to give. of course, this is lodged in my sf made bag, right here in san francisco. and it is something that i am privileged to do in celebration of sf made weeke, and that is to present the proclamation to katie and the board declaring this week sf made in san francisco. [applause] >> i just -- i want to make special recognition of the team. this whole week is happening because of my two colleagues who live like to have on stage with me to receive this proclamation,

janet lee our executive and sharon andfaron -- and faron. this is being sf made team, full-time working to support 325 companies. this would not have happened happenedjanet and faron. thank you, mr. mayor. [applause] >> mayor lee, thank you very much. the met -- the next part of the program will present three awards.

the first award is new this year, and to be sure i get it correctly, it is called sf made sf -- it is called "sf made individual award." it is to facilitate somebody getting started in manufacturing in san francisco. i think mayor lee is going to present the award. and this is our "places to make" award. >> last september, we had a really big hit in san francisco when he ceramics' decided to move to san francisco. they needed to work with a property owner that not only worked -- welcome to them, but someone they could work with in the long term that shared the

same vision of growing and allow space to be made in the northeast area and allowing ceramics to grow for generations to come. tonight, i would like to present the sf made places to make award to fred snyder, the property owner for peace ceramics. -- haeth ceramics, who will be working with us in the very near future. come on out, fred. [applause] to your camaraderie, to your sharing a vision for san francisco made products, but also for the flexibility and understanding to create a manufacturing base, would like to present this award to you. fred, thank you for your leadership.

>> thank you. [applause] >> i get to introduce you back to the stage, melea. melea will be presenting the new maker awards. that is someone who has been a new manufacturer for less than three years. >> i am back and i'm excited because today i get to introduce to you the new maker award. it is given each year to a company that is less than three years old that exemplifies the values of sf made. manufacturing a quality product, exhibiting in elevation, creating jobs for the local economy, and making a significant and positive contribution to the sf made community. the honoree is one of sf made's youngest. hold on. i've always wanted to do that. and fastest-growing companies. they started only two years ago with a novel design for an ipad

case and a passion for books. and customers were lining up to buy the very first ipad outside the apple store. and it is from those humble beginnings that this company has grown to full operations right here in our very own backyard. in just two years, the company has created 21 jobs and scores more at their manufacturing partners here in the city. for helping to turn the page in the bookbinding industry in san francisco, and the new men and women that employes, this year's new maker award goes to -- are you guys ready? [cheers] it goes to [unintelligible] [applause] year to accept the award are the co-founders. we've got craig dalton, patrick buckley, and mark manning.

[applause] i want you to know that i'm also a dodo case owner. it has been to meet -- been with me to israel, india, and china. get a warm welcome to the makers welcomedodo case. [applause] congratulations. >> i want to say a big thank you to sf made and everyone here. this is a really great honor for a young business and it means a tremendous amount to us. our colleague mark manning could not be here tonight because he is traveling internationally, but we are trying to spread the word for dodo case in those manufacturing markets. thank you very much. [applause]

>> congratulations. our next award is the sf made founders award, approved -- presented by the sf made founder, marked right. -- mark dwight. >> thank you for coming out tonight. this is really amazing. i created this concept almost 10 years ago now, and i used it in my realm business and it was not until about three years ago that we formalize it appeared and it has come to this. it is really gratifying for me. my oldest son is here to watch his dad in action. that is pretty cool. there is my son, spencer. it is my privilege as the founder of sf made to get out the founders' award. the founders' award goes to an

established company that has the characteristics of an sf made co., innovative, daring i might say, and just making great products and supporting the sf made community as well. and part of that support comes with putting on parties like this. this year's award recognizes the company and the individual who started it. who is your house tonight and has four 15 years now -- your house tonight and has for 15 years now been making as beverages. and is very boisterous in the clock -- in the crowd, as you can tell. i want to welcome to the stage, forced grey -- forest gray, the founder and ceo of speakeasy.

[applause] >> let's hear it for the noble pursuit of making staff -- stuff, and making it in san francisco, and making it in america. [applause] let's hear from our house. >> . host. >> thank you so much for that. thank you to all the folks from the city for coming out. kate, thank you for doing this. you are such an important part of the city. it was a dying breed before you stepped up to the plate. as kate mentioned earlier, manufacturing was a dying breed in a way, or a renaissance at a different way of looking at it. it used to be about cranking out widgets, and now it is not. it is about passion.

it is making things from the heart. it is a very passionate thing. it is not something that you can crank out like a widget. we're very proud of the city. i want to thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> here is your award. thank you. i want to thank kate and janet and faron. the team at sf made has really made this happen. i am the founder. i do not have to do anything. and i also want to thank city hall. both for your moral support and financial support. and to mayor lee, thank you. mayor lee has been here for an hour. i remember an administration where you were lucky that you got a flyby. we got an hour. that is awesome. [applause] melea chon, -- cohen, we have

the local celebrities right here. the manufacturing is going to get big and bad -- bigger and bigger and the job base is like to get bigger and bigger. let's hear it for sf made in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much. the program is over, so your chart is to enjoy yourself. and i want to give a big thank you to be mccroskey staff , who is involved in making mattresses. it is wonderful to be here. >> kids with special needs have

access to a venture on may 5. over 25 businesses and nonprofit organizations build the music concourse with free refreshments, games, and bluegrass. access to a venture is part of sf rec and park's year-round activities in partnership with activities in partnership with families. >> let me thank the marine corps division band and the color guard for joining us and making this such a very special occasion. let me welcome each and every one of you on behalf of the war memorial opera house board, last that i come for dissipate, and they extend an invitation to

each one of you to for this update because this retired member of the united states marine corps, a veteran and his wonderful wife, george n. charles schulz -- george and charlotte shultz. this afternoon, we are doing something that, frankly, should have been done a long time ago. in this city, when the concept of a memorial for veterans what spurs done, they said it would be right here. of course, we have finally, after many, many tries, got this right. in 1936, the construction produced it, and then there was six or seven additional times from the original time, and it

does not to work, but finally, about two or three years ago, we got it right. the board of trustees decided in their wisdom to say thank-you to two incredible san franciscans in making the horseshoe circle named in their honor. all of you have come for this occasion. the man who presides over this city, for purposes of everything, is, of course, the mayor. directly across the street is where he journeys from on this occasion. ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you, the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, would just celebrated his 60th birthday, mayor ed lee. mayor lee: thank you, and they

are brown, and thank you, everybody, for coming. -- thank you, mayor brown, and thank you, everybody, for coming. the years that followed the san francisco earthquake were filled with grandiose plans to rebuild our city. perhaps the best realize is the san francisco memorial -- war memorial and performing arts center. the ground was broken to build the war memorial in honor of san franciscans who had served during world war i. in addition to honoring those veterans, the memorial gave a permanent residence to the opera, the symphony, and eventually, the ballet. the war memorial and performing arts center has great historic significance, including housing, the signing ceremony of our united nations charter in 1945. today, we are making history

erosity and support of mr. and mrs. stephen bechtel. with a grant of $1.5 million -- [applause] from there foundation and in honoring charlotte and george shultz, we are that much closer to fulfilling the original vision of the war memorial complex, which was to include a moral right in his courtyard. as a small token of our city's appreciation, i am pleased to present to you a certificate of honor. i know it is not worth $1.5 million, but maybe the personality of me added with willie brown comes close. if i may present to you, on behalf of the city, our great

certificate of honor and a gracious personal thanks for your contribution. [applause] >> it is very kind of you. >> thank you. mayor lee: the bechtels generously gave their contribution, and together with that gift, it is only appropriate that the war memorial trustees also decided to recognize charlotte and george by renaming this carriage drive in their honor. charlotte and george, for your dedication to both veterans and the arts, embody the war memorial's founding purpose as a cultural center and a lasting dedication to the men and women of san francisco who served our country. it is my pleasure to join the bechtels and the war memorial today by declaring today, may

10, 2012, charlotte and george shultz day in san francisco. [applause] but you cannot park that carriage freely in our city. [laughter] [applause] >> mayor lee, thank you, very, very much. it was just slide of two years ago -- i should say just north of two years ago, from the board on which charlotte served and the great inspiration was from a real veteran, a man who carries the title of general. he announced the arrival of the carriage just earlier, but more importantly, he cobbled

together a real idea that the veterans beautiful memorial must be complete and must be done. mayor lee, not only did the bechtels generously give of their own to this effort, but they did what we politicians love to do, and that is scilicet it from our friends, additional help. this project received the benefit of that great mailing list. i wish i could get my hands on it because it produced almost as much as they had given, completed the payment, and made the good general very, very happy as well as his board. ladies and gentlemen, words from steven that bill -- bechtel.

[applause] thank you. we still call you meier, don't we? >> you can, if he does not mind. -- we still call you mayor. >> thank you, mayor willie brown. it is an honor to be with you on this occasion. it is very appropriate to name a facility after george and charlotte. san francisco is home for many important people, but none made as great a contribution to our country as george shultz. charlotte has given great service to our city and our state. i believe all year extend a great thanks to them for their

great services to our country, to california, and to san francisco. i would like to complement our city for recognizing at them in this manner -- i would like to compliment our city for recognizing the - manner. thank you very much. [applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this dedication on behalf of our city, on behalf of the war memorial, dedicating this carriageway to be charlotte and

george shultz way of san francisco. [applause] horseshoe drive. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary george shultz and chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, the honorees. [applause] >> thank you, distinguished guests, my fellow board members.

nancy and i would call this a wow day, and it is a wonderful day. i was sitting here thinking that from my home town, mineola, texas, for willie, and board of texas, for me, i do not know whether they would have named a street for us there or not, but there would have been a problem because in both of those towns, there is only one street, and it has already been named main street. it is breathtaking to think that a street here is named for george and myself. coming in on the carriage, i rather like that. the surprise is i guess that they are giving us the carriage and horses? i cannot wait to arrive at the opera. mayor, do you think we should get some permits for the horse and carriage on russian hill?

i don't know. seriously, everybody knows that has ever talk to me more than a few minutes that i am passionate about these buildings. i have had the opportunity of being involved with the bond issues for the symphony hall, the restoration of the opera house, and, of course, the city hall, may gift -- helping mayer brown with that a bit -- helping mayor brown. it was said that the only thing that was not done when these buildings were built is the memorial for veterans because we ran out of money. have you all heard about that before? what happened is that writing in not on a carriage but on a charger was mike and wilkes little group because they came in leading the charge to raise

the money for this memorial, so they are certainly to be commended. and then to go out and get their army of people for money and, most particularly [no audio] and by the way, happy birthday, steve. it is his birthday today. [applause] it is a great honor to know that that memorial that will be here and this horseshoe drive will put its arms around a wonderful memorial for veterans who i know that we respect so much and admire so much, and this is a long-awaited, and we are so happy to be part of it. so, may i present my veterans, my marine, my secretary, george shultz. [applause] >> i want to second of all of

the banks that charlotte has talked about. -- the thanks that charlotte has talked about. most importantly, my great friend, steve. we have been pals for a long, long time, and i cannot tell you anybody i respect more and look to as a genuine friend. . [applause] i'm wearing a tie that ronald reagan gave me back in the primary days in 1979-1980, and it has a nonpartisan cinnamon on it. it says, "democracy is not a spectator sport." -- it has a non partisan sentiment on it. so get in. i have always felt that public service is a great privilege and a great opportunity, but no one serves more than the veterans served in the armed forces.

particularly veterans who served in combat. so i think it is so necessary and so inappropriate to finally have this special memorial here in this place. in northern california area, there are more veterans than in 48 of the 50 states. so this is hallowed ground for veterans, right around here, and i think that adds to the appropriateness of this place. but look at the setting. city hall. symbolizes the idea of government by free people. government representing, giving us governance on the basis of that representation. that is the idea we go out and fight for. and the veterans building there.

and then in this setting where if you listen closely, you can hear the wonderful, soaring music of the symphony. you can hear the arias and the opera and the grace and beauty of our ballet. in this wonderful performing arts, it gives us the soul of the treaty to the veterans, and it says that we respect you. we love you, and we thank you, so as a veteran myself, particularly if you have been in combat, you know how close you are, i want to say on my own behalf, thank you.

[applause] >> there are two or three people that we need to identify, george and charlotte, because they are here as part of the honor group, but they hold title. sheriff hennesey, just appointed by the mayor to run the department, she is here, first female sheriff of our city. greg sur, the police chief. as supervisor eric mar, who comes from the second super of the soil district -- no, first supervisial --supervisorial