>> without firth r ado, we will begin with the anthems of our countries, the united staof america, the independent state of samoa, and the united states territory of american samoa. thank you. thank you mayor london breed.

appreciate having us and hosting us in our great city. we'll begin with the united states anthem and ask everyone to rise. [playing united states national anthem]

>> please remain standing for the anthem of american samoa. thank you. ■1[■

[playing an of american samoa]

>> please remain standing for the anthem of the independent state of samoa. [singing anthem of the independent state ä

>> respectfully ask to please be seat ed. like to call on pastor ray, for opening prayer. >> bow your heads with me. father, we are grateful today.

your knowledge your goodness, mercy for this brand new morning. we want to acknowledge many of those that have laboremake this day possible. we also want to thank the no mayor london breed and all of the san franco■ that have also labored to make this day possible. are people of faith. we are a people that are proud . we also acknowledge lord, that without you, none of this would be possible. so, as we begin begin

with you, but we also end with you. giving you gry and all the praise that you alone deserve. bless this day now that is done and we all this in jesus >> want to thank pastor ray for the word of god to begin our ceremony. just a few remarks and introductions. the national samoan chief council wa founded in 1972 here in francisco by high chief-- we :uof his descendants to my left. would you please stand?

[apause] thank you. vision was to organize the of samoa residing here in san francisco and the bay area. they also formed the samoan flag day, which is what e celebrating this weekend. from what i recall, the last time the independent state of samoa la and american samoa flag flags were ra in city hall was with mayor willie brown. fast forward 20, 30 years lar, honorable london breed has allowed us to do the same, to our flags here and we thank you. we thank you honorable mayor. [applause] i know your time is f,i will do my best to ol

program today. i want to start with some introduction s of faith leaders. to left have reverend--please stand. [applause] also, advocatethe samoan community for many years. we also want to recognize pastor ray. [applause] the first god of faith and pastor--of the faith of san an [applause] to my right, we havewill

introduce our mayor of san francisco when she comes up, but before that, we have justyoof daly stinand we have a speciguest from our cousins in the kingdom of toma. the only existing kingdom in the south pacific of the polynesian islands. we have conslet, please stand. thank you. we also have to my right, --sorry-- ■1

maybe she should have did this. the non-samoan part. sheriff miyamoto. [applause] mandy, can you help me here, please? i apologize. okay. okay. thank you. introducing our community leaders of san francisco and the bay area, to introduce the samoan community development center, probably the longest standing samoan non profit serving our and also employing the most pacific islanders untr we like to patsy

of the samoan community development center. [applause] we also like to introduce another leader of our y that has been involved in many things. she has organized an organization tribiant to one our brothers and communities,, they formed the--which means, all my brothers aall my sisters. ladies and ge welcome christine, executive director of all my brotheall my sisters. also, we have another leader that been serving san mateo county for many years. she's organized and serving thousands and thousands ofcommunity through the food bank harvest. she's organizeonof the

large est festiv san mateo fair grounds, ladies and gentlemen, please welce the pacifics executive dior [applause] also, we have the only e the largest platforms in the pacific isand ey do a great job in reportingand updating our community and many events. ladies and lemn, from the pacific by design, please welcome, my sister [indiscerne] and we also have our sister that has been leg the grounds here in san francisco-- [applause]

we like to recognize reverend-- [applause] i apologize if i forget your name, but please know that we you in orhearts and the mayor's time is very limited, so wa to recognize our family of the conslets that supported us, our communities all over the south pacific and in the san francisco bay area. rise, our counslet, thank you. we would like to at this time without further ado and with all ■. respect from the samoan community, we like to uce the honorable mayor

london breed for her remarks. [applause] i apologize, we also want to introduce our mrs. samoan golden gate, karina afternoon and welcome to city d hall. have so honored and se each and every one of you joining us here today.long as you want to celebrate this moment, especially because it has been a lo time coming. and it is so interesting, because it is full circle and want to acknowledge all the work does and also ry talented son who was on

american idal. idle. i'm sure we all know that and alvery proud of him and he just lifted our spirs today with his beautiful voice that he inherited from his i'm so grateful. bo and i worked together r san francisco mayor willie brown and he was instrumental bringing the celebration to city hall then and instrumental us today so it is great to be here together here in community to cebrate this historic milestone with each and every one of you. but, i also to just acknowledge the loss of someone who is a of the samoan community, a police officer o family of police officers, luciano. some might have heard, he

served on the fo9 years and unexpectedly yesrday. his mom, who was really many of you might veknown jackie, also served as a currently as lieutenant in i would like to thake this moment to just recognize him d his tremendous work and really lift up his family in d with a moment of silence, please. [ntof silence] thank you.appreciate again, jus the connection to spiritually the

connection to famiand the trust and respect this community has always been francisco and throughout the bay area. so, it is of course fitting to ak this moment to recognize the rich history and culture samoan community as it relates to san itical part of what makes san francisco a special and more vibrant and very diverse place. i appreciate the work of many of the organizations and the religioust held this community recognition and the lack of support that this community deserves. w relationship so much in terms ofable to finally make the kinds of investments at will help make a difference for community. in fact, visiting the samoan community center and having a ce to tour and to see the work first-hand with

young people an students and with others, it is inspiring, and it something that we need more of throughout san francisco. i appreciate mrs. patsy for all the she does, as well as christine and all you incredible leaders who hold this community together and how you come together today to recognize the significance of the samoan heritage here in san francisco. so, i want to also appreciate we t we in san francisco are an talk many the relationships between countries and places, the reason why has are often times very everything to do with san francisco and the people who coordinate this event and bring these kinds of activations to our city, involve no other then chief of protocol, marion and the council cower

joining tango, australia, e and norway. thank you all so much for being here day d sharing this celebration and recognizing the important work of the national samoan chief council, preciate the opportunity to do something very special to e this milestone, because even though it has been a long time since the celebration has happened, this celebration has to happen every single make sure that we are the vehicle through our protocol to insure its success and an opportunity tobring community together in a place that belongs to you to [applause] so, tonight on behalf of the city and county of san we will be lighting city hall in red and honor of the flag of samoa, and

well officially declare it samoan heritag week, not day, week in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] so, since the high chief is not here with us today, i'm at you fo. fo is trying to run away . who ever you designate and want honor-- are high chief today. but thank you so much for being here and celebratinwi we are honored to declare it samoan heritage week san francisco so that we can elevate the rich history and culture your community as well as throughout the city and county of san francisco. we appreciate celebrating this milestone here with each and every one of much for all you do to make san francisco a place. [applause]

>> mayor london breed, this is surprising that i given this opportunity and privilege for me to accept on bef all the samoan leaders, community leaders, all the people of samoa who accept this-thank uch i dont know what i have done to deserve this, but other th32 years i served as probation for city and county of san ani just offialreceived my retirement badge last week, so please come u and join me in sharing this.

[applause] >> thank you for your service to the city. >> london breed, i ha were celebrating the inaugural flag raising in ci and my testimony was the samoan history at bib luical proportions. i liken to history of israelite, wh we enter the promise land--joshua sent spies to check in the land and came back and say, have a lady in the for us and then joshua say, take is red flag. when we come to destroy th

city, raise the reg flag as a memorial for us. we have in our life in the midst of enemies. you are allies today. ago, mayor feinstein was our ally. 40 years ago the mayor was our i was doing the ceremony with the mayor. when you heard you promise a ll dollars to samoan development center last year, we are waiting for and you d you will continue will continue to be our ally. ank u very much. god bless. >> how about another round of applause r honorable, london br [applause] anthose beautiful r.

before i introduce the next item, i apologize, but i like to introduce a few more of our chiefs residing here. pleahelp me welcome, high chief--of viala samoa. ea stand. [applause] we also have san francisco former president neal ofuetopia. lot ofuetopias across the city mimics san francisco ñzas flag day. a lot of things have been founded and ansco. we also want to introduce a high chief from american m please welcome-- please stand.

[applause] and now i like to poetry reading by theresa-- [applause] >> i am not theresa. i have been waiting a long time to do that. name is dr. birch and it definitely full circle to stand in fronts of you to introduce my st 52 years ago when my df started this samoan heritage week in san francisco, it is only fitting that i serve the city and county of

francisco, his granddaughter, he told us to give back to community, so i want service and honoring this because a lot of you see my work as a black person in t as a samoan in community, so i do a lot of work being seenthank you for seeing us, thank you for seeing pacific islaer it gives me great pleasure to introduce my sister th we used to clean for samoan flag day. we were up the trash, siter-- ecognize my [applause]

saan od afternoon and hap heritage week family. can you please give your love to my sister, my cousin dr. birch one more ? [applause] first foremost and like to say to the national samoan chief council helping revitalize samoan heritage week leading up to flag dast to the mayor office allowing us to gather in-not just inviting--we can [applause] ve. not just inviting me and my cousin to share so day to kick off this week on behalf of our gra father but always thinking about our family and legacy of our grand father, the

chief--a man that devoted so much of his life prosperity of the samoan community in san francisco he ishenumerous progr and initiatives that left behind a legacy all samoans in the bay area live in whether they know it is or no whether they know him or not. our grandpa loved him deeply and i know he were alive today he want would you by his side to implement this weeks programming, so thank you. [applause] as a poet and writer, the last two times i ared a poem at city hall was women march mayor breed lead in and [indiscernible] fitting the committee are a poem to commemorate a the samoan people

especially. a man who wrote every book documents and journals from the office in bayview hunter points, to north project to the fillmore he took his last in 2018. make noise if you heard poa open mic or event. [applause] you know you dont have to clap in your heart. it doesn't have to be quite endeavor, we are not a quite people anyway. you hear anything with, you can snap your fingers and you are taking a big bite. you can repe you can say, okay,po et. go in poet. that's right poet. if you like what you hear. if you don't like wh hear, we can talk about it after. this, this is always

for us. here we go. our samoans believe when islands [naming islands] and beyond, he also made 9 heavens, but thif you learn our deer there are 10 heavens. [indiscernible] if you ask me, samoans belon 11 heavens and the 11th one is san frsc but hey, dont take my word for it, just read any of 7 books our grand father wrote about the genealogy our our people and lega i'm not a samoan god, just a child born onefebruary even in

presidio general hospital my father as upon immigrating from the city meeting my mother over the phone after mistakenly calling her us number in north beach projects instead of his cousin. e story of my parents stretched across the phone wire and that is the heav too. my mother is not a samoan god either, high school graduate ised in bayview hunter before moving to rtbeach projict. 11 heaven wathe chinatown trips for steam buns. it was the freddy sandwiches and pizz bred in wax paper. the pocket change our grandpa gave us to purchase his chronicle newspaper.r grandpas ord and

tripod. it was the type writer, the desk top and lap top mentevery bit of our story on after the camcorder stopped filming. crocker amazon park eve august where the san francisco samoan flag day took place since the year our grand father founded it in 1973. it was the trash bag my and i carried around the park as clean up crew and the secret bbq mare nade our fam lay makes for the food plates they d asvendors for the festivals. the stage our grandpa us sing on and clean up apartment 225 my cousins attended saturday school in our hawse he wanted to make sure s sacrifice come with one or two

ph.d.thman promised if we graduated from college, he would buy us a rolex. family, no rolex have been sed. dotor cernible] went to get degree and rolex is. he was just the samoan man who loved us so much he d no other choice but to devote his entire life to e preservation of our culture, our history and our truth, the 11 heaven was the 30 years our grandpa spend holding the position for 25 different committees, councils and taskrces dedicated to our s community between an1993. it was the national samoan chief ci he cofounded june 2, 1972. the san francisco samoan flag d founded in 1973. the national office of samo

affairs he helped establish in san francisco in 1974. the 11th heaven was the committee he sat on for the u.s. census bureau that coined the m,pacific in 1978. struggled to affirm their lives in this country made it possible for our samoan people to imgratwith dignity. 2024 th heaven is the fact it and how even though we still have our work cut out for us, we n still celebrate all that has been and all that continues to be. the 11th heaven has always been the sunnydale projeths. the community development center generation g f service. moan ission service og to grandmas headed to church. good times the bbq at yeoman park.

e prek dual language program. the one with the largest llnt number of dual language program in san francisco public schools. thhas always been pacific islander community partnership the youth centered empowering programs from camp unto polynesian heritage award from ms. samoa lden gate to cultural arts, the 11th heaven people are. from heritage week to climate change protests, from culture being rich and entertaining to culture being the core of our resistance the core of man. from poems about my samoan pride how my favorite thing being samoan is everything, to what demands of me once the poem is done. welcome to the 11th heaven family. thank you to our ancestor

it so. for loving us so fiercely. being so extra they made 10 he th one so we never question how [indiscernible] ocean deep we belong to each other and after we leave this world the next, we can bet our intime samoan life we return to every samoan heaven that made us and praise all of our samoan gods for that. [applause] >> how about anoterround of ap for the queen of-family. thank you so much.

i also want to mention behalf of the president of the national samoan ch council, high chief-- our vice president, high chief--their apologies for not being able tend this ceremony today, but we do have our faith leaders, we do have our high chiefs and our high tki chiefs and we do have our beautiful coits and their staff and also mayor, london breed. mayor justin conslet and

public officials, i apologizehope we dont cross paths on a different level and you remembei didn't remember your names. the conslet of the countries that are supporting our samoan community, thank very much. ■5b

mention, we do have a commissioner delafsi, please an i apologize. i'm not only short with our public officialth our own community, so i apologize. gotohave a closing prayer. thank you. >> let us pray.

my most dear gracious heavenly father, we this time with humble hearts and humility.come has done for our samoan community throughout these yea we are grateful and we are thankful for thy continuous mercy. we thank you who have come together to sside by side so we are ato have this day to recognize our samoan community. we are grateful and thankful for leaders in public figures and leaders of the samoan community, as well as faith leaders, to unit

and stand together to continue to d for our community and to allow our community to be recognized. father, this cannot be possible without thy. we pray your blessing continue to be uponus as we continue to move forward and continue to prepare youth of today so they may be leaders to continue the legacy of our samoan community here san francisco. father, we ask this prayer humbly in sacred name of our beloved son, jesus is the christ, amen. thank you pastor for the closing prayer. again, i want to ask ms. samoa

golden gate to please come to my side. how about a round of [applause] for this courageous young lady and other courageous young ladies. ms. samoa golden gate, 2025. i apologize, i asked the mayor's staff if there is a opportunity for the mayor to have a photo op with us, because i think itfitting to have a document of our people with her, so if that's not able to happen, i apologize are. it s due to my long introduction. as we close, we refreshments provided by the mayor's office. how about a rod of applause for the mayor's staff, and they will keep me informed if it is a go with the

photo op the mayor. we have others from the community and from the conslet so feel free to le netrk. god bless on your way home. [applause]

>> i'm eric tanaka. fourth generation japanese americann raised in san francisco i work for the10, tru firefighter. i think about journey i think about my family. my grandfather came to san francisco in 1917 we have been r 100 years. married my grandr they por he was a successful ps. business owner in the city. whene started to start over he was murdered. d never met my grandfather. my grand mothe my mother were left to raise me, bro sis

but work. it was very growing up as a young kid inhe city. trying to find my identity.d s trouble. trying to mysef and my heritage. that i was --do be proud of. and there was a time i was ashamed. you know, thinking about and family's strug and he will had my grand mother and went through i was ignited a fire to keep moving forward. decided to dedio service. servicying m and community and the city. one of my goal in is to reach out to our community youth and s they mack myself the potential to finds h were capable of. when i want my family tong of me i to be proud. whenever career i chos is not

money it is providing a life that is honorable and thoughtful. so that - the generations behind us see how hard my family worked make sure we have been able to sustain thrive in san francisco. community is huge to . it helped me become the person i am today. and r department. we got one of the busiest ation 3. in the in addi we have a surfcue program program cliff rescue program. we have so many things to be prouf a department. i can't say this enough, there is honestly no words to say how proud i am tork for the department and serve the community that grew up in. [music]

>> my name is julie maw. i am a captainn francisco fire department. i didn't grow up thinking i would be a firefighter. i didnlizet was an option. i didn't see other people who looks like me in the service, so i didn't have an idea that this was a for me. what inspired me is i had a few friends from the hip -- hawaiian community who were applying for the job at the timee apply as . we are a pretty tightknit community. we are like aam, the fire service is like a family. food is essential -- is central to our gatherings inire service as well. and teamwork and being part of somethingigger than yourself and really having community. that is what inspired fire depa. when i was applying for job and i was going down that route

of the hiringce i looked around and i started looking at the dre the rigs driving around the street and i said, you know what, there is somebody that looks like me. there is somebody that looks like me. to me, that was really important. and that representation, what i w, bulbs went on and i could see myself in the job. me, being in this position as a captain, and bei track and going around to her neighborhood, even when we are g most mundane of tasks, it is important that they see me in the role, right? asian pacific islander woman in a leadership position, that i am in this j and even ringing the bell for the kids in the neighborhood, they see me, they cs, my crew and it is huge. that lightbulbs can go off for them as w went on for me. it truly is important to me to

be part of an organization that supports diversity and representation. being in a job where we serve the community really important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey, be need too. i could be here serving the community and bnrefiter. [♪♪♪] >great wall hardware, 3500 square feet of retail space. we carry about 22 thousand items in here and coun stops because i have a thing. when a customer says, do you ani don't have it, it bothers me.

i won't have i so, it is just one of those things owning hardware store, people expect you to have everything and you try to if full thill fulfill that need. native san franciscan. born in chinatown, same as bruce lee, chinatown hospital. my family moved to the sunset in the late 70's, so my mom and thought, we are already doing construction, why don't we open a hardware store? nice dove tail to each other, so that is how that got started. started this store in 1983, and we have been every since, so now it is 40 years. i serving my neighborhood. i fealt a hardware store is different sses. most businesses you want to buy this or thatanorthat. a hardware store is different. people come in and usually problem and need a solution and looking for you to navigate them through that offer them products that help them get to where they need to go. the people are great.is neighbo.

there is different etnisties and cultures here. together and get along fine and i like about this neighborhood t. is nice place to be. it is near the beach and beautiful and near the zoom and park and stern grove. great schools and parks. what's twl not to like? i am always looks around the corner the next thing to and crank it up more and make it safer and more enjoyable. bringing in new businesses. or great wall hardware, open 7 days a ek, nday-friday 8 to 6, saturday is 10 to 6 and sun 10 to 3. >> ever wonder about progra ci

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whether watching movies oa yoga or coming to lecture. >> that sb caliber shift on the street is awarding walking down street and seeing people sitting outside address this building has been vacate and seeinghi change is inspiringing. w created a space where people walk in and have fun and it is great that as the neighborhood. >> oewd is oak on aortas aeror >> we've got to 23ri7b9 and sun setting piano and it was on the street we'veeen companies we say used to have to accompanying com recruit now they're coming to us. >> today, we learned the

office of economic workforce development and it's effort to foster community the buyer market street corridor something that be proud of thanks to much for watching and tune in next ti for 2024 regular

meeting of the municipal transportation ageoard of directors and parking authority commission. to order secretary silva, please call thedirector r present. director henderson here. henderson. present. kinsey. present director. tarloff. present. present. chair ekin. here. eken. present. director. kahina is not expected to attend today's meeting. for the record, i note director kinsey is attending this meeting remotely. director kinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any s, places you in. item number three, the ringing and use of cell phones and similar soun producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. the chair may order the removal fromting room. any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound, producing electronic device places you on. item number four. approval of minutes for the july 16th regular meeting.