corner after we cut the ribbon it's interesting the murals you'll see the washgs families of san francisco the men and women who built the fabulous city so it's fitting we saved our best for the last a man who was trying to put more jobs in the marketplace and trying to build the sustainable committee our fabulous mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you mark for your wonderful work and the rec and park department good afternoon it's great to be here at coit tower i've learned carefully while i'm late an $8 billion contract we've got to spend time to balance it out so i do want

to several say thank you from the community representatives to the artists the mural restorations to rec and park commission staff and the art commission and the wonderful artists who've gathered to honor with lilly hitchcock coit that started to pay contributed to the sacrifices and the city a what it's all about i want to say thank you. again we have another opportunity in june to further that contribute by restoring our water. system with our firefighters and police department we continue to do that with prop a but today is about this wonderful tower i was reminded how everything came together whether the money or artists or the planning with the activists with the blending of a

great small business that would operate here and balance that out and try to make sure that people have an experience with the restoration of the elevators i know it was a relatively easy conversation with the board of supervisors particularly with leader supervisor chiu because i only reminded them of a place to it can our significant others to get hitched my once this became the iconic symbol it was very sees easy to convince everyone you know what i'm talking about coit tower is special because probable one of the most beautiful sightings every convention visitor want to say find out what's happening and with the event we don't want to

distributor the sensitive neighborhood people have made significant environmentalists and honor the balance with a great vendor but also the restoration it is so important. those are historic lieshgdz in the city they mean something to generations of people we have the privilege of reintroducing them to kids and generations of our own when you look at the murals you'll understand what it is that history is delicate and important a remembered of the great depression but the diversity of the west coast and san francisco we need to deliver those stories again and again so it's my privilege to hip of help kickoff the restoration and, of course, celebrating this with a free ride through i love going

up the stairs it's a free elevator ride today, it's a rare opportunity eyes e otherwise it's going to cost you 7 bucks you think today is a wonderful celebration there's so many to celebrate for this landmark and continue to be a landmark and when you're coming from the east side of bay north side or on the water or from our roads along the city you'll be looking at this great coit tower we need to remind people ate a vast community effort that comes into play that's lead by the honoring of coit and the families history but you taller than and honor everyone else a that's made this city a great city now that norman has blessed this places

let's cut the ribbon and welcome everyone to this wonderful restoration thank you for being here today (clapping.) we'll be cutting the ribbon gown down in front and lunch on the other side >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> yeah. (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's

for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought.

food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks >> we're giving a prude of our to give people the opportunity to get an education. people come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. all the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in >> what's the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought higher education is the tool to move young people. >> i'm also a college student i

go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college that's 40 percent hire than the afternoon. >> i'm politically to clemdz and ucla. >> just knowing we're giving back to the community. >> especially the spanish speaking population it hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give food in san franci

just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities

gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and

congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them.

>> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us the food they're happy that no

of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to back lots let's take a look at the food and community bonding at the free farm. >> my idea was to start growing food and giving it away. and getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. we were all divorce and as part of our philosophy of working

together and working together. >> what's the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. >> well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away it's giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you it's primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. >> now serving number to 49 come on down. >> we have the capability of producing this food and in san francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea we're capable of prougdz food in our own backyards we're here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for

free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. >> we build time together and it's the strength of any ideas of the connections we'll turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money that's the people power. >> in this episode we've seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by

donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment it's truly

>> this coffee memory i remember

having coffee with any grappled. in the old days myelogram ma get together >> i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where

do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost

because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the

community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it

people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪