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the more we stretch our hearts is the more we don't want to go back i'm honored to be given the opportunity to serve 4 more years i take the oath of office seriously and i want to thank you for believing in me but believing in our young people no matter the rates or the culture or the economic background or religious beliefs you believe too a young person is almost the satisfied person it means he he or she has going up and down gone from believing nothing to knowing nothing thank you for allowing me an opportunity to give back to a city i love 3 my mission is to thrive and do so
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with passion and compassion and humor and style i will lend with my fourth and final quote i've enter woven together spoken by our beloved poet mia using my love and respect for her work and supports four i have learned do go through life with a catchers admit on both hands you need to throw something back like our poet and 3 time world series and our golden state warriors i'll continue to work with passion and integrity and as a team player with her eye on the prize a trophy of hope a trophy of pride and success that deems
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with a strong foundation the right people and positive attitude anything is possible thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity (clapping) and this was beautiful thank you before i introduce our next commissioner, i would to thank you for the opportunity to recognize the notables in our audience with the black school educators is emily thank you for being here (clapping) a truly incredible partner with the school district our director of the department of children youth and families thank you mare are a a apartment of you
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ucsf students i'd like to briefly anyone that is here from the san francisco unified school district i would like you to briefing stand we have quite the attendance you will have you who work for sfusd and i'd like to recognize carmen chu where is carman our assessor how about a round of applause for carmen chu at this point i'd like i i'd like to recognize and invite to the podium the vice president of the board of education dr. murase (clapping) and good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> oh, you can do better than
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that good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> over the past year people ask why do i do this i'm working few times and have two children in school it's back to my father we lost him 5 years ago he is still with us tonight and born in 1920 during the depression the son from japan limiting dirt poor out of fresno by he would what can the $2 million to school evidence and did well in school he graduated at the top of his school and spelling the last name wanted to go to school he saw his us classrooms going to school but the folks couldn't do without his help on the farm
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he say his friends go to school he ran away from home that's very, very unusual he land at uc berkley and start his college career and the war broke out and the family e vashthd and prison camp in arizona he how the his college career was over but eleanor roosevelt helped to educate the jcpenney's of japanese-americans he was a long time professor in social we feel the reason why i do this work how many countries in the world can you go from a son of an cabinet dirt poor to a very, very happy professor and social work doing what he loved i believe that every one of our 57
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thousand students deserve this kind of opportunity i'm existing about the next four years i intend to work and a on they've expanded the periods okay. my students can't boo and strengthening our work program and making it possible for each of of the 57 thousand students to be college and career ready (clapping) so many people many, many people to thank those of you who helped me get here tonight and thank you san francisco voters and supporters my democratic women in action is here and rosa park organization is here so they've supported and guided me i wanted to
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acknowledge any school board president fewer and commissioner haney and commissioner maufas and commissioner borden and hydra mendosa and your guidance and support 0 throughout my first term i look forward to working with you all very closely in the third year i especially want to thank the newest member of of our school board family i got to know him on the campaign trail he's a great addition to our family (clapping.) so i want to acknowledge our superb superintendent and the slowly staff who do the hard work everyday if i could see a wave from the sfusd folks thank you, thank you, thank you (clapping) on the campaign trail i've talked about the republican sense i thank the superintendent
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but our mayor, mayor ed lee with the good advice of hydra mendosa to really brought together the city and the school district it wasn't too long ago this was a grand canyon agreement but to the leadership of the mayor we've grown in our partnership i also want to especially thank executive easter take care and deborah who worked so hard for tonight's event (clapping) i want to thank the judge who took time out of here busy schedule as she did four years ago and want to thank the tireless campaign manager one of the harder working people i've
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ever met (clapping) finally i need to thank my family to my husband neil who's better known as an iron chevy chief and my daughters for all the long nights and we understand i was on the campaign trail on the plus side i wasn't home to yell at you to clean up your room now i have more time so finally this, please join me around the corner at the bistro it's a block and a half away and again thank you thank you more good work to come (clapping). >> wonderful so one more commissioner that i'd like to invite up before i invite him up
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i'd like to invite anyone to clear your tuesday night but ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the stage commissioner anyone walling come (clapping.) thank you so much superintendent first want to give the honor to god for this opportunity i want to start off with an apologize i can guarantee you i'll forget someone's night but i promise you we'll recognize everyone that give support thirty to this campaign but to the students in the school district i wrote a letter i was remind by any daughter election night so grayish i want to make
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sure i do the best i can i'm going to read a list i usually don't do i want to start off by thanking my family alicia and the boys my mom and which were who have been my true support system and encouragement throughout any life i had children at the age of 16 and 7 we grew up together and watched me grew up my son couldn't be here by my daughter thank you (clapping) and so any be sister-in-law nick at the for being here my first time standing up publicly (laughter) i also want to and honor any mentor and to my grandfather who
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passed away he taught me through an education anything is possible i truly building that that is why you see me here tonight{sworn in and having the opportunity to fight for our students to margaret and tracey brown with believed in me from the beginning and encouraged me to run, in fact, tracey and i worked at the department of the families and she told me you're going to be elected to office one day 24 is through interaction and us working together you have to hear those words and see those words and know what people have in store to understand that this is there is value it to the things so tracey thank you.
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>> hi, i'm ryan a prlth letting project manager with the sfpuc working at the sfpuc is a fast-paced environment the puc is american people eye person so breath and depth allows us to work on allows me to move across
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my career path. >> fill the roadway. >> our unique projects is the heritage puc water treatment long-term improvement plant it's one of the largest projects i've managed and supervised to be successful as a project manager you have to be hard working and self-motivated and being adaptable is important because the construction it is very fabulous that get me up in the morning you're going to be project solving and seeing the project go to me that's fun, i like coming to
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>> good morning, everybody. welcome to beautiful delores park. this is a long time coming. back in 2008, voters approved a clean and safe neighborhood parks bond which allocated about $14 million to improve this incredible park. our goal together we are going to build the new dolores park that is going to be built to last. it is going to retain all of it's important features, all of it's historic qualities, all of it's essential beauty. but yet be built with the idea that this is whenever people come. >> we are going to be renovating all six tennis court's, replacing the basketball court with operations underneath so the staff has the ability to
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maintain the park. we are completely renovating the irrigation system and in addition to the operations we are building two new restroom buildings. this fund was part of the park renovation fund. we knew community was very supportive of a renovation fund. we engaged in a community process which we began with the park to do a detailed assessment of the condition of the park and very details conversation about what we can do in the park and utilize what we can. >> parks are where people can gather and where to relax and a lot of people in the city don't have back yards and this is where w