>> hello everyone i'm san francisco mayor alondon breed and excited to be here with members of the board of supervisor and different commune taiz to talk about the healthy, safe and vibrant san francisco bond! [applause] now, just to give you some perspective, these bonds, the way that our sit ahas been very responsible with the capital plan, we go through a process to insure that our credit rating remains in tact, so as we put out bonds, we retire old debt and are able to take on new debt without raising taxes for san franciscans. that's why these have been so popular, but at the same time, they require 2/3

vote, and so in putting this bond together, we wanted to make sure we are meeting some of the city most pressing needs, but after covid, we realized there are a lot more things we need to invest in to insure that our city is vibrant, that our organizations are supported, that our buildings and infrastructure are in tact, and that we are thinking about the future in our economic recovery. so, what does this mean in this particular bond? well, first of all, we should be so happy and excited that laguna honda has been completed recertified! [applause] but it still needs a lot of work. so, we have to take care of laguna honda, we have to do heabat zuckerberg general and have to make sure the clinics in chinatown and city

clinic have the resources and support they need- [applause] -these are important healthcare assets in our city, and we are so grateful to a number of our department of public health staff and team leads who have been on the front lines doing this work in very challenging conditions. but we haven't stopped there. we have to also continue to focus our work on shelter beds, on housing, and many of the things we have done. since i have been in office since 2018, we increased shelter capacity by over 60 percent. we increased our permanent supportive housing by over 50 percent. [applause] but, we know that just because we have done such a significant investment and made significant changes, the work continues. and that's why having support for our families is critical as we start to see

family homelessness increase. part of this bond is to help address issues around family homelessness. the other thing it does, is deal with one of the things that people are not very happy about. on a regular basis. san francisco has seen a improvement in our streets and infrastructure, but let me tell you, bikes and cars, running over these potholes, we have to constantly fix our streets. constantly. and so investments in our road and infrastructure and making our streets safer and more efficient is a important part of the bond as well. [applause] but let's be honest, we would not be able to do any of this if we don't focus our time, our attention and resources on our economic recovery. you know, before the pandemic, we didn't have to work for it. people just came here to visit, there were conventions booked out non stop. people loved doing business in san francisco and times have

changed since the pandemic, so we got to work for it and working for it means we have to make investment in our infrastructure to change. we have to make investment in not only downtown and what downtown is to people who work there, who shop there and live there, but we also have to make changes in our destinations and make them more of a vibrant destination in addition to improving our infrastructure, which is why i'm excited about harvey milk plaza. [applause] this coalition of folks who are joining us here today are people who represent a lot of what we need to do in order to move san francisco in the right direction. we are all on board to get this work done for the city and move us towards real change in the future. it will take all of us and right now the board of supervisors committee will be hearing this bond for the first time and we are hopeful that all of

you that are joining today will go and testify and talk about the significance. this again, is about san francisco, the economic recovery, the vibrancy and, the public health addressing the challenges san franciscans want to esoomore and moving the city towards the future and i couldn't be more excited and proud we are here today and seem to have a lot of consen census but nuthsing is taken for granted. we have to get through the finish line at the board of supervisors. we have to get it on the ballot and we to get voters to support it. this is a long road between now and november, which is why partnership is so critical to the success of this bond and at this time, i want to introduce my partner in this effort, the president of the board of supervisors, aaron peskin. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed.

this is what consensus looks like. this is what happens when we all work together for the public good and the public interest. fundamentally, this is a public safety bond, because investing in public health, investing in homelessness is all about public safety. and if you think about what we learned four years ago where san francisco did a job of combatting the covid-19, this is the lessens that we learned. we have to invest in our public health frublth. fribltb. infrastructure. i want to thank dr. colfax and capital planning committee who came together and remember the lessens of covid. i want to thank mayor breed and

today i want to go to budget appropriation committee and add $10 million specifically for public health to this bond and that is the result of working together. [applause] it is 132 days until the election and guess many up here have our differences, but we are all together on this bond, and we have made a promise that this will not raise anybody's property taxes, nor will it raise your rent if you are a tenant and we pass laws to insure that that were passed unanimously by the board of supervisors, but we still need to get to 2/3 of the electorate. that is a big hill to climb. when we put aside our commitment and have shared commitment and enthusiasm the voters vote as they did for the affordable housing bond in march by well over the 2/3 majority

required. we will set aside our differences and all work together to get the bond passed. the very smart good people of san francisco want to invest in public safety and public seft and over the next 132 days we are going to get that message out. thank you mayor breed. [applause] >> i'm supervisor dorsey and express gatitude to mayor breed and president peskin for a bond measure that that well do important things. this is smort capital investment for our city that speed san francisco comcome back and delivering long-term value for downtown neighborhoods that president peskin and i represent. as a district 6 supervisors, i know very much from the businesses employers i hear from, how important it is that we invest in downtown

neighborhood, as this bond will do because it powers or econe amand come back. it is essential and wise prudent investment for city vibrancy and unlike some speakers today, my name isn't on a ballot. i can promise you this, i will be out there campaigning just as hard as if my name were on a ballot, because what this bond does is that important. now, i represent district 6, but as the gay supervisor, i am going to assert gay privilege here and also speak for district 8 and the important memorial of harvey milk plaza. there is a important investment there that is incredibly important to the lgbtq plus community not just in this city, but actually that is something important for the lgbtq community nation wide and world wide. we are a city that elevated a leader that people around the world looked up to and it is incredibly important what we are doing for harvey milk plaza and part of the reason

this is so close to my heart and why i fight so hard for the. let's continue to fight for this. i have not mentioned the important things that this is going to do for public health, because there is somebody much more qualified then i to address that, so welcome dr.--from zuckerberg general hospital. [applause] >> thank you so much. hello and good morning. my name is--i'm a proud emergency physician at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. grateful to be up here with many city leaders and a number of my colleagues from the department of public health. on this beautiful day on the steps of our beautiful city hall. proud to work for a city committed to accessible high quality healthcare. our network of clinics and hospitals are truly unparalleled. each year we serve over 150

thousand people in dph facilities. that is a incredible number. this care includes receiving life saving emergency services, having your baby delivered. it includes recovering and rehabbing from a hip replacement surgery or living with dementia in a long-term care unit at laguna honda hospital. it includes hiv screening and prep prescriptions at city clinic and include seeing your primary care doctor to get back to school immunization, substance use recover aservice or eye exam. but, our infrastructure is aging and many of our facilities are over a hundred years old. we must fix the aging and deteriorating infrastructure to continue to deliver high quality care. moreover, many of the improvements addressed in the bond will help meet basic regulatory requirements.

imagine laguna honda without air conditions on a hundred degree day where we need to move hundreds of patients or san francisco general losing the trauma 1 certification because the fire alarms don't work or the sewage leaking from old pipes, or imagine city clinic, a leader in sexual health service out of operation because the heating system fails. that actually already happened this past winter. or imagining visiting your local health center like the chinatown health center which looks more and more like a run down shed then a place to go and heal. we have an amazing system and honored to part part of and model for the nation but critical part must be addressed for san franciscans to continue to receive the highest quality care. the bond rill renovate and

expand services of the chinatown public health center, the most seismically unsafe. intrest $28 million to require a new facility. bond will support key repairs adding 65 thousand square feet of seismically safe space and doubling our capacity in our psychiatric emergency service. insure certifyation and meeting regulatory mandate saidism public health has been here before and thanks to san franciscans we delivered. we built our renovated 4 community clinics, maxine hall, the southeast family south centerx castro mission health center and maria x. we created state of the art facility so our community can continue to thrive.

i want to thank the leadership of mayper breed, san francisco board of supervisor and all dph colleagues committed to making san francisco a healthier, safer and more vibrant community for generations to come. thank you so much. [applause] >> my name is brian springfield, ecective director of friends of harvey milk plaza. the evening of november 27, 1978, on these very steps, harry brit made a promise to the people that marched from castro and market street by candleloathe and told them some day there will be something special in the city and it will have haerfby milk's name oen it. 46 years later and about this close to sethe promise fulfilled. at last, the coalition of communities that harvey loved and fought for has come together and coalesed

support around a vision for lifting harvey milk and civil rights movement in san francisco. i'm incredibly proud of the commitment made to engage the grassroots of the community and process of developing what we refer to as the memorial at harvey melic plaza because there is already a harvey milk plaza but it doesn't represent who he was and what he stood for and community to gather and all the hard work to be done to insure lgbtq civil rights and all civil right for all marginalized communities. it is because of all this good faith engagement with the community that the project now enjoys broad support from a raisk of organizations in the neighborhood and in the city. so, i commend mayor breed for her long standing support and vision for the harvey milk plaza project and including

funding for this important city project in the healthy safe and vibrant san francisco bond. [applause] also, i'm overjoyed by the resemgz the project rvled as we met with the offices of each supervisors over the past several weeks. two supervisors aaron peskin and supervisor safai came out to walk the site and talk about improvements to castro muni station and ada compliance upgrades funded by the bond measure and this is the investment and infrastructure improves to make possible the features. finally, there will be a space that lifts harvey's message of hope and action and tell the story of other contributors to lgbtq civil rights movement. so, i look forward to the

november when the voters have a chance to support the project and see there is something special with harvey milk's name on it. thank you. [applause] >> good morning everybody. i love the san francisco weather. when i got here, it was phrasing and now freezing and now sunny. my name is trish gump, a organizing with kid san francisco and also a mom of two teenagers who grew up riding bikes and take transit to get to school and move around the city. the independence was vital for wellbeing and mental health so i volunteer for organizations such as kids safe to advocate for safe streets for all children and all people in san francisco. everyone should be free to move around the city safely using their transportation mode of choice.

i strongly support mayor breed's healthy vibrant bond measure that invest in our street infrastructure. over 1 million people travel around san francisco every day. too many lose their lives or severely injured on our streets. this bond will improve our roads prioritizing the safety of people, pedestrians, cyclists, people with mobility challenges and motorists by investing in safer sidewalks, crosswalks and street and reducing driving speeds. importantly, the healthy vibrant bond aligns with city policies such as transit first, vision zero, climate action and safe streets initiatives all focus reducing traffic crashes, promoting equity and protecting our city and future generations. thank you mayor breed and board

of supervisors for supporting this bond measure. san franciscans deserve safer streets now. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. my name is lauren ellis, the very proud owner of ck contemp rear a art gallery on powell street. i moved to san francisco at 21 and took my firs job on geary street. this year i celebrated 20 years of working in the heart of union square, including the last 11 years of the small business owner. [applause] in late 2019, i signed a lease to move my gallery from geary street to powell. i made the decision because at that time, powell was the gold standard. it was the bustling vibrant heart of the city economic core and the best place in san francisco for a business like mine to expand and thrive.

unfortunately in the devastating after effect of covid-19 we never had the chance to experience the reality. instead rkts i opened my doors in august of 2020 and spent the last four years grappling with a very different version of my beloved powell. one where it long standing businesses around us shuttered, cable car empty and office workers disappeared. at present, we are one of the few businesses that held on, but the surrounding vacancies caused foot traffic to plummet along with sales and our ability to fully support our staff and our incredibly talented artists. i see glimmer of home for restored powell around me in the beautiful blooms that grace our hotels and cable cars. in local gathering to enjoy tyler florence cafe in the square. new nin tendo store coming soon and international language spoken in the square.

but there is so much more i know with we can and really need to achieve. this is why i'm here today to voice my support to mayor london breed's bond measure. serve as a much needing lifeline to insure powell street and union square become hubs for tourist and locals alike. i believe strongly the mayor comprehensive strategy to create lively public space, invigorate store funt and enhance downtown safety attract visor its to support our beautiful neighborhood and provide the asmus fear mall businesses like my deeply depend on. vacant to vibrant to initiative and increased security are crucial for foster community and safety and encouraging people to c with the city most iconic destination whether they live here, work here or visiting for the first time. these initiatives are not only about economic recovery, also about

restoring the soul of the city. powell is always more then a shopping destination, it is a gateway to union square and often provides the first impression of our city to tourist and business travellers. revitaling the area gives a chance to change the negative narrative those who are there day to day are constantly forced to push back gaens. i'm proud of my city and it is time to share the very best version of ourselves again. let's greet nay sayers with a corridor that is safe, flourishing and filled with local business like mine synonymous can san francisco as a cultural hub where people come together to appreciate art, enjoy dining, and connect with one another. i have invested in powell street with my time, with my own dollars, and my commitment to what i know in my heart it has the potential to be again and i am thrilled and thankful mayor breed is committed to doing the same. with her vision and these funds i'm confident we can transform

powell street back into the thriving dynamic place i once knew it to be and very much need it to be again. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you lauren and thank you to all of our speakers that joined us here today. i also like to acknowledge some of our various department heads and folks who have been actively engaged in the process with the capital planning committee and starting with our city administrator, thank you carmen chui for all your work. >> [applause] >> thank you dr. grant colfax, department of public health. thank you to serene mcfadden, director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. [applause] and thank you to zuckerberg general ceo dr. susan-- [applause] and to all of our speakers and all of the folks joining us here

today, this is going to take all the different people, the friends groups, the community. there is something in this bond for not just everyone, but this is really about the health and safety in our economic recovery in san francisco, so we need all hands on deck to get it over the finish line and t the job done. it starts with the board of supervisors, so again, i urge many of you who are here today to go up to the committee room, which starts at 10:30 and give public comment to insure that your colleagues, supervisor dorsey, luckily we got supervisor dorsey as well as 7 members total from the board of supervisors who are already committed, but i do think it is extremely important that we send this to voters with an 11-0 vote from the board of supervisors to demonstrate the strength of what this entails. thank you all so much for coming here today. [applause] feeling today?

it is a big one. let's hear it, give yourselves a big round of applause? i love the echo in here. this is big moment now and happy to be here. my name is franco finn, a native of this great city, san francisco, and proud to be a san franciscans to the core and also product of this great city, and i'm also proud film commissioner for city county of san francisco and many may know me as a long time voice for your

favorite basketball team here. what is that? the golden state warriors! yes. and it is such a honor to be here with all of you, because it is about you today. congratulations. give your is selves a big hand. bridge to excellent ceremony and scholar shf award and so proud to be here to give this alongside our great mayor along with you. you have gone through the journey and here you are to embark on next chapter of your are live. lifep. life. are you excited? probably nervous too, but what a big step and will have a awesome time i'm sure where you may go, but it starts here and we want it just make sure we award you properly from your family and friends, in front of our mayor. with that said, proud to introduce our 45 mayor of great city and

county of san francisco, make, some noise, for mayor london n breed! [applause] >> goodness franco, me already? how is everybody doing today? you guys come on! [applause] i got to say, this is something that was really important to me. when i first became mayor, it was really important that i did two things. number one, i started a program called, opportunities for all that provides paid internships-has anyone done opportunities for all? good. good. paid internships for young people, because that is how i got my start and i also wanted to provide scholarship opportunities as well. some of you know that i was born and raised in san francisco and in fact, i grew up in public housing in

the city where my grand mother raised me. i never knew my biological father, i sadly have a sister who i lost to drug overdose and brother still incarcerated. i lived in a community gun violence was all too common and on a regular basis i attended more funerals then i can count. i saw my community crumble before me, and it inspired me to want to do something different to invest in and work with the city and county of san francisco in some capacity. i didn't know what it was, but i know when i got a opportunity through the mayor youth employment training program to get paid, because i had no money, to get paid and an opportunity to eventually go to college. i went to uc davis. it was really hard and yes i got a couple scholarship, but i worked cleaning houses, i worked baby

sitting kids because my grand mother had nothing to provide me with resources and i also wanted to take care of her because she took care of me. the reason it is so important to share this with all you, because i read all the stories. i read each and every story and when i wanted to do the scholarship, it was so important i look at the young folks in san francisco and look at kids who might be the first in their families to go to college, who may have had challenging experiences and despite everything you have been through, the fact that you are here and you are going to a number of universities all over the united states is extraordinary, and i am so incredibly proud of each and every one of you for this major accomplishment, because the environment to a certain extents around you, don't always make what you doing normal and you are making going

to college and you're making success normal and that's why the scholarship is so important and this opportunity to see you thrive is so important to me personally. so, i want to say congratulations for despite the obstacles still succeeding. despite the challenges, but here's the thing, it is not done. you still have a mountain to climb, so don't get discouraged. stay focused and more importantly, make sure that you keep positive people around you, because the reason why you are here for whatever reason, it is not just because of the people around you, it is because of the decisions you personally have made to get here. you have made those decisions. you have succeeded in life and you are choosing to go to college and continue that success and so stay the course, stay focused, stay positive and keep positive people around you.

i remember when i went away to college, it was really hard, because again, my grand mother was older and things were really challenging. they took down the projects i living in so i didn't have a home to go back to. people were dying funerals i couldn't make it to, it was crazy and i got to a point i just felt lost and felt hopeless and felt i wanted to give up and walk away, and the people in my community when i show said up, they told me not to give up. they encouraged me. they supported me. you know what? they told me to stay off the block. they pushed me out of danger, because they want ed something more for me and that's why every day i do this job, i give it all i got for this city and for the people that made it possible for me to be here. and just remember that as you go through life and what you do, what you do matters and also, so many

people are watching you. they are watching you be trailblazers in whatever career [audio cut out] hoping we get graduates and i know today you will be hearing from one of those graduates, cecilia gomez, thank you for being here and congratulations graduated from college and you will be hearing from her, but she didn't give up and looking forward hearing her story and how she is doing great things, and i want to take this opportunity to again thank franco finn, he is like a super rock star. [applause] >> i was hoping he would bring warriors tickets or something. i want to also recognize for those of you, all of you in our public school system, the persons who are

responsible for making all those decisions, include people like a lita fisher on the school board, so thank you so much for being here today and supporting our students. continue onward and upward and to much success, i will keep you in my prayers to insure that i'm always thinking about just the challenges that you will continue to overcome to be successful in life. thank you to the parents and all the folks from the different non profit agencies that made the recommendations of the students. [applause] thank you for being there for them. thank you for supporting them and keep them encouraged as they go through this journey called life. thank you all so much. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. thank you for being such a inspiration and you are truly the inspiration here as well, so congratulations again and we are going to hear from one

of our alums from this bridge to excellence scholarship award recipient. a graduate now to talk about her experience, how important this changed her life, so please welcome to the stage, ms. cecilia gomez, our alumni speaker. come on up! praech [applause] >> >> good afternoon. thank you for having me here and congratulations to the class of 2024. [applause] my name is cecilia gomez and as of a month ago today exactly i'm a recent graduate olmcallister college with bachelor in education and spanish, and a 2020recipient of the bridge to excellence award. for four years ago i reconsidered whether going out of state was worth it or even a possibility. with the financial implications

of the pandemic and the unknown uncertainty of university open again, i thought perhaps the best decision was to stay closer to home instead, even though my dream was to go to liberal art institution. fortunately with the support of mayor london breed and the bridge to excellence award, i didn't have to sacrifice my education and with the support i can now say i graduated summa cum laude from mcallister and will be starting the stanford teacher education program in two weeks. [applause] the bridge to excellence award was proof i was capable of achieving my dreams and i had support systems that believe in me. even when i didn't always believe in myself. this award was a reminder to carry home pride everywhere i went. whether was in main minnesota or spain, i always had sunnydale,

bayview and san francisco in my heart and made priority to return home back to my roots. believe me when i say, we all believe in you. be the light and hope we need. bring the invasion and the strength to create the solutions to tomorrow's problem. channel your strength to keep moving forward and most importantly, always remember to shoulders you stand on, those sholders that hold you with love and pride and hope. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much cecilia, congratulations to you. the moment we have been waiting for, the honor roll of scholarship recipients ready to announce, mayor breed if you can join on stage. i will announce them. this is a great moment, huge chapter in these lives and we are going to have fun while we are doing it.

they brought the hypoman for a reason, so let's hype it up. you ready! make some noise! bridge to excellence scholarship recipients, here we go. in order. we reedy? ready? first up is arele larkin [applause] photo, yes. go to morgan. give a round of applause to arele! [applause] okay. next we have kami zou! [applause]

uc san diego representing here. let's go ucsd. next we have scholarship recipient d'antonio samuel, cal state la. going to socal. [applause] and now we have the [indiscernible] going to jackson state university! [applause] those are nice certificates

right there, i tell you. next we have daniel romero! [applause] going to columbia university everybody. out of lincoln high. we'll get the order--that might have been my fault. now we have--this happens all the time. derel brown. let's hear it for derel brown. jackson state university! [applause]

next we have out of lowell high school, [indiscernible] going to uc santa cruz. future banana slug here. banana slug in the house. [applause] and next we have, aya [indiscernible] going to san francisco state university, local right here. go gators! [applause] congratulations. next we have, jeremiah jovana gomez! [applause] coming out of sota high school

and going to uc santa cruz, everyone. congratulations. next we have out of galileo high school, kelly wu, going to san diego state! going down south. [applause] great job. next we have, out of academy, kalil going to san jose state university. go spartans! [applause] next, out of balboa high school, let's go bal, mandy going to williams college! [applause] alright.

out of lincoln, let's see--actually , no. kipp sf college prep. nazir travis! [applause] out of lincoln high school, --going to cal poly! [applause] and out of galileo, we have waylen tang, uc irvine representing in the house! [applause] and last but not least, out of lincoln

high school, wilson lee going to san jose state university. another spartan in the house! [applause] let's hear to ladies and gentlemen to bridge to excellence scholarship recipients here tonight! wow, congratulations. you are going to make our city so proud. we cannot wait to see your next journey here and hopefully come back to share your experiences and inspire more people. once again, let's hear it for 2024, bridge to excellence scholarship recipients tonight. [applause] thank you so much. thank you mayor breed. now, we will have a group photo of everyone here together. the rotunda we will get out there and get oen the steps, do a nice little photo. we got our professional paragraphs to stand by. congratulations one more time. we'll see you at the rotunda and once again our 2024, bridge excellence

scholarship resip yntd recipient in san francisco. family and friends, what a great honor. see you next year. thank you for being a inspiration. keep doing what you are doing and thank you for making san francisco proud. see you at the rotunda and shout out to ms. gomez for sharing your story with us. >> 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 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 controver■?■csial. 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 ande 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.

>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis

from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me

everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and

snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have comte casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the

air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

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