tv Mayors Press Availability SFGTV April 5, 2024 3:30pm-4:01pm PDT
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>> let's give a big warm long crazy san francisco welcome to bay fc! [cheers and applause] now we've got, yeah, we've got the warriors, yeah we've got the giants. we've got the niners, but we have the hottest, coolest, and arguably the best professional sports franchise right here right now, one more big cheer for bay fc! [cheers and applause] to the players, and owners and team leadership, we are so
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happy to have you in san francisco. we want to make you feel very very welcomed here. this city loves you and we are so excited for you to kickoff your whole match this saturday, i will be there myself in my own season tickets. [cheers and applause] against the houston dash and my family has watched almost every ever minute of your first few matches. we're thrilled to have you. this is the city where the girls are crazy for the beautiful game as muches of the boys. we have 150 soccer teams, you see a few of them with us today. we'll introduce them in a little bit. but first, our first speaker is our soccer fan futbol fan in chief. she comes out here in heels, in flats, sometimes she comes to
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the office before she comes out, she just juggles, she and then during the world cup, she is out here watching. she is a huge fan, our mayor london breed! [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: thank you, phil, thank you very much. is everybody excited to be here today? have you seen these ladies on television? oh my goodness, do you want to be on television like these ladies? yes! it's so great to be here to welcome our team, our ladies soccer team, our or ladies futbol team to san francisco to really celebrate bay fc. we know that they had their first game in san jose at paypal park. but what i want to say to this team, don't get comfortable
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playing at paypal park because we want you to get comfort playing at san francisco's park. but we'll share with san jose and oakland because at the end of the day, soccer, aka futbol is one of the things that has become so excited in san francisco especially for young people in our rec and park system so. we are so glad to have you all here. and i will say that your first game that you played, when you beat l.a., i was very happy about that. that is the thing that san francisco is always pushing for for us to beat los angeles team and even the men could not do it. the women had to come in and do the work necessary to get the job done! [cheers and applause] so these incredible players of bay fc, we want it say thank you for coming out here and being the next inspiration, thank you for continuing to lead the ways and
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and work hard and talk about your experiences, so each of these young ladies here know what it takes to be a real champion. but also in the midst of being a champion you also have to have a good time, right? it has to be fun, right? >> yeah. >> mayor breed: well these ladies not only have fun they also show what it means to make sure that hard work and commitment and perseverance wins matches. so we look forward to watching them in the bay area as a bay team and we're keeping our fingers crossed that one day they'll be playing in san francisco! [cheers and applause] thank you all so much and i'll pass it back to phil ginsbergh who i don't think he introduced himself. >> thank you, mayor. i'm phil. his everybody, we're back i
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want to introduce some of the local clubs that are here and i was told that none of you all could hear me before. so if i call your club's name, give me another big scream, we've got america's scores in the house! [cheers and applause] we have the margaret after school program in the house! [cheers and applause] we got the safe score in the house. [cheers and applause] we have jay community center here. [cheers and applause] the daniel strobes. [cheers and applause] and last but definitely not least, the mighty, bay view united! [cheers and applause] all right, before i turn it over to our next speaker, because i've got a little bit of a fan crush on one player, who scored a goal and had an assist in her first two games.
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she's going to show us, can i borrow you for a second, can you come on up? [cheers and applause] i want to take a selfie with you and send it to my daughter. is that okay? okay, here we go. all right! let's try again. all right! thank you very much. oh okay, okay, yeah, yeah. all right our next speaker, the person who is behind the scenes made this happen in a very very short period of time, this team was just announced what? nine months ago, nine months
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ago, and here we have. we don't only have a team, we have a team. so it's my pleasure to bring up our next speaker, the ceo of bay fc, brady stark! [cheers and applause] >> all right, i'm going to say a few things but before i do, i want to say a special welcome to all of the players today. i have two youth soccer players with me at home as well. and i know how hard you try ob the field every time you get out there how much you love soccer and how much you bring to the game. thank you for spenlding the daze with bay fc, and we're so happy to have you here. let's give you a round of applause. [applause] all right, so thank you so much mayor breed, thank you so much phil, thank you to the city of san francisco and san francisco
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recreation and parks department for your very very warm welcome. we are so excited for our inaugural match this saturday at paypal park and we're happy to represent all nine counties in the bay area. however, as a san francisco resident, and a long time san francisco resident it gives me particular joy to be here celebrating the team in my home town with each of you. our goal is to create an electric stadium and atmosphere for our fans with the goal of some day becoming a global--excuse me, a global franchise on the same level as our other bay area sports teams. but the only way we're going to be able to do that is with the support of our fans and our communities. our fans and our communities are at the core of everything we do at bay fc. and i'm thrilled also to have
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our incredibly talented inaugural players here, the bays fc team. just like the bay area, our club has players who have grown-up here and strong routes in the bay. but we also have players who are joining us across the globe. it's very much what it's like to be living in the bay area, our team very much representatives that. and it's my huge pleasure to get to introduce you to you, one of our international players, dana. i'm going to tell a little bit about dana, dana is a huge huge super star. she joined us after competing in man city, in england. you know man city, are you cheering for that? uh-oh oh, oh! are you an arsenal fan, oh okay. we have an arsenal player here
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too and madrid in spain. she attended the university of florida where she won a championship in and in the venezuelan national team, so it's my player to introduce dana. >> thank you, i'm nervous guys. well, thank you so much for the introduction and thank you to the mayor breed for having us here also thank you to san francisco recreation and parks department for hosting us today. my name is dana casteyanos and i'm a mid-fielder for bay fc. being here is exciting day for the club and i know i speak no only for myself but on behalf of my teammates whiz thank you
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all for the support that we have we have received from the bay area. as an international player coming from venezuela, the bay area has already opened its arms to myself, to my teammate and i'm so excited to call it my new home. [cheers and applause] thank you. we recognize the history of other franchises in the bay area, and it's so excited to bring women to sports back to the area. we look forward to seeing you all in attendance at the games. we have a special gift for the mayor but before we do that, phil, would you like to introduce somebody to speak, please. >> oh sure, sure, sure. i think i'm not on the same schedule as you so i'm going to wing it here dana, i'm going to
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throw another curve ball because you're about to give something to the mayor. before you do that, we want to give somebody to you all. ari, come out here and join me and olivia, come on up and join me. come, come on, here's what we're going to do. you guys are going to give. we also have--to start traveling.
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okay. we are i'm going to bring up a very special gift, vasquez a poet and athlete who is here to make a presentation in honor of bay fc's opening match and all girls dedicate today soccer. she is with the nationwide soccer and youth development organization, america's scores and also and most importantly a student at taylor school right here in the neighborhood. chrisler where are you? come on up. are we ready? >> do you want me to hold it for you? you got it. >> hi, my name is christoll
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tomas and i'm in 5th grade. my title of my poem is game day. i rush out to bed i can't wait it play. i love the city, i love the beautiful game. i fly to the soccer field. [applause] like a butterfly on a mission, i fly to the soccer field. girls on the field shine like gold. my love for soccer is deep deep like the blue ocean and feeling i life to keep the beautiful game i love to play. and i'm really good my coach says, i play with passion, i play with joy, i may not get
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all the wins but playing soccer is what i enjoy. some day i night get fame. some day i might get fame. some day i might get. [applause] some day i night get fame. some day i night get old, some day you will know my name but right now, my dream come true, i love soccer, i am a girl, i love the beautiful game. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> one last thing. >> i want to give this leader ship patch to our mayor london breed for everything she does
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from america's core. >> thank you. [applause] >> so we're going to do one more announcement. >> all right so one more exciting announcement before the last very special surprise, tina, sorry for messing you up there. all right so bay fc, was cofounded by brandi, leslie daniel, denally wagoner through this partnership through the firm sixth street partners. so u.s. soccer foundation is
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going to install a new soccer mini pitch in one of our parks! [cheers and applause] how about that? many of us have played on many pitches but a hard core surface for soccer and pickup games. the soccer foundation has installed nearly 700 mini pitches nationwide so. we are very excited and i really want to thank and acknowledge 6th street representing is djm owehan and rebecca, thank you so much you guys. and also to the u.s. soccer foundation for their generosity. so already, bay fc is leading a legacy for san francisco kids. all right, dena, let's take it away. dana. dana? >> okay. >> dana? >> okay, about time. so now i would like to welcome
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my teammate, caprice up here with me so we'll present mayor breed the bay fc letterman jacket. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: oh yes! >> it looks so good! >> can we get a photo of the three of you together. >> are we doing a tik tok together? >> colab, one, two, three, one, two, three, beautiful. >> thank you! [cheers and applause] >> hey, dana, well done. all right, so the game is on
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>> i think there would be a lot more suffering. >> if i imagine san francisco without animal care and control, i know there would be thousands of animals every year who just wouldn't get that chance. whether that means going home with a family, being released in the wild without this concerted thoughtful group focused on all these animals. the big picture view
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and daily care. so many animals would be lost. >> but i don't think people understand what goes on. they don't know how hard the staff works taking care of animals. >> it is just two people. one upstairs and one downstairs and the cleaning is total, 6, 7ish. one side starts off doing chemical, i close these all off so the dogs can't come in the back, and then i'm going to spray the back, (indiscernible) >> all the magic to rehome and work with a rescue network and all the medical care and behavioral and enrichment, socialization enrichment, volunteers are amazing. so, i think if i had a waish wish, i
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wish that san francisco knew more about what we do. >> san francisco animal care and control is a vital part of making sure animals in this community are protected and are cared for. we deal with those domestic and wildlife. one of the primary suction is serve as a shelter. when animals have no where else to go, here is where they come. we take in about 9,000 animals a year and the care they receive here and the ability to move from here if domestic on to permanent homes somewhere else, or if you are wildlife you come here and we figure which wildlife rehubibitator to send to. that is the shelter aspect. we also have animal control officers who are available from 6 a.m.
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to midnight. >> ask them to give us a call, that would be great. the number is 415-554-9400, and you can just ask for rebecca. thank you so much. bye. >> we receive approximately 20 thousand calls a year for assistance, so a lot is wildlife rescue, lost dogs, dangerous situations. we also investigate animal abuse, animal neglect. got a lot going on here. >> without us, there would be a lot more (indiscernible) a lot more animals suffering. who would people call? the police? fire? they have their own jobs and don't have resources or knowledge. they don't know how to help animals. so much hoar suffering. >> we took in 2800 animals last
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year. without a shelter where do the animals go? i think the community would suffer if we were not here. >> whether living on the street or (indiscernible) animals are very important to people, so we are helping humans also, and we are alleviating a lot of suffering by doing our jobs. loca >> (music). >> the work go ahead offered i
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didn't the rec and park friday's local young people between 14 and 17 to be part 6 the workforce and eastern responsibility and professionalism and gain job skills and assignments in neighborhoods parking and recreation centers and includes art and crafts, sport, cooking, gardening and facility support and so many more. >> (multiple voices). >> i think we're part of the this is the fact we're outdoors and it is really great to be in nature and workreation is great first step to figure out what you would like to do workreation
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covers real life working skills and expansion can be allowed (unintelligible) it is a really great program because um, students get placed all the time for what they like. join us in the experience and opportunity and i really like the workreation program it is fun to workout at the summer camp with all the kids each is different and the staff is really nice. >> why? is because i used to go to the local park often when i was a little kid. with my mom i often had to translate for my mom i applied in the hope to provide assistance for other people with first language was for the english.
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>> i like this job we have fun and working and i feel welcome. >> hi. >> like how a job actually works like maybe before then i didn't know like all the jobs i don't know any of that now i do. >> it has to be self aware of things and independence of value of this taught me how to be progressiveal but still learning as i go on. >> i learned a lot like a got to adapt and challenges and obstacles come up everyday and . >> i like that we're able to really work with other people and gaining experience like how in the real world hoe how he work with other people.
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>> if you're looking to develop your live skills as well as cash and working in the parks, and meeting great people and working with great staff i definitely recommend the corporation. >> it is fun. >> i definitely do the scombrifrm again that the workreation and park and i'll do that again. >> i will
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>> yes, i'm ready. >> welcome to april third of the san francisco board of appeals. vice president -- i need to check the sounds. vice president lemberg will presiding and joined by commissioner swig. travel vina and eppler. also is deputy city attorney jen hoover will provide legal advice. ooem julie rosenberg the executive director. we'll be joined by city departments that will be
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