you all again next year. you all take care.franciscans. >> (bell tolling). >> wow. >> (clapping) welcome, everyone. here we are high on a hill. little morning

fog, no rain are we lurking or not we're san franciscans. we're here to celebrate a beautiful man in our beautiful cable car cars what better day to do it in valentine's day can you bring our hearts all right. >> my name is rick i'm the president of the market street railway an independent advocate for the history cable car and streetcars we support muni and getting the value is from those priceless civic assets we do that with no government government funding at all we depend on on documentation if people like who love light cable cars i want to recognize a whole lot of the folks with the

chinatown merchant betty and carmen chiu the city administrator i hope i'm not - i'm sure i'm missing other folks with one phrase and one song hasn't made our cable cars world families how special our city is special especially for diversity and, you know, nothing shows that better than the long-standing presence of very early days of san francisco of our chinese-american community the california street cable car line served chinatown since 1878 and last year, we celebrity the one hundred and fifty medical marijuana two blocks it north on clay street and the camp street

line built 5 years after that and by a private company led by stanford mark hopkins and charles crocker and to serve the mansions and later on those mansions of fellow james claire floods still standing there as is pacific union across the street and graze by the great granddaughters karen and christen put your hands upcoming come on that's old san francisco and private companies built 16 cable car lines and electronic streetcars took over those and shaped san francisco we know today built our neighborhood it and energized businesses to prosper and receipt to grow and more than 70 years now the city

cable car lines have been owned by the poach of san francisco themselves through our city and county government so only fitting we start by hearing from the chief administrator officer of the city and county of san francisco and i can attest number one, cable car fan the honorable mayor london breed, mayor london breed (clapping). >> so much rick. >> thank you to the market street rally railway for all yourself done to maintain the integrity and history of the cable cars in the city and county of san francisco. as rick state we've been celebrating the cars one hundred and fifty get anniversary reminding us that san francisco was the first place to have cable cars but more importantly that we are the only city no where that is

operating manual cable cars so thank you, state of florida and our city employees that are working hard to maintain and run those cable cars for visits from all over. today, is an extraordinary day we are celebrating a try legend and he's right here. tony bennett was an extraordinary icon in 1961 we fir performed i left my heart in san francisco in the van everyone room people fell in love in 1969 san francisco paid it our official so we know with hi come to san francisco you, you always leave our heart here and been an extraordinary ambassador but he isn't just an extraordinary artist but a flicht it supports san francisco

in our time of need with the former mayor dianne feinstein trying to save our embarrasseds from 1980 tony bennett helped us to it appeal to the people to make sure that we protect and save and preserve the cable cars for people like us to enjoy today and in 1984 stood with mayor feinstein to commemorate to raise the resources and doing the work to get our cable cars back on track so great we're all here today but his generosity didn't stop he was a great patient and when the hearts of san francisco came to be in san francisco in 2004 painted a heart so san francisco general hospital has used the hearts as

a way to raise money for the foundation to help people who are in need of healthcare and support and pained one of those heart and in effect if you want to see that same heart it is right in the lobby of the fairmd hotel for all to enjoy. (clapping.) we all fell in love are him and his music so many so three mayor ed lee when he was alive declared tony bennett we recognize to commemorate his extraordinary work in the city and county of san francisco he was a try desirable leader of fulfill pistil and so of us love and admired we can only think about san francisco without thinking about tony bennett and

vaedz and celebrate this dedication my honor to be here to recognize the contribution and officially declare our cable cars the one we came in on dedicated to him and his legacy halfway through the st. mary's of 1873 commemorating tony bennett as is year of the cable cars went into effect in san francisco one hundred and 50 years ago. (clapping.) and with that, i want to say thank you to all the people joining us today, people who love the city and people who are seeing the city transform and all the people who are family members and friends of tony bennett we appreciate the fact you're here to celebrate this

milestone on valentine's day and here to talk about mr. bennett and his amazing contributions and what he meant to san francisco and the rest of word is his wife susan. (clapping.) and. >> thank you, everyone. tony was oh, my goodness he meant so much too, so many that people everyone producing laid and claim to tony to the people of queens neighborhood where we grew up in new york the local boys made it big and rocked to star donate and italy he's the great singer who never forgot his italian families and in

washington, d.c. the artist of central park with the museum and the simile is beloved by people all over the world his brilliant smile and charm may have captured hearts on a san francisco one city that sold him and san francisco you have tony's heart. (clapping.) and for today's historic dedication of a cable car in the prior celebrations recognition he bestowed on my husband please know this i also have any heart and profound gratitude (clapping.) i know tony would be thrilled by the cable car so, please allow me to thank mayor london breed and the fall back city of san francisco and all the good

friends have been a part rather of prooifrg tony's legacy and in particular everyone at fairmont hotel wherewith he first sank the song i'm overjoyed to be here with you on valentine's day in the very city tony and i first met and where hits signature song got the start when i left my heart in san francisco became a citizen and every growing audience was san francisco anthem but tony's he never tired of singing the song and audience neither tired and thanks to the fascinating statute in the lobby and now this special cable car and fans into all over the world will forever have a blast to visit and feel close to tony nothing

would have thrilled my husband more. thank you very much. (clapping.) please a round of applause for susan we are blessed show came out here and um, and, you know, some people know of cable cars is just for tourists people in the audience know that is not true we rise as often as we can and the people in the neighborhoods along the cable car routes from the financial district and chinatown to, you know, to the russian hill all count on is cable car not only to provide them transcription by provide them a touch of the soul this is. san francisco is. and their ride was shoulder to

shoulder if guests and keeping the cable cars looking great is the responsibility of san francisco mpu commission transportation agency sorry i should know by few and it is um, overseen not only muni the transit agency by the bikes and parking and taxis all sorts of other stuff by the next speaker cities director of transportation jeff tumble listen. >> thank you, rick and thank you for all you do to support us at muni and thank you to the fairmont hotel for hosting this wonderful event and to it member of the board for your strong leadership in those challenging

times you cable cars 5 three has been 2r0678d with the contribute of tony bennett for all the garage barns it took this moment and transformed this art into a. >> contributed i'd like to personally thank our a entire cable car crew but the staff who hard work has made that a royalty and meriting and and click on watch sfgov 2. members of the public please take this opportunity along with everyone who supports you can we give a roifrmd for the incredible country (clapping.) and i'd like to thank the leadership of our as we have julie hospital the general manager of muni runnings things and my job to say yes and the

director of board of directors thank you for coming today (clapping.) tony bennett's i left my heart on a san francisco immoshthd the cities charm but captured the hearts of people worldwide the lyrics with the essence of san francisco with cable cars climb halfway to the stars making that a city contribute and dictate a cable car to tony bennett and finally, i 7, 8, 9 to thank all of you all not only for showing up here today but opening your heart to make that possible for us to continue operating embarrasses garages bus ever your heartfelt leave of this rolling working work of art we

continue it operate cable cars in san francisco and i also want to thank you. your open heart and love of this extraordinary city that allows all of us to rise to the occasion of the transition between a bus e economic because out of you are collective love of san francisco that that every single san franciscan has made this transition that we have reinvented when san francisco south-southwest love in our heart as well as a deep appreciation and love for our cities glorious history thank you all of you and welcome back (clapping.) thank you, jeff. >> um, i may be given a person

moment my groundwater gaepz came to it town in german from a small dell tissue on market street my dad said you're not going into this business i went to college and got out my first job was a one hundred dollar job in a station and their studios were here in the fairmont hotel when i stepped foot in the fairmont i saw the venetian room and a marquee and all of a sudden i wasn't a college kid but going to the fairmont will will that without further ado, let me introduce the general manager for the fairmont hotel mark. >> (clapping) thank you, rick. >> well, good morning and

welcome to mason street better known as tony bennett way we're thrilled to be host and i would said to thank everyone for participating and more importantly mr. bennett will look down from above. um, as san francisco mr. bennett has the place a permanent place in our heart and mentioned up to now, first performed the legendary son in the venetian room started a long journey endured in the convenientlytion room and proud and honored this moment in history links us to the mr. bennett in the amazing city we call home couldn't be prouder to

go in the cable cars waving as it passes by the hotel and proud honored to continue the legacy so join necessary many welcoming rose for a tribute to mr. bennett. >> (clapping) and. >> (music).

>> (music for i left my heart in san francisco). >> instrumental.

>> your golden sun. >> will shine for me.

>> thank you rose let's give another round of applause what an amazing rendition (clapping.) so lastly, you should have a full glass if you don't raise your empty glass i hope you can join me on that day of has the right to raise a glass to the legendary memory and man in celebration of cable cars cheers to all of you (clapping.) here we go. >> everybody ready. okay. 1, 2, 3, 4 (cheering) (clapping.) oh, this is

[music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it

was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many

things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of course. he was part of the peek deliberations and am bas doorship to create the state of california a vice council to mexico. mexico granted him citizenship. he loaned the government of san francisco money. to funds some of the war efforts to establish the city itself and the state, of course. he established the first hotel here the person people turned to often to receive dignitaries or hold large gatherings established the first public

school here and helped start the public school system. he piloted the first steam ship on the bay. a big event for san francisco and depict instead state seal the ship was the sitk a. there is a small 4 block long length of street, owned much of that runs essentially where the transamerica building is to it ends at california. i walk today before am a cute side street. at this point t is the center what was all his property. he was the person entrusted to be the city's first treasurer. that is i big deal of itself to have that legacy part of an african-american the city's first banker. he was not only a forefather of the establishment of san francisco and california as a state but a leader in industry.

he had a direct hahn in so many things that we look at in san francisco. part of our dna. you know you don't hear his anymore in the context of those. representation matters. you need to uplift this so people know him but people like him like me. like you. like anyone who looks like him to be, i can do this, too. to have the city's first banker and a street in the middle of financial district. that alone is powerful. [music] >> good afternoon. everybody. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i'm so excited to be

swearing in janet tarlov to the mta board with her family, her friends, people from the merchant's association and so many folks that she's had an opportunity to develop relationships with to the council of district merchants and so many of our communities. the glenn park community. food is a unify but your establishes in glenn park was something of an institution. it still is, the grand canyon -- did i not say that right? i think it's the grand canyon. the canyon market. which i loved going in there and talking to the people because many of the people that work for you and still work there, you

know, they handle food and the community with such love and care. and that is a special thing to have especially in a big major city like san francisco. but more importantly, this body -- the mta, it's important that we have people who are on boards and commissions that have an understanding of what it feels like to run a small business in sphrbltion. that understands what it feels like when decisions get made and small businesses prosper because of those decisions. it's important that when those decisions get made that you have a voice of understanding, offer reason of experience as a small business owner at the forefront of the decisions whether it's to move from where it was, where it's to tear up the streets like we're doing now in a couple of neighborhoods and businesses are

impacted because people are not happy maybe about parking and we have no we haven't made alternative plans and how it impacts their family. i know, mayor, i know. but just having that diverse voice of reason on the mta body is so critical to the success of the organization. so that we don't encounter some of the hiccups that we run into in some of these neighborhoods. construction is challenging, change is challenging, the decisions have have to be made with our huge transportation network to ensure that buses and bikes and different modes of transportation are able to move around the city safely and efficiently is an important component of what the sfmta does

especially around its construction projects and having a bigger understanding of how it impacts people's lives is critical to the success of this organization and changes necessary to move san francisco forward. i'm excited to have you serve on this body. we appreciate your willingness because it's a lot of work, a lot of hard decisions and there are a lot of people with a lot of opinions but more importantly, there are people that care. they care about the city and the changes that we are implementing and they want to ensure that these situations that occur are a win-win for everyone. and that's what i think you bring to this body is the possibility of a win-win solution oriented decision making in order to ensure that small businesses are at the forefront of the conversation. with that, i will turn it over to jeff tumlin. all right.

jeff tumlin, the director of the sfmta board. [applause] >> j. tumlin: thank you, mayor breed. the success of muny and small businesses are inextra bli linked. they're there because there is a muni line there. small businesses depend on mobility to get their customers and goods delivered to the districts and muni depends on the riders that we generate. here in san francisco, we're challenged by some of the greatest amount of work from home. our downtown stations are only at 35% of their pre-covid ridership. in our neighborhood commercial districts, almost all of our lines are back at pre-covid

ridership and some are as high as 130% of pre-covid ridership in part because of the creativity and importance of our neighborhoods. we understand that our future is dependent upon small business success and we're eager to learn from janet and the community in which janet knows through the city in order to help us be better, how do we make the mobility system work safer. how do we make it easier for people to get around by all modes of transportation and how do we foster commercial success in san francisco particularly among our small and locally-owned businesses which is one of the most important reasons why all of us love living here in san francisco. i'm honored to have you be my boss and i look forward to many years of working together. thank you. [applause]

>> mayor breed: okay, for the moment we all waited for. i'll do it this way so your family can hear. all right. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i state your name. >> i janet swear do solemnly swear. >> mayor breed: to support and defend. >> j. tarlov: to support and with defend. >> the constitution of the u.s. government. >> to support and defend the

city of san francisco to support and defend and i take this freely without any mental reservation brd or purpose. >> or purpose of evasion and i will dwell and faithfully discharge. >> mayor breed: the duties. >> j. tarlov: the duties upon which i am about to enter and during this time as i serve as member of the san francisco municipal transportation agency >> mayor breed: board of directors. >> j. tarlov: board of directors. >> mayor breed: and the parking authority commission. >> j. tarlov: and the parking authority commission. >> mayor breed: for the city and county of san francisco. >> j. tarlov: for the city and county of san francisco. >> mayor breed: thank you very much.

[applause] i'll continue right now. there you go. >> j. tarlov: thank you. >> mayor breed: congratulations and thank you for serving. >> j. tarlov: i would like to say a few words. i'm not as practiced as the director and the mayor, but i prepared some remarks. thank you -- thank you very much, mayor breed and the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm truly humbled and honored to be trusted with this responsibility. it was a great pleasure to work

with the mayor's office through the nomination process, in particular jean eld berg, gelsy and alex were generous with their time and insight as i prepared. i'm also grateful for the time chair eaken spent with me and director tumlin and the many other mta staff members who took the time to bring me up to speed with their important work. i would also like to thank my family and friends here to support me. richard, max, elliot and nancy, i love you all. i'm so grateful for my colleagues on the board of the glen park merchants association to tony and the best vice president ever marianne delarry. thank you for all you do and i

can't miss carolyn from the glen park association who braved the rain to be here. i would not be here without the rules committee, [indiscernible] sharkey and paul terry and sam who was not able to be here today. i would definitely not be here today without the encouragement of the board of the san francisco council district mer tants association. there are many other people i would thank, but instead, i'm going to express my gratitude by working as hard as i can to successfully fulfill my responsibilities as a director of -- of the sfmta board and work for the work for san francisco, residents, students, workers and visitors. providing safe, reliable, clean and well-maintained modes much transportation, motorists,

pedestrians, bicycle riders, disabled folks and seniors is the awesome tax that the sfmta staff, maintenance borkers and operators dedicate themselves to every day. i'm honored to join you. although i will always strife to serve all of san francisco's many and varied constituents, i will bring my own 16 years of lyft experience owning and running canyon market and natural goods grocery in glen park. businesses on the commercial corridors whether they realize it or not are independenceable partners with the sfmta in managing the flow of people, goods and services throughout the city. i hope my business will bring

students for collaboration with the small business community to the work of the sfmta. thank you all very much for being here. [applause] >> mayor breed: thank you, janet, for your work on this body. i hope you're strapped in and ready for the ride. it will be something else but rewarding had you see the great work that you're able to do while serving on this body. we appreciate you and everyone for being here today. thank you all so much and let's get back to work.

>> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing,

particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside composting program and we were the first city in the country to

collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business

where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by 2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy.

>> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to

disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this.

we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food. you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost.

farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last. so people have to wake up. wake up. compost.

>> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who

see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

television. >> in 1948 swensen's ice cream used to make ice cream in the navy and decided to open up an ice cream shop it it takes time for the parent to put money down and diane one of the managers at zen citizen in arena hills open and serve old-fashioned ice cream. >> over 20 years. >> yeah. >> had my own business i was a

firefighter and came in- in 1969 her dad had ice cream and left here still the owner but shortly after um, in here became the inc. maker the manager and lead and branded the store from day to day and in the late 90s- was obvious choice he sold it to him and he called us up one night and said i'm going to sell the ice cream store what you you talking about diane came and looked at the store and something we want to do and had a history of her dad here and growing up here at the ice cream

store we decided to take that business on. >> and have it in the family i didn't want to sell it. >> to keep it here in san francisco. >> and (unintelligible). >> share worked there and worked with all the people and a lot of customers come in. >> a round hill in the adjoining areas loved neither ice cream shop in this area and support russia hills and have clean up day and give them free ice cream because that is those are the people that keep us the opportunity to stick around here four so many years next generations have been coming her 20 er thirty or 40 years and we have the ingredients something

it sold and, you know, her dad said to treat the customers right and people will keep on coming back and 75 or 74 years, you know, that is quite an accomplishment i think of it as our first 75 years and like to see that, you know, going into the future um, that ice cream shop will be around used to be 4 hundred in the united states and all gone equipment for that one that is the first and last we're proud of that we're still standing and people people are you tell people it's been around in 50 years and don't plan on

>> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none

left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are

gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing]

please stand by for the san francisco budget and finance committee meeting of february 21, 2024. >> good morning. well come to february 21, 2024 budget finance committee. i'm supervisor chan and joined by supervisor mandelman and supervisor melgar. our clerk is brent julipa. i like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. >>