president chiu: anyone else like to say a quick word? >> thank you for the honor. i appreciate it for a much and he will also appreciate it. the thing is, jean parker has been there 100 years, i have not. it is a good school. i want to say thank-you for the honor. president chiu: thank you. >> i am a parent and represent the school counselor in the parent teacher organization. thank you for recognizing our school. we are a small school but we do really good work. we serve a lot of low-income families and english language learners and we feel we have a diverse community and we are a high performing school. we welcome all of you to come visit us on the 28th or any other time to see the amazing

work we're doing and thank you for your support. president chiu: thank you. supervisor mar, do want to vote on item 36 or do you want to do

the special accommodation now? >supervisor mar: let's vote now. >> items 32 through 42 are being considered. there will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. unless a member requests discussion it shall be called separately and considered. president chiu: would anyone like to sever any items? would you call the roll? >> supervisor wiener. supervisor wiener: aye. president chiu:. supervisor chu, aye, supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor marc, at aye. supervisor mirkarimi, aye.

there are 11 ayes. president chiu: let's go back to commendations. supervisor mar: i am not sure if lorena was here. wendy, others, would you like to come up? i would like to ask any of my colleagues who are the co- sponsors of the eric assada day are-- if you would like to say y words as well. i celebrate every day knowing eric, knowing the great work he has done to improve the lives of not just the mission district of people throughout the world. he really committed his life to

not just social justice in our neighborhood but throughout the world. i wanted to say that you would have been happy with pablo sandoval's run streak. i would like to celebrate the work he has done and say that the sun immoral that is happening from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. -- the memorial that is happening, it has a spirit of eric assada. i hope people join is from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on sunday. i wanted to congratulate the family for nurturing such an incredible person for all of our communities and movements. if you would like to come up and make remarks or colleagues as

well. colleagues, before they come up. supervisor campos: the interesting thing about my journey and his journey is at some point, we were political competitors, running for the same political office. and one of the most amazing things about eric is whether you were on the same team or not, it was not -- it was impossible not to respect what eric was about. that became very clear to me that we were talking about a very special individual. and through the course of the campaign, i got a chance to see the way that only other candidates can see their competitors, firsthand.

why this individual was in that campaign. it was clear that for eric, at the end of the day when he got up each day, it was about making the lives of people, especially those who were less fortunate, better. and following the election, i have been blessed to have the opportunity to get to know him even more. i can honestly say that there is no one in the community, no offense to anyone else in the community, that i trusted more in terms of really understanding what was happening on the ground and really knowing in a very genuine way what the right thing to do was. their respective of the issue. -- irrespective of the issue. there will never be another

eric assada. if there was one thing that defined him, it was this constant drive to make the world a better place, and i think that is something that he demonstrated throughout his life and especially in the last few months of his life. the fact is that even as eric was going through what he was going through, i would still get the calls, what are the issue was. we as elected officials, we need that perspective, we need that voice of someone who can shed light on the very important issues that come our way. because it is easy sometimes for those issues to get lost here in city hall. i could always trust that there could tell me -- eric could tell

me in a simple way what was right and what was wrong. that is something i am going to mess and that is something that i feel very honored that i had the opportunity to get to know him that way. i also know that the kind of person he was, that kind of person he remains in our hearts, it is not something that happened because of who eric was, it is also the people around him and you can see the amazing people in this room, each one of them has accomplished amazing things and i want to single out his mom who is here. there is nothing more formative then the example that your parents give you. i know that eric was an amazing person who was because of the example of his parents. as supervisor for district 9, it has been such an honor for me to get thito know this family. he will live in our hearts

forever. and i think that i hope you understand how much he was loved, not only by his neighbor neighbors and community, i am also very proud of his -- the fact he was proud of his culture, his heritage. i cannot say enough about an amazing human being. i am very proud that we as an institution took the time to acknowledge what eric has meant to our community. president chiu: supervisor kim. supervisor kim: i am a co- sponsor and i want to thank the family for being here. we actually more the loss of several activists and leaders. as we mourn their absence, is it -- it is important we celebrate their work and their

accomplishments. eric has been a tremendously important voice in a movement that has pushed neighborhoods and low-income communities directly central in our land use and planning process, processes that had eluded our average citizens for so long. we continue in our discussion about the use of our land and who are city is for. eric has been one of the central voices in all that. i am proud to be in a movement in which deryk calls his family. i wanted to speak on behalf of my office. there has been entered -- eric has mentored several. i celebrate his life and his work, and we have to honor that by continuing this year. i think we can all say that his impact is felt and we see it

everyday in our city. thank you. president chiu: supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: i have a voicemail message from eric from february of this year. to the very end, even in the amount of pain he was living in, he had such a coat and such drive -- had such hope and such drive. there was a community of powerful women, powerful man, people committed to social justice. that belief in a better world i think is what drove him and made

him just incredible person he was. i cannot think of a more fitting partner for eric than lorena. what an amazing woman she is. i met her at the janitor's union in 2004. what a spirit that he has. what -- she has. what an amazing woman who is carrying on his family and legacy. we all have that wonderful relationship and we will be with her and have her back in years to come. i do not think i have had the ability to come to terms with his passing just that. it is going to hit all of us, it will be like a ton of bricks as the days go on.

i am looking forward to being with community on sunday. eric has been so much to me. he has met so much to me, i have learned so much from him. i agree with supervisor campos's earmark. he had the ability to cut through all this static and get to the core of what was going on. if i was ever in a room where we are all confused, having eric in the room was always something i welcome to get our thoughts and thinking in a more clear direction. there is amazing things i have done with eric over the years. the thing i am most proud of is the creation of the immigrant legalization network. that has done amazing work in bringing a lot of different communities from all over the city together and organizing for the rights of young people,

the rights of families, the rights of workers. that is something i am so proud of and has left a lasting mark on the work he has brought. i wanted to congratulate all of us on the wonderful relationship we have had with eric and lorena. good to see you. my heart is broken, but my will is strong. president chiu: supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i want to say so much has already been said and so much will be set over the years. we all know that his spirit will live on with all of us. there are so many corners he has touched, so many people, so many

communities. he will always be a part of us for as long as we are doing activist work we need to do. i want to thank his family, not just his direct family, but his family of supporters for all that you have done. we all continue together. supervisor mirkarimi: i look forward to sunday. he had a common touch and he was a great teacher. >> thank you for being here, lorena and wendy, and so many family and friends. if you like to make some brief remarks. -- would like to make some brief remarks. >> i wanted to thank you both as eric's wife and partner in

crime. also, thank you as an organizer because i am also an organizer and he makes me proud to live in the city, that our city will give recognition to an organizer, that does not happen very often, especially an organizer that gave this city hell. so, it is a real honor, not only for eric but all the people that came before him and also that mentored him. the people that worked alongside him for all these years, and for all of us who continue to do the work. i wanted to say thank you. i look forward to seeing you on sunday. also, i look forward to seeing you in the continued fight to make sure our city continues to be for families and we do the right thing so thank you. i am proud to be a san franciscan. i live here. so, thank you very much.

>> i wanted to also thank you. wendy and some of the others who worked with him. thank you. [applause] president chiu: madame clerk. >> today's memory -- meeting will be adjourned on behalf of mr. arthur evans and shawn wilson. and mr. anthony [unintelligible] and mr. eric quesada. president chiu: is there any

more business in front of the board? >> that includes business. president chiu: ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned.

>> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation.

my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in

the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a

century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals.

the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed

with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go within our population there are people who simply do not have access to the internet, who do not have the means to access information the way that others have, and i think that it's really imperative for government to make sure that we play a role in closing that

technological divide. so you have to strike that balance between maintaining that character, but also welcoming in the new people who bring their own -- >> absolutely. >> so i love that. i love that mix, that balance that comes with it. it's hard to strike the right balance, but -- >> it really is. >> but it's there. >> i was born in guatemala and came to this country as a kid. i was brought here by my parents. and essentially grew up in l.a. and then moved up to the bay area, where i went to college. i went to stanford. my background for the first few years out of school was a practicing attorney. i worked for -- in the private sector for a number of years and then i went and worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general council of the school district here in san francisco, and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. [speaking spanish]

>> i think that san francisco really represents the best that this country has to offer. it's a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and it's a place that not only tolerates, but actually embraces diversity, a place that is very forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues. it always felt like home, and i felt that as a gala tino man that this -- gay la taken no man, that this is a place where i could be happy. now doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding experience. it is really remarkable how amazing our neighborhoods are, how amazing its people are. i have a progressive outlook in terms of how i see things, and

by progressive i mean we have to make government and make the city work for everyone, and that means that it's not just those who are doing well, it's also those who are not doing so well, those who have the least. but it also means making sure that the city works for the middle class. >> good evening, everyone. good evening. thank you all for being here. and when we first got into office about two years ago, we started talking to the mayor's office of workforce and economic development and trying to figure out how we can help different corridors within our district have a better sense of what that neighborhood should look like, what its main concerns and priorities should be and a strategy for the community. and that means business, residents and the city working together to make whatever that vision is a reality.

ultimately if there is a guidance on how i approach government, i believe in good government, i believe in transparency, i believe in accountability, i believe in making sure that we follow best practices. i think that oftentimes transcends the left, the middle and the right. it goes beyond that. and that's why as a supervisor i focus so much on contracts and how the city spends its money, which is not traditionally a progressive issue. but i believe that we have an obligation to make every penny count. thank you. [applause] we are still going through a very tough economic time. we are still not where we need to be in terms of job creation and economic development. so government, i think, has to work with a lot of different folks, not only the business community, but also the

community groups to see how we can create economic development that works for every san franciscans. >> one of the topics is -- [inaudible] >> as a member of the police commission, i learned that the most effective policing is the policing where you have the police and the community working together. so you need training for the police officer who's already there. it is important to have police officers on the street and having that police presence, but at the same time, there has to be a connection between the police and the community. so i think we're on the same page. you have to make sure that you create an atmosphere where people feel safe, and i think th