:59 SOPHIA KETTLER IS AN ENORMOUS SHE'S NOT HERE TO HEAR THIS BUT
07:55:03 SHE OH, THERE SHE IS. >> SHE'S COMING IN AND SOPHIA
07:55:07 KETTLER IS SO SMART AND THIS WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT SOPHIA.
07:55:11 SHE HAS BEEN ON MULTIPLE SIDES OF BUDGET PROCESSES ON THE
07:55:15 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SIDE AND IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
07:55:18 AND SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE RESOURCE ALONG WITH
07:55:22 THE PEOPLE IN HER OFFICE. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
07:55:23 THEY DID A LOT OF WORK. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BUDGET
07:55:27 THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AFTER OUR MONTH WITH IT IS A BETTER
07:55:30 BUDGET BUT WE ARE I AM GRATEFUL THAT THEY YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE
07:55:34 WORKED AND HAVE WORK TO HAVE FRANKLY TRY TO AVOID AS MANY
07:55:38 LAYOFFS AS THEY COULD AND TO TRY TO PROTECT SERVICES FOR
07:55:42 VULNERABLE PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN
07:55:46 ABLE TO DO SOME GOOD WORK THIS LAST MONTH WITH SOME HELP FROM
07:55:49 ADVOCATES AND OUR FRIENDS IN LABOR.
07:55:53 SO I THINK THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR
07:55:57 DUE AND OF COURSE THE COMPTROLLER AND FOR HELPING US
07:56:03 UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING WHETHER IT MAKES
07:56:04 SENSE OR NOT. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING
07:56:08 THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE BALANCING OUT AND TO OUR
07:56:11 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.
07:56:16 SO MY LAST BUDGET ON THIS YOUR VICE-CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU
07:56:25 CHAIR CHAN I WANT TO JOIN PRESIDENT MENDELSOHN
07:56:30 IN EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE STARTING WITH
07:56:34 BUDGET CHAIR CHAN AND YOUR TEAM.
07:56:37 I JUST APPRECIATE THE WHAT A WHAT A GREAT PARTNER YOU HAVE
07:56:42 BEEN. >> UM TO THE PRESIDENT.
07:56:45 RANDLEMAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN GREAT.
07:56:48 I JUST ALSO I REALLY DO THINK THERE IS A SPIRIT OF
07:56:52 COLLEGIALITY AMONG COLLEAGUES RIGHT NOW THAT IS REALLY
07:56:56 IMPORTANT AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR
07:57:00 TEAMS JUST FOR HOW WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
07:57:04 UM I THINK IT A THANKS AND GRATITUDE IS ALSO DUE TO
07:57:12 MAYOR LURIE AND HIS TEAM AND ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY I
07:57:13 KNOW SOPHIA KETTLER IS SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE ALL FANS OF UM THESE
07:57:19 ARE DIFFICULT TIMES AND IT'S NOT JUST THE BUDGET.
07:57:22 THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TIMES THAT ARE
07:57:27 UNPRECEDENTED IN MY TIME IN GOVERNMENT WHEN WE WHEN WE
07:57:30 THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING WITH THE FEDERAL
07:57:34 GOVERNMENT AND CHALLENGES OF HOW THEY'RE RETREATING FROM
07:57:37 THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE'RE SEEING DRAMA
07:57:42 PLAY OUT EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
07:57:45 >> BUT THROUGH THIS ALL I'M REALLY PROUD OF SAN FRANCISCO
07:57:50 AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THIS CITY IS STEPPING UP
07:57:54 IN THE REALM OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR UNDOCUMENTED
07:57:58 IMMIGRANTS AT A TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EVEN
07:58:01 STATE GOVERNMENT ARE RETREATING.
07:58:02 WE'RE STAYING TRUE TO OUR VALUES I THINK IN ESPECIALLY
07:58:05 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING PAIN LIKE NEVER
07:58:10 BEFORE AND I'M THINKING NOT JUST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
07:58:14 BUT ALSO THE TRANS COMMUNITY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND OTHER
07:58:17 ISSUES. SAN FRANCISCO IS THERE AND I'M
07:58:21 REALLY PROUD OF THE COURAGE THAT THIS CITY IS SHOWING.
07:58:25 AND THEN I JUST WANT TO END BY EXPRESSING TO MY OWN TEAM THANK
07:58:29 YOU SO MUCH TO DOMENICA DONOVAN WHO IS TO SPEND MY MY CHIEF OF
07:58:35 STAFF BUT ALSO JUST MY BRAIN AND DETAILED ORIENTED PERSON ON
07:58:40 ALL OF THIS. >> THANK GOD.
07:58:42 >> YEAH. >> AND THAT'S IT I'M LOOKING
07:58:47 FOR I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR
07:58:50 SAUTER THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN AND I WILL ADD SOME REMARKS AS
07:58:54 WELL AS WE WIND DOWN THIS PROCESS IF WE GO BACK A FEW
07:59:00 MONTHS I THINK WE ALL KNEW THE ORIGINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL WASN'T
07:59:05 QUITE RIGHT. IT HAD TOO MANY CUTS.
07:59:06 IT WAS TOO BLUNT IN HOW IT MADE THOSE DECISIONS.
07:59:10 SO WE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS HERE TRYING TO GET THIS BUDGET
07:59:13 TO A BETTER PLACE MAYBE NOT THE EXACT PLACE THAT ANY OF US
07:59:18 WOULD HAVE LIKED BUT STILL I THINK A BETTER PLACE.
07:59:23 AND SO I FIRST WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT APPRECIATING ALL OF
07:59:27 THOSE WHO HELPED CARRY US THROUGH THESE INTENSE
07:59:28 AND IMPORTANT LAST FEW MONTHS. FIRST, EVERYONE WHO SPENT TIME
07:59:35 IN THESE CHAMBERS AND IN OUR OFFICE IN OUR COMMUNITY LETTING
07:59:39 US KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY DO AND MORE
07:59:43 ULTIMATELY ABOUT THE THE LOVE THAT THEY HAVE FOR SAN
07:59:44 FRANCISCO. DOES MANY OF THESE TIMES I WISH
07:59:48 YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE BUT I BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'D RATHER
07:59:51 BE OUT DOING THE WORK THAT BRINGS YOU IN HERE.
07:59:54 BUT YOUR COMMITMENT WAS CLEAR THROUGHOUT TO THE BUDGET
07:59:58 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST TO OUR COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO THE
08:00:01 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
08:00:02 PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR DILIGENCE .
08:00:05 THANK YOU AS WELL TO MY TEAM FOR NAVIGATING THIS CHALLENGING
08:00:09 TIME CONSUMING LAST FEW MONTHS PARTICULARLY TO THE BELL AND TO
08:00:13 MICHELLE ANDREWS LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR TO
08:00:20 THE COLLEAGUES BESIDE ME ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THOSE NOT ON
08:00:24 THE COMMITTEE BUT THAT CARE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME TO BE
08:00:28 HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
08:00:29 PARTNERSHIP AND RESPECT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS
08:00:32 SUPERVISOR DORSEY SAID, YOU KNOW CONTRASTING WHAT WE'RE
08:00:36 DOING HERE WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IMPORTANT AND THE
08:00:40 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TURNING ITS BACK ON ITS MOST
08:00:43 VULNERABLE. AND IN THAT IN THIS MOMENT I'M
08:00:44 PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS COMMITTEE STOOD UNITED
08:00:47 IN LOOKING OUT FOR OUR CITY. NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE NOT
08:00:51 PAINFUL CUTS OR CHOICES THINGS MAYBE THAT WE'D ALL STILL LIKE
08:00:54 TO SEE CHANGED OR TWEAKED. THERE ABSOLUTELY ARE.
08:00:55 BUT I'M PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR AND WIN BACK MANY
08:00:59 OF THE PROPOSED CUTS. IN PARTICULAR WE ADVOCATED
08:01:03 AND WON BACK FUNDING TO SAVE PROGRAMS TO SERVE OUR SENIORS
08:01:07 SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS THAT FUEL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SERVICES
08:01:11 TO SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATION.
08:01:15 OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LISTENING
08:01:19 TO COMMUNITIES BOTH INSIDE THESE CHAMBERS AND OUT IN THE
08:01:22 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THROUGH THAT I'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT
08:01:25 RESIDENTS WANT TRANSPARENCY FROM CITY HALL.
08:01:26 THEY WANT PARTNERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO BE HEARD AND THOSE ARE
08:01:30 VALUES THAT DON'T END TODAY AND VALUES WHICH WE NEED TO
08:01:33 KEEP TOP OF MIND GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THIS WON'T BE THE LAST
08:01:37 CHALLENGING BUDGET. THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST
08:01:38 CHALLENGING MOMENT IN OUR CITY. BUT FOR NOW THANK YOU AGAIN TO
08:01:43 THIS COMMITTEE AND ALL THOSE WHO HELPED GET US TO THIS
08:01:45 MOMENT AND TO ALL THOSE WHO LOVE OUR CITY ENOUGH TO FIGHT
08:01:49 FOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR
08:01:54 SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR CHANG AND I GUESS I
08:01:58 JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT A BUDGET BEING A
08:02:02 VALUE STATEMENT IS REALLY NOT JUST A CLICHE.
08:02:05 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM
08:02:10 TRY TO MAKE TRUE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND THE RESIDENTS
08:02:13 THAT WE SERVE EVERY TIME WE GET THE BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR WE
08:02:17 ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE
08:02:21 THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THE SERVICES, THE COMMUNITIES THAT
08:02:24 NEED TO BE PROTECTED HERE IN THE CITY.
08:02:28 AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I'M THANKFUL TO
08:02:31 REALLY THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR VOICE AND FOR CATCHING ANYTHING
08:02:36 THAT WE MAY MISS HERE ON THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BECAUSE AS
08:02:40 WE DO THE BUDGET IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND
08:02:43 THAT WE DO HAVE TO LET THE PEOPLE IN AND LET THEM BE A
08:02:45 PART OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WE ARE
08:02:51 ALL AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AT THIS AT THIS TABLE.
08:02:54 AND SO I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR BEING OUR
08:02:58 FEARLESS BUDGET CHAIR FOR SO MANY YEARS AND FOR REALLY LEAN
08:03:02 IN UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THE PROCESS WHICH IS LETTING
08:03:06 COMMUNITY VOICE PLAY A ROLE AT THE TABLE AND FOR REALLY TAKING
08:03:13 THE HARD HITS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO SIT
08:03:17 IN THAT SEAT AND JUST WATCHING YOU AND FRANCIS AND YOUR TEAM
08:03:21 REALLY DO IT AND DO IT IN A MANNER THAT IS COLLEGIAL
08:03:24 AND COOPERATIVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME VERY FAIR AND FIRM
08:03:28 AND FIGHTING FOR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED US THE MOST.
08:03:32 SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT AND SAY THANK YOU
08:03:35 AND FRANCIS FOR THAT AND THE REST OF YOUR TEAM.
08:03:39 I CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS HERE IN THIS CHAMBER
08:03:43 WITHOUT MENTIONING TRACY BROWN GUAJARDO AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD
08:03:51 SAY I AM VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS A PART OF MY TEAM.
08:03:55 BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CITY IS
08:03:59 REALLY VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER HERE IN CITY HALL.
08:04:02 NOT ONLY DOES SHE FIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT TEN BUT
08:04:06 SHE FIGHTS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. SHE MAKES SURE THAT OUR
08:04:10 COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE AT THE TABLE.
08:04:13 SHE MAKES SURE THAT ALL LEGISLATIVE AIDES AND OUR
08:04:14 OFFICES ARE ALSO A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND SHE DOES IT
08:04:18 WITH SO MUCH GRACE AND SO MUCH YOU KNOW, IT JUST TAKES A
08:04:25 DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON TO BRING EVERYBODY IN AND SO I
08:04:29 WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT PARTICULARLY AT TIMES WHEN I
08:04:32 WOULD NOT DO THE SAME THING. BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS THE
08:04:37 IMPORTANCE OF AND THE VALUE OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS
08:04:41 WITHIN FOR EVERYBODY. SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK
08:04:42 HER AND OF COURSE THE REST OF THE DISTRICT TEN OFFICE BUT I
08:04:47 WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
08:04:50 YOU KNOW THE BUDGET PROCESS IS VERY HARD FOR ALL OF US AND FOR
08:04:54 ALL OF OUR TEAMS AND IF YOU KNOW SAN FRANCISCO, YOU KNOW
08:04:58 OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW HOW THEY FIGHT IT CAN BE A VERY
08:05:02 GRUELING PROCESS AND IT CAN GET NASTY AT TIMES.
08:05:05 BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD THE RIGHT TEAM TO COME TOGETHER TO
08:05:07 MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD AVOID SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS
08:05:11 AND REALLY COME UP WITH A BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS
08:05:14 RESTORING THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED.
08:05:18 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HARD DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
08:05:22 DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS SO WE DEFINITELY CANNOT IGNORE
08:05:23 THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW,
08:05:27 WE HAVE FOUGHT TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO SAVE THE THE
08:05:30 SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
08:05:33 COMMUNITIES THRIVE AND THERE'S STILL A LOT MUCH MORE WORK TO
08:05:38 DO IN THE COMING YEARS AS WE ADDRESS DEFICITS AND MAKE SURE
08:05:42 THAT OUR COMMUNITIES RECEIVE THE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES THAT
08:05:45 THEY DESERVE. BUT I AM PROUD OF THE FACT THAT
08:05:49 WE WERE ABLE TO FIGHT AND DO A LOT OF THAT RIGHT HERE IN THIS
08:05:51 ROOM WORKING TOGETHER. SO THANK ALL OF YOU COMMUNITY
08:05:54 THANK ALL OF YOU COLLEAGUES. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR
08:05:57 COMPTROLLER. I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF
08:06:00 COURSE BUDGET DIRECTOR IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SOPHIA HAS DONE
08:06:04 AMAZING WORK AT HER TIME IN THAT ROLE AND PROBABLY
08:06:07 LONGER THAN MOST OF OUR BUDGET DIRECTORS AS WELL.
08:06:11 SO DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE HER A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT AND THANK
08:06:13 HER FOR ALL OF HER WORK BECAUSE AS HARD AS THAT WORK IS, SHE
08:06:16 HAS ALSO BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS REALLY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
08:06:23 THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
08:06:24 AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THAT PUBLICLY AND THIS IS
08:06:28 MY LAST BUDGET PROCESS. AND WITH THAT SAID, I AM HAPPY
08:06:34 TO SAY THAT WE WILL BE AT LEAST MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD THAT
08:06:39 TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE CUTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US
08:06:45 ON ON JUNE 1ST AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MAKE
08:06:46 SURE THAT WE SAVED AS MANY OF THE SERVICES AS WE COULD
08:06:50 AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KEPT THEIR JOBS WHILE WE WERE
08:06:53 IN THIS FIGHT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU ALL AND AGAIN I
08:06:57 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIR CHAN FOR FORGIVENESS HERE
08:07:01 AGAIN THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
08:07:10 >> PARDON THE INTERRUPTION BUT I DID JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT
08:07:14 YES WHEN WE RECONVENED FOR THIS MEETING WE ARE JOINED BY BOTH
08:07:18 SUPERVISORS CHEN AND MELGAR AND WE ARE NOW CONVENED AS A
08:07:22 SPECIAL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING AS OF 551.
08:07:25 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU.
08:07:30 AND SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU BY THE CHAIR AND I ALSO I WANT
08:07:37 TO START WITH THINKING THANK YOU CHAIR CHEN FOR YOUR STRONG
08:07:43 LEADERSHIP IN LEADING THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND WITH THAT
08:07:47 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR YOUR
08:07:51 STRONG SUPPORT SUCH AS YOU KNOW THE LIST THAT WE RECEIVED THAT
08:07:55 AND POSTED IT'S SUCH A LIST AND IT'S REALLY REFLECTING THE
08:07:58 VALUES OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ALSO THE CRITICAL NEEDS
08:08:01 THAT WE CURRENT AND THAT MEETS OUR CURRENT MOMENT.
08:08:03 SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN BY THE CHAIR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
08:08:06 AND ALSO FOR ALL THE COMMITTEES FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
08:08:10 AND WITH THAT I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO MY BUDGET THAT
08:08:14 JUST FOR MY BUDGET LEGISLATIVE JACKIE PRAGER AND I THINK WITH
08:08:21 THAT I ALSO WANT TO REALLY EXTEND THE PARTNERSHIP THIS
08:08:27 YEAR WITH DISTRICT SIX AFFAIRS FROM THE BEGINNING IN THIS
08:08:28 BUDGET PROCESS FIGHTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH I WANT TO THANK
08:08:32 YOU BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I EXTEND MY WARM HOT
08:08:36 FOUL APPRECIATION TO DOMENICA IN DISTRICT SIX FOR US.
08:08:43 >> THANK YOU. >> AND I KNOW THAT IT'S ALSO
08:08:49 YOU KNOW, ALL THE LEGISLATIVE AID THAT IT'S IN MY OFFICE
08:08:52 AND IN EVERYONE'S OFFICE. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING A
08:08:54 LOT OF AMAZING JOB IN THE LAST MONTHS AND IN THIS NEGOTIATION.
08:08:58 SO IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, CREDIT TO ALL THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE
08:09:01 IN OUR OFFICE THIS I ALSO ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL THAT I
08:09:08 ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBBING SOMETIMES FOR DISTRICT
08:09:12 A WHILE I BROUGHT PRISON MEN IN THIS PROCESS I'M VERY
08:09:16 GRATEFUL THAT I ACTUALLY ALSO GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WAY.
08:09:20 IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME. I'M GRATEFUL THAT I ACTUALLY
08:09:24 GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME WAY TO AND WITH THAT I ALSO WANT TO
08:09:28 APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE BUDGET DIRECTOR SOPHIA
08:09:31 KETTLER AND LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
08:09:35 ALWAYS PATIENT AND ALWAYS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND IN PARTNERSHIP.
08:09:39 AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND ALSO
08:09:42 OUR STAFF. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
08:09:46 COLLABORATIONS AND WITH THAT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
08:09:53 COMMUNITY. >> I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE
08:09:57 ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTNERS COMING OUT MAKING SURE
08:10:00 THAT WE HEAR YOU. WE HEARD YOU WE YOU KNOW THE
08:10:05 THE NEWS THE LIST THAT IS ACTUALLY REFLECTING YOUR NEEDS
08:10:08 . SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT
08:10:09 DOING ALL THOSE BUDGET TOWNHALL COMING AND ADVOCATES ING ALL
08:10:13 THOSE MOMENTS OF CHANTING IN THE HALLWAY THANK YOU SO
08:10:14 MUCH FOR TAKING TIME IN COMING TO CITY HALL.
08:10:17 >> THANK YOU AND THIS IS YOU KNOW NOT IN THE COMMITTEE
08:10:24 POSITION PARTICIPATING IN BUDGET BUT I'M REALLY
08:10:28 GRATEFUL AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO MAKE
08:10:31 SURE THAT OUR BUDGET BUT REFLECTS THE VALUE OF SAN
08:10:32 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU.
08:10:35 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR MALKA THANK YOU
08:10:40 CHAIR CHAN I WILL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES
08:10:46 AND THANKING YOU. THIS IS NOW MY SIXTH BUDGET
08:10:48 HAVING BEEN THROUGH AT CHAIR HANY RONEN AND NOW YOU YOU HAVE
08:10:54 DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS YEAR.
08:10:58 >> I THOUGHT LAST YEAR WAS GREAT WE GOT OUT OF HERE EARLY
08:11:01 AND THIS YEAR WAS MUCH HARDER AND YOU MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF
08:11:07 WITH COMPETENCE, EFFICIENCY AND GRACE.
08:11:11 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNICATION CONSTANTLY
08:11:15 AND ALSO FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT
08:11:22 OF ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE MOVING AND MAKING AND I
08:11:26 ALSO WANT TO THANK YOUR AMAZING KING AIDE FRANCIS SHEA WHO
08:11:34 DOESN'T JUST KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBERS AND THE PEOPLE AND THE
08:11:39 ACTIVITIES DURING BUDGET SEASON BUT THE ENTIRE YEAR SO THAT
08:11:43 WHEN BUDGET COMES AROUND SHE'S ALREADY PREPARED AND SHE
08:11:47 ALREADY KNOWS WHAT SHE HAS TO DO AND WHO TO TALK TO.
08:11:52 SO YOU ARE REALLY AMAZING. FRANCIS THANK YOU.
08:11:55 AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU KNOW, MY DEAR COLLEAGUE SHARON WALTON
08:12:02 ,THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY AMAZING ROLE FOR YOU AND I AM
08:12:06 DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS YOU AND TRACY BROWN WHO HAS MANAGED
08:12:11 TO HOLD IT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND MAKE ENCHILADAS TO FEED
08:12:15 EVERYBODY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, TRACY, FOR
08:12:19 EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
08:12:22 IT'S PRETTY AMAZING AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR
08:12:26 YOUR ROLE AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS.
08:12:30 EVEN THOUGH I'M NO LONGER ON BUDGET, I THANK YOU FOR LETTING
08:12:34 ME HANG ON ANYWAY EVEN WITHOUT HAVING TO COMMIT TO THE TIME
08:12:37 BUT I DO LOVE THIS PROCESS AND I DO ADMIRE YOUR THAT
08:12:45 IN OUR VERY RICH AND DIVERSE CITY WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT
08:12:49 VOICES NEIGHBORHOODS, CONSTITUENCIES WE MANAGED TO
08:12:53 NEGOTIATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND FIGHT FOR THE THINGS THAT
08:12:57 WE BELIEVE IN AND COME OUT WITH A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR
08:13:01 COLLECTIVE VALUES. I WANT TO SAY THAT I HOPE OUR
08:13:06 MAYOR LARRY RECOGNIZES WHAT A GEM HE'S GOT.
08:13:10 AND SOPHIA KETTLER THAT THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION,
08:13:17 KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO THIS PROCESS
08:13:18 HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE AND HELPED US ALL.
08:13:22 I ALSO WANT TO THANK GREG WAGNER IN THIS IN THIS NEW
08:13:25 ROLE. >> SO THERE SHE IS IN FOR ALL
08:13:29 OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET IN SORT OF BEING ABLE TO THINK
08:13:36 NOT JUST OUR TODAY BUT ALSO OUR TOMORROWS BECAUSE EVERY
08:13:37 DECISION THAT WE MAKE WITH EVERY DOLLAR DEFINITELY AFFECTS
08:13:41 PEOPLE TEN YEARS FROM NOW. SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR
08:13:45 THAT AND YOU KNOW, LASTLY I WANT TO THANK OUR CLERK AT
08:13:52 BRANT HALIBUT FOR ALL OF THE LATE NIGHT.
08:13:55 IT DOESN'T OFTEN GET RECOGNIZED BUT OUR CLERK KEEP US STEADY
08:13:59 AND I WILL SAY OF THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THIS
08:14:06 PROCESS I HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE DISCIPLINE
08:14:10 AND ORGANIZING OF FOLKS HERE TODAY OF THE BUDGET ADVOCATES I
08:14:18 THINK THIS YEAR PEOPLE REALLY ORGANIZED, BANDED TOGETHER,
08:14:19 WORKED CLEAR, CONCISE IN THEIR ASKS AND WORKED WITH EACH OTHER
08:14:27 BEFORE THEY CAME TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US.
08:14:31 SO I SEE IT I SEE IT AND APPRECIATE IT.
08:14:34 SO WITH THAT THANK YOU AGAIN MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR ROLE
08:14:38 IN THIS GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU.
08:14:44 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> AND NOW I'M GOING TO
08:14:49 INTRODUCE BUDGET DIRECTOR SOPHIA KETTLER WHO HAS
08:14:53 ANNOUNCEMENT ALONG WITH HER TEAM.
08:14:56 >> WE'LL GET EVERYBODY COMING TO THEM.
08:15:01 >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT BUT IT IS NOT MY
08:15:07 TURN TO SPEAK GENERALLY BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK
08:15:08 CHAIR CHAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF AMAZING PARTNERSHIP SHE HAS.
08:15:14 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT BUT HERE WE GO.
08:15:17 I JUST WANTED TO THANK CHAIR CHAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS OF
08:15:19 AMAZING PARTNERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT
08:15:22 WORKING RELATIONSHIP IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE GENERALLY
08:15:25 AND MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE IN PARTICULAR ARE INCREDIBLY
08:15:27 GRATEFUL AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SIMILAR APPRECIATION
08:15:30 TO SUPERVISOR WALTON WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL
08:15:33 SPARRING PARTNER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I HOPE WE
08:15:38 DON'T HAVE $1 BILLION DEFICIT NEXT YEAR WITH THAT I HAVE A
08:15:43 TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS AND A TRANSFER OF FUNCTION LETTER TO
08:15:46 READ. >> VERY EXCITING.
08:15:50 THIS IS A NOTE NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
08:15:52 TRANSFER TO POSITIONS AS FROM THE HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM TO
08:15:55 THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE BUDGET
08:15:58 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE SPENDING PLAN AND TECHNICAL
08:16:02 ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDING ALIGNING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AT
08:16:06 GENERAL CITY RESPONSIBILITY AND THE TREASURER AND TAX
08:16:07 COLLECTOR CORRECTING EXPENDITURES AT THE DEPARTMENT
08:16:10 OF ADULT PROBATION AND CORRECTING AND UPDATING
08:16:13 EXPENDITURES AT THE OFFICE OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR THE OFFICE
08:16:15 OF THE MAYOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE OFFICE OF
08:16:17 THE COMPTROLLER. THIS RESULTS IN A NET COST OF
08:16:23 $2.7 MILLION IN FISCAL 27 AND $960,000 IN FISCAL 28.
08:16:27 THE NET IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND COST IS $3.7 MILLION
08:16:31 AND THE ATTACHED TABLE WHICH I WILL DISTRIBUTE DETAILS THESE
08:16:34 CHANGES. >> THANK YOU.
08:16:38 THANK YOU DIRECTOR KETTLER I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
08:16:45 SEEN YOUR PRICES AS YOU OUGHTA KNOW WHILE YOU WERE STILL
08:16:46 PREPARING THESE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
08:16:50 >> SO THANK YOU. AND BEFORE I MAY COLLEAGUES
08:16:53 BEFORE WE HAVE DONE PRETTY MUCH ALL IT IS NECESSARY REALLY
08:16:58 THROUGHOUT TODAY AND DURING EACH TIME SO WE HAVE THIS FINAL
08:17:05 MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TODAY.
08:17:09 >> SO IF I MAY WANT TO LEAVE YOU THESE THOUGHTS DURING THIS
08:17:13 BUDGET PROCESS WE WORK TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
08:17:17 POPULATIONS REVERSING CUTS TO DIRECT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
08:17:21 SUPPORT COLLECTIVELY WITH EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND ALSO
08:17:25 THOSE WHO BEEN OUTSIDE ON THE STREETS TO FIGHTING FOR IT.
08:17:29 AMONG OUR COMMUNITY WE RESTORE $20 MILLION IN ESSENTIAL
08:17:32 SERVICES IN ESSENTIAL SERVICE CUTS WE REVERSE, WE RESTORE
08:17:36 AND WE REVERSE THESE CUTS AND THEY ARE SERVICES
08:17:39 SUPPORTING OUR SENIORS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
08:17:43 YOUTH CRITICAL PROGRAMING AND SERVICES FOR OUR LGBT
08:17:47 ACQUIRE TRANSGENDER LATIN NECK'S BIPOC COMMUNITIES WE
08:17:52 FULLY FUND IT FREE CITY COLLEGE WE ALSO HAVE FUN HIV PREVENTION
08:17:55 AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES SO WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD.
08:18:02 BUT LET ME ALSO JUST SAY ALL THE WHILE THAT WE ALSO HAVE
08:18:04 SUPPORTED MAYOR LAURIE'S EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN MORE THAN
08:18:09 $1 BILLION IN RESERVE TO SAFEGUARD SAN FRANCISCANS FROM
08:18:12 TRUMP'S DRACONIAN CUTS TO HEALTH CARE EDUCATION AND FOOD
08:18:17 SECURITY. >> BECAUSE LET'S BE CLEAR WE
08:18:21 HAVE TO ANTICIPATE STORMY DAYS TO COME AND THEY'RE COMING.
08:18:25 >> BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS WORK CANNOT BE DONE ALONE.
08:18:29 SO I DO WANT TO THANK MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND HIS CITY
08:18:33 DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THIS
08:18:34 PROCESS. >> OF COURSE THANK YOU TO
08:18:37 SOPHIA KETTLER WHO'S THE MAYOR'S STEADFAST BUDGET
08:18:41 DIRECTOR. THANK YOU.
08:18:44 COMPTROLLER GREG WAGNER AND HIS TEAM.
08:18:45 I ALSO WANT TO THANK SOPHIA CUTLER'S WHOLE TEAM LOOK AT
08:18:49 THEM AND ALSO OF COURSE CONTROLLER GREG WAGNER
08:18:56 AND DEVIN WHO I SAY DO NOT PLAY POKER WITH DEVIN.
08:19:00 >> LOOK AT HIS POKER FACE. HE NOW IS FINALLY SMILE.
08:19:03 BUT YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET NO AND OF COURSE I THINK
08:19:07 THAT MR. DAN GONE TO IS NOT HERE NOW BUT LINDSAY IS
08:19:11 AND REALLY THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S TEAM
08:19:18 AND OF COURSE THANK YOU MY FELLOW BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS
08:19:19 PRESENT AND RAFAEL MENDHAM AND VICE CHAIR MATT DORSEY
08:19:22 SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON AND DANNY SAUDER THANK YOU FOR
08:19:26 YOUR SUPPORT BUT I WANT TO SAY MOST IMPORTANTLY WE KNOW WHO
08:19:30 DID THE WORK OUR AIDES TRULY ARE ALL OUR LEGISLATIVE AIDES
08:19:36 AND OF COURSE I IF I MAY I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FRANCIS
08:19:40 SHEA. I MEAN LOOK OUT.
08:20:03 IT MAY NOT IT MAY BE MY LAST BUDGET AS BUDGET CHAIR BUT
08:20:07 FRANCIS BEEN AROUND IT MAY NOT BE OUR LAST BUDGET AND AND OF
08:20:13 COURSE ROBIN BURKE AND ANGELINA YOU AND I CALVIN IN ON OUR TEAM
08:20:18 IT DOES TAKE A TEAM BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS AS BUDGET
08:20:27 COMMITTEE CHAIR EVERY DAY EVERY DAY EVERY TIME WHEN WE HAVE THE
08:20:30 BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARING BE IT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OR THE
08:20:32 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE, I WOULD SAY I RIDE OR DIE WITH
08:20:35 OUR CLERK. >> MR. CLERK BROWNELL LIPA
08:20:38 THANK YOU. >> AND OF COURSE OUR DEPUTY
08:20:46 CITY ATTORNEY ROBERT ROSSI MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT DOING
08:20:47 ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THIS CHAMBER.
08:20:49 >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
08:20:53 YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS FOR FISCAL YEARS MY WORK
08:20:57 AS BUDGET CHAIR HAS BEEN CENTER ON REDUCING WASTEFUL SPENDING,
08:21:01 CREATING GUARDRAILS AGAINST CORRUPTION, SAFEGUARDING FOR
08:21:05 THE FUTURE BY PUTTING REASONABLE DOLLARS ON RESERVE,
08:21:08 REVERSING CUTS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE SAN FRANCISCANS
08:21:12 AND SAVING ESSENTIAL CITY JOBS AND SERVICES.
08:21:16 WE AND I SAY WE I DON'T MEAN JUST YOU KNOW, THIS BODY
08:21:19 AND EVERYBODY IN THIS CHAMBER BUT REALLY WE AS EVERYBODY
08:21:23 IN HERE IN THE AUDIENCE BUT ALSO TO EACH EVERY PERSON
08:21:27 AND GROUPS IN SAN FRANCISCANS THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT BECAUSE
08:21:31 YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY HERE FOR YOURSELF I KNOW
08:21:34 YOU'RE HERE FOR THE SAN FRANCISCANS THAT YOU SERVE
08:21:37 ESPECIALLY THOSE ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
08:21:38 SO WE HAVE DONE THIS WORK SUCCESSFULLY.
08:21:42 THANK YOU. >> BUT AS YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY
08:21:49 THIS THE BOAT BUT THE WORK IT'S NOT DONE THE THE THE STRUGGLE
08:21:53 CONTINUES AND WE WILL FIGHT ONWARD TOGETHER SO LET ME JUST
08:22:01 SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU AS BUDGET CHAIR.
08:22:03 >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
08:22:24 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
08:22:32 >> YOU'RE ALL VERY KIND. SO WITH THAT THANK YOU.
08:22:39 THE MOTION IS TO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION NO MORE
08:22:43 PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. WHITE. MY APOLOGIES.
08:22:47 MY APOLOGIES. >> MR. WHITE.
08:22:51 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION WITH RECOMMENDED TO FILE FIRST
08:22:57 FILE ITEM ONE AND TO COMBINE THE O AND ASO FOR TWO
08:23:05 ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT ITEMS 23 AND 24 INTO TWO AND THREE
08:23:08 AND THEN WITH THAT TO ALSO APPROVE ITEMS TWO THREE SECOND
08:23:15 WITH RECOMMENDATION AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY.
08:23:19 A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION MY CHAIR
08:23:26 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT ITEM ONE THE
08:23:28 HEARING BE HEARD AND FILED AND THAT THE A.O. AND THEY ALSO
08:23:33 FOR THE ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS AND ITEMS 23 AND 24 BE COMBINED
08:23:36 INTO THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS AND SALARY ORDINANCES AND ITEMS
08:23:40 TWO AND THREE AND ALSO WITH RECOMMENDATION.
08:23:47 >> OH YES AND ALSO WE ARE AMENDING THEY AND THEY ALSO BY
08:23:51 ACCEPTING THE MAYOR'S TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS ROUNDS ONE, TWO
08:23:55 AND THREE AND FOUR AND THE TRANSFER FUNCTION LETTER BY
08:24:01 ALSO REFLECTING THE COMMITTEE'S FINAL CHANGES AS INDICATED BY
08:24:04 THE SUMMARY ENTITLED BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET SPENDING
08:24:06 PLAN AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
08:24:09 NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMITTEE'S ACTIONS THROUGHOUT
08:24:13 THIS HEARINGS AND TO REFER THAT TO THE JULY 14TH FULL BOARD OF
08:24:17 SUPERVISORS AS AMENDED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.
08:24:20 >> SO MOVE SECOND. >> YES AND ON THAT MOTION BY
08:24:24 CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY, VICE CHAIR DORSEY
08:24:28 AND RCI MEMBER SUTTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
08:24:31 REMEMBER MADELINE. I'M A MAN WOMAN I CHURCH CAN I
08:24:36 CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES. >> THE MOTION PASSES AS 625 ON
08:24:50 JUNE 25TH. MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
08:24:51 BUSINESS BEFORE US? MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE NO FURTHER
08:24:54 BUSINESS. >> THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED