public meetings to keep folks connected and our original programming highlights the best of information and makes the city proudfranciscans. >> (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

>> item 50 is resolution calling on department of public health to provide medically necessary transition related care for transgender related people and remove restrictions. >> in 2012 gender health sf was born out of advocacy from community stakeholders and local leaders. really as response to providing quality, accessible jnder aaffirming care for the most undeserved. (indiscernible) the way i see it, there is two ways of folks we serve at our program. the first wave of folks who never imagined surgery access was accessible to them. many folks who had to save money or par ticipate in underground economy to access the surgery outside the country. (indiscernible) really to make something real in terms of being able to connect with the gender identity and external

(indiscernible) and so transform so many lives of many of trans folks who never imagined it was accessible to them. now we are in the different era and time where transrights is in the social political and general (indiscernible) and now we are serving young folks to support them and making sure their gender identity is connected to who they are, so providing a space to support transfolks to live authentically and that is the goal to provide the level of care trans folks deserve. >> when it comes to access to healthcare, while we all believe in cost control and make sure we deliver healthcare in a cost effective manner, i dont think that cost is a reason or legitinate rational to exclude people from

healthcare (indiscernible) colleagues i ask for your support. >> thank you supervisor wiener. colleagues on this item can we do this without role call? same house same call, without objection the resolution is adopted. [applause] >> the stewardship program is a (indiscernible) based program. we work with student kind r garten through 12 grade and work with scrks fusd and (indiscernible) focus on 5 themes. sense of place, plant adapation and animal adaptation, water soil or (indiscernible) depending on the grade level and accommodations the class may need the educators work to adapt the programming

to be whatever works best for the class, so they can gain activities (indiscernible) some don't, we try to meet students where they are at and get comfortable connecting in the space and feeling a sense of ownership and safety within their (indiscernible) >> the first component of a youth stewardship program trip will be a in clasds visit where we go to the school, we give a presentation on the natural history of san francisco, we talk about the concept of a habitat, so what does a habitat contain, understood, water, shelter, space. >> children at this age, they learn best through using their senses, having the real life experience and (indiscernible) students also learn about responsibility and it is a

great message for student to learn, if you take care of environment, the environment will take care of you. >> so, when we finally get the kids outside, we have two main components to the field trips. one is going to be the restoration component where we are working on the habitat and parks by pulling out (indiscernible) or maybe watering, and then the other side of our trip is going to be the educational component, which can range from a nature walk with a sensory theme where we are talking about what we smell and hear, to a focus on plant adaptation and animal adaptations. >> (indiscernible) >> just a great opportunity for students to learn more, connect with nature, and hopefully what they learn from the

youth stewardship program they can take with them for the rest of their lives, and they will appreciate their environment more. hopefully, when they appreciate it, they take care of it more every day. >> (indiscernible) >> so every year we open the application up in the fall. interested teachers can apply for a classroom visit and up to two field trips to the city park of their choice. field trips are 2 and a half hours long and like i said, they can happen in any city park (indiscernible)

united unified school district for february 13th, 2024, is now called to order. roll call please. thank you. commissioner boggess. here, commissioner fisher. here. commissioner lamb. here. commissioner sanchez here. commissioner wiseman. ward here. vice president alexander, here. president here. thank you. this evening. public comment on all items will be heard under section e. public comment. this includes public comment for agenda non agenda items, a speaker card must be turned in to staff in order to speak. oh if you just took out one of the speakers. oh oh. um okay. accessibility information translation services