thank you i'm pleased to have so many members of san francisco city family presented today this is an municipal building it is unusual for professionalism arts center to have professionalism art center complex that is own about the the city and san francisco is unique that f that regard i'm to name a number of family members that are a speaking role but recognize mayor ed lee the president of the board of supervisors the e steemdz supervisor president london breed and former mayor willie brown and mark leon 0 i saw carmen chu assessor-recorder i hope not to miss anyone else for the buena vista for the administration of those buildings

we have among naomi kelly the city administrator and other appointed officials i want to single out for special recognition the war memorial managing drooshgs ethically murray (clapping (clapping.) she has been the heart of the project and its vision for nearly 20 years i want to recognize san francisco public works city architecture edgar lopez and san francisco arts commission decoration tom deacon i didn't i want to significantly out public works veterans building pg&e tara relay la monday night (clapping) if beth were the heart of the

project tara was it's soul i'd like to acknowledge andy are you mellone and solace a project of this scope doesn't get accomplished without additional partners and i'd like to recognize a number of them on behalf of the san francisco post to the american legion a nelson the commander the integrity and paul chair of the american legacy war memorial commission (clapping.) also the project engineer ron hearing of simpson and hearing and bret and projector superintendent our general

contractor and cal builders (clapping.) again for particular footprint and thanks i'm grateful appears most of board is here the herbicides foundation board of directors the herb's foundation no 1977 that made the initial conservation from the non-theatre awesome what was to become the herb's foundation for the herb's theater the herb's foundation that go warn that step forward with a major grant to fund back stage facilities for the theatre i'm hoping the tours begin you'll take advantage to see all the art and groups that utility this building another important part i or

partner i want to recognize opera david and finally i'd like to acknowledge and thanks the herb awe civics advisory committee by peter which provided the creative thinking and funding for a new stage and i cubic shell that will be up here for music performs and make the acoustics in this hall improved after over what this have been the next speaker that the accomplishment of this rooms when the voters approved funding to repair the building of the equating the prerogatives were made for this project city hall was to be first and while it was closed down city hall offices compassing the

mayor and board of supervisors were rejected both the veterans building as a city hall progresses that became apparently that the voter had not had quit a grand a vision for city hall as willie brown and they ran out of money so the funds allocated for the veterans building were rerooted to finish city hall now promises were made that make up for the funding loss and nothing happens for many years but the city administrator at the time was the charger the city's capital improvement program committee and not a household name outside of city family but a dedicated civil servant named ed lee that appreciated the historic and architecture significance of all those service center buildings and it was ed lee that kept the

project on track during the lean years of the recession and he has been is champion as mayor may great honor to from a the great mayor of the city and county of san francisco edwin lee (clapping.) >> thank you pursue thank you tom for that wonderful introduction well, let me be very truthfully first of all, isn't that a beautiful building everyone welcome (clapping.) it is just gorgeous to be in here and the truth be told why i have a passion for this building because years ago when my daughters were in high school public high school at the started their own acting and writing organization it was called youth for asian theatre

like that and and they searched around the entire city patrol vehicle for space the plays they wrote could be acted out and blodz it came to herb's theatre and they did it standing still room only for their plays see all the parents prosecute lowell high school standing in the crowds and 33 their heads turned they realized how beauty of a planning place how could a place be made available for high school students to wrote and wanted to have are theatre plays in those moments we got to tell them what this place is all about and hundreds of thousands of parents and kids learned of the signing of the united nations charter and the japan

peace treaty of the history of events that occurred here and, of course, i got to tell them this is brown where i rjd for willie brown what it was a temporary city hall and the thousands of people that use the greenroom and all the meetings with the veterans held here the practice session with this and that group and everybody came to realize that was a special place so that when we did announce that we were going to make sure that this building that hosts thousands and thousands of kids every year for a variety of reasons would be the home of the arts commission and our grants for the arts, of course, our professionalism arts and still be made available to the people that want to have a world-class beautiful place that has got willie gold trimming and you should see the greenroom it is

green and gold you'd be so proud of that when but walk in that i the opportunity to take the thinking nonfiction of dollars that the board has made so confidentially open to the private sector to participate and i'm going took to join in tom's accolades to our department heads it and tyra proud of public works i spent many years there when we get to do a world-class building my do they put their best foot forward i'm prude of entire team they worked with sensitive construction company in fact, every one of those construction workers were not construction workers they are artists in this

building artists (clapping.) and i say that in the highest celebration of our arts building but your appreciation for arts but say it in combination will have our city and our country's defraction to the develops and going on theme of education and performing arts the city continues to be i'm proud of what they've done in so many ways the restoration of a very important building but more importantly i say this to you i'm proud of city and county of san francisco because it is the people that causes the events to be had and to make history in those buildings performances at the highest level and to look at each other

and say we will help you do better it is an occasion in which i will continue to be unbashful in announcing we will end chronic homeless for the conveniences by the ends of this year i promise you that that is what. >> deserve our veterans have a place (clapping.) this beautiful recorded seismic building is complimented by a most well-designed and beautiful memorial next door thanks to the councilmember justus charlotte and george you honor us here again, we all want to make sure that the history and the purpose of this this remains that it is history is secure for generations to learn, but that

we also have a present use that is invariable to the city of all the agencies that will be here and question think to have a beautifully designed wonderful practices for people to use for generations to come i'm more than happy about our capital improvement program and the people associated but we all you work together and all selflessly do our part and do better than the standard burritos this governments sometimes have and allowed to get well i don't understand those bureaucracies into working with the artists that have been here by way of every possible goal on this project was towed. >> including the use of local businesses that had an 18 percent they were at 23 percent by the ends of local talent

local people who love this building have been the great peace of rebuilding it to the standard we're proud i say thank you to everyone who was part of this let's celebrate by utilizing those building and sharing the creativity that is yes, he did. to come and i'm so excited to cut this ribbon congratulations, everyone (clapping.) >> (inaudible). >> thank you for your comments our next speaker the president of the board of supervisors

london breed who is the supervisor for district 5 the war memorial presize a supporter of this project since it's inception they recognizes the importance of that building the people's building to providing an affordable venue for small and neighborhood artists groups to perform and meet please welcome board president london breed (clapping.) and. >> good morning, everybody. san francisco is the most beautiful city in the world i will argue that point about everyone people come here from far and wide was because of our city landscape and the golden gate bridge and the crooked road are the painted ladies in alamo scare now with the completion of

that amazing facility in the service center area they will come here to visit our city hall. >> puc building one the greatest brown building the opera and the grand and the library and the artists museum we have one of the most amazing service center and now with the completion of that this it is going to make that area even more beautiful i want to thank everyone who's been involved in the project before public and private interest rates to making that project work i know that takes hundreds of people millions of dollars ever financing to bring together a project of this nature i was if interim when willie brown was mayor working out of this building it was dark and glom i didn't and now when you walk into the door it is light a

brooifrthd place not just because of energy efficient lighting but more importantly because of the how late built on the backs of those who fought for in country to make sure that every san franciscan, every united states of america acceptance has the right to live free and in peace we want to thank the developers today and those 0 who have severed our country and on behalf of the board of supervisors on behalf of the city of san francisco i want to rededicate this building to you for the work for the commitment you've made that you made with looechg our families and going to do what if intoxicate to make your country safe safe question enjoy our freedom in this country because you but that the skies and is work this building yes belongs

to everyone in the city it belongs to the artists it belongs to the kids and our public holidays and our high schools over san francisco but more important it is dedicated to you i can't wait to come and visit and see one the amazing plays and wait until the grants for the arts and other individuals move here and really feel this building with the spirit of love and happens with the spirit of what san francisco has to offer so thank you and i'm looking forward to seeing whatever o what else they've done and equilibrium to our new war memorial today thank you. (clapping.) >> (inaudible). >> thank you the public board charged that

the administering the entire cultural complex of the war memorial brufts we've had two presidents to lead this project over the last 4 years both have done exemplar work the next speaker is the current president of the board wiggles not only lead the board through the completion but structural raising the funds from private sources and implementing the design and creation of veterans memorial monument adjacent to this building an original plan for this complex but never accomplished until recently because the lack of funds please want the president of the abbreviating of the memorial wilkinson wiggling.

>> well, this is really an exciting day i am not i don't know if everyone realize the importance of this particular day but the war memorial bruno heights has been working on this project for 10 years for the record to prescription 2r to today and there were certainly times when we didn't know if it was going to reach this completion but here we are and i think it is very important for there were 8 members of the war memorial bruno heights here in the first round three of us i'd like the members in the first row to stand up (clapping.) yeah. and as has been said wherewith

the prior speakers this service center is an amazing place to invest and travel all over the world and then you come back and see our civic center and i think really after the quake the beginning of the resurgence of service center and bringing it back to its full luster certainly has to go to former mayor willie brown that somehow be found the funds he disappeared to build and put that that starts the process of what we are celebrating today and we are celebrating okay upon the reopening the veterans building will be a truly productive and multi fundamental building that will be a multi fundamental building

that san francisco, california be proud of it will house this will take place in this building and what will be housed here house 3 city departments the war memorial, the san francisco arts commission and the grants for the arts four public assembly spaces for used by a wide variety of organizations in this city 4 public spaces and 23 thousand square feet of office and meeting room for used by veterans organizations 23 thousand we're very grateful to private partners when have funded additional important improvements 2309s veterans building to make this day possible i'd like to thank the herb's corporation the board of supervisors for their $2 million grant to provide now and

upgraded back stage facilities much neatest look at the theatre itself it is a jewel i would like to recognize the san francisco opera who has invest 12 millions in private funds for the fourth floor improvements including two new performance spaces that will be used by the opera and available to other performances and activities and our thanks to the professionalism artists center organization to rebuild the certifying greenroom wait till you see that it is an absolute knock out today, you'll tour those renovated building but there is more to come in january 2016 san francisco art commission gallery the san francisco gallery which is the

municipal arts gallery opens it's 3 thousand space for local arts and in february 2016 the san francisco opera whether open a new diane b center for opera on the figured out floor and that's going to be a terrific space on behalf of the war memorial buena vista i'd like to thank the mayor, the board of supervisors, the city's capital improvement program planning committee and the department of public works, and san francisco arts commission their support commitment and efforts and making all this probable thank you. (clapping.) >> as a public works project the veterans building seismic upgrade project as managed and

excused by san francisco's department of public works and the war memorial is very grateful to them for the magic oversight of this complex site ami i'd like to introduce san francisco administrator naomi kelly (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone it is such an honor to be here today to be with mayor ed lee and the supervisor president london breed and general mike all the veterans i couldn't agree more with supervisor president breed it iss this is a beautiful this thank you for protecting our borders and keeping us safe clean sf. >> this is building holes a special placed in my heart you heard earlier from the buena vista tom honoring this was at temporary city hall i was hired

into the city and county of san francisco working for former mayor willie brown this was the place i met ed lee and first met intern london breed and then architect he edgar lopez and the first place i met my future husband harlan kelly (clapping.) this also is this building holds a special place i chair the capital improvement program the veterans is a critical achievement to the capital improvement program as one the capital improvement program top appraise i'll happening happen to see see long term and small financial planning is louse us to support this veterans building the war memorial building hfa happens to be designed by the same architect arborist brown as city hall as mentions heeler

this is especially we slshlt to citizen technology of this milestone across the street i sit new office across the street on the van ness on the for the last go years the honor of literally overseeing the project with that, i'll to take the opportunity to thank you. the mohammed nuru and architecture and carolyn i was watching i from across the street and the subcontractors when worked on this building mayor ed lee talked about how local residents worked on this building 33 percent that worked were local san francisco residents i also want to point out that 50 percent heinecke hours went to local residents i'm very proud of that fact thank you congratulation to edgar and team

yeah (clapping.) which one the day i called of edgar and get one a years ago during the construction it was so wonderful to see the attendance do detail they'll union street into perceiving it beautiful building as london and i, we looked the murals this is first time i saw the murals from the meeting and edgar was saying in detail they made sure they'll survivor an earthquake and the beauty of the artwork again, i want to congratulate everyone and looking forward to spending many, many hours grants of the arts is moving with with the artists commission we'll spent time attending the meeting and

continually honoring all our veterans so thank you. (clapping.) >> without the support of the next speaker is it so exceptional design and management team the veterans building project would not have achieved a high-level of success i'd like to introduce city architect edgar lopez and (clapping.) good morning, everyone it is an hour 80 honor to be here to acknowledge the design and construction team who made this project possible special, special things this ron hearing with others who lead the design team of consultants to achieve what you see today from public works i want to thank especially tara la the project manager who provided the leadership and

guiding the project and special thanks thirty to anna the special architect that led the architecture work they spent end lesless hours on the details that is complexity of the project making sure that happens they disfavor to be recognized as well (clapping.) so while the design teamwork hard to make sure that things went well, the big effort was lead pay the contractor they along with the 29 trade intrausht from roosevelt, steel, plastic and painting and so on put a tremendous amount of effort to make sure it is explicit to heist quality and you can attest to the fact they were very question of in speaking with the structural engineer in the week i was

asking what he was most proud of he said to me what he was most proud of the details and the effort that seismically uktd the building the amount of technology that had to be built both and make it a historic building all beyond the walls a safe building and it will be here for many generations to last and most importantly we're proud of fact that many parts the building were once covered are back to life you get to see the wonderful architecture that was designed, if any, the original architect arthur brown thank you to all we're proud of work and thank you for your hard efforts

(clapping.) >> now i'd like to introduce the commander the american legion eight district and former president of the war memorial nelson (clapping.) >> honorable mayor ed lee members of the board of supervisors, state and community officials buena vista president barb for the record and members of the buena vista and fellow veterans and citizens of this wonderful city of san francisco good morning. i'm nelson lum the thought of the american legion on behalf of the posts of american legion one of the beneficiaries of the trust under which the war memorial wleks was

created and many veterans organizations we want to express our appreciation for the undertaking and completing the difficult sxhefks retrofit we are well aware the necessary task surrounding the restoration of our historic building to its form glory we're guess was extremely challenging it is an arduous journal optometry levels but it is a shining example of what your city can accomplish as a military veteran that served our country for many cases fought wars we're honored to be able to occupy the building and share it with the arts community with the operas mask now spaces on the fourth floor and the flexible new art dwrerl the san francisco arts commission an is

first floor the city's capability to support the arts a leads there is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for our beautiful new space and we look forward to energy best wishes and congratulations and strengthening the veterans communities our membership treasures the concept of service to our country and service to the veterans and the broader community thank you. >> (clapping). >> our final speaker today is an extraordinary leader and an accomplished veteran who or retired major generally michael j (clapping.) generally mite served as the

president of the war memorial board of trustees during the renovation project his skills of diplomacy and take smoothed what was not often an easy road along with the current president bash for the record converts the veterans more like in the court for the dream to a reality he's brought much stability to this process and without his strong leadership i'm not sure we would be here today please welcome the former bruno heights major jay michael mite. >> i'm the last speaker i promise you i will not speak have long i guess it is good afternoon now ladies and gentlemen, today, we rededicate the war memorial veterans building as it says in the war memorial

trust agreement the veterans building is intended to honor the memory of the soldiers sailors, marines and war workers men and women who brought impeccable glory to california my pie splendid contributions to the winning of the world war the 1926 groundbreaking it was held for the war memorial complex in included a parade in the ferry building all the way up to the war memorial complex then mayor roth issued a application and a operation in you're going outline citizens to participate and attend the summers and then on 11 november the day of that year and more than 50

thousand people gathered for the openly summers the importance the war memorial veterans building can't be overstated this building is expression of guldz to all san francisco veterans for the freedoms they've fought for and protected through themselvesless services as a veteran i'm grateful to the city and county of san francisco for even constructing this great memorial to our world war 1 veterans and i'm again a great deal of to the city and county of san francisco for restoring and roanoke county, virginia the great building avenue 85 years and to honor all the san francisco veterans with such details and such care in perceiving this veterans

building for many generations to come overwhelm also grateful to the war memorial the buena vista for they're they've provided additional funding of $3 million to roommate upgrade and modernize the office of the meeting space for the san francisco posts of the american legion and the veterans groups the veterans building was dedicated to honor those who figure out and served in world war 1 on a hth anniversary of world war 1 we are rededicating this building to the san francisco and to thank and honor all the san francisco veterans thank you very much (clapping.) a

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stories for on opera. i was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. a friend of mine said well, what would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. why isn't it are that i have the support now we can do that. i realized that was something that wasn't being done in san francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in san francisco to have organizations well, i thought that was going to be our

speciality >> you create a conceptual idea for setting the opera and you spear ahead and work with the other sdierndz to create an overview vision that's the final product felt opera. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was very inspired to work with him because the way he looked at the key is the way i looked at sports looking at the daily. >> so much our mandate is to try to enter disis particular work there's great dancers and theatre actresses and choirs we've worked with and great video artists is a great place to collect and collaborate.

i had a model they have a professionally music yes, ma'am assemble and as a student i benefited from being around this professional on and on soccer ball and as a conductor i'd be able to work with them and it's helped my growth i had a dream of having a professional residential on and on soccer ball to be an imperial >> it operates as a laboratory we germ a national the ideas technically and work with activity artists and designers and video all over the on any given project to further the way we tell stories to improve our ability to tell stories on stage. that's part of the opera lab >> i was to investigate that

aspect of renaissance and new work so that's why this piece it is important it was a renaissance composer. >> there were young people that are not interested in seeing traditional opera and like the quality and it's different it has a story telling quality every little detail is integrated and helps to capture the imagination and that's part of the opera how we can use those colors into the language of today. >> so one of the great things of the stories of opera and story combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be

entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. >> that's what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know, really great you have to have both some people don't like it and some people do we're concerned about that. >> it's about thirty something out there that's risky. you know, disliked by someone torn apart and that's the whole point of what we're drying to do >> you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. >> ♪

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safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without

services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records

that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have

extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or

hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an

earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure.

>> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building

>> thank you everybody for coming to frick academy today and welcome. before we start the rest the speaking program i want to acknowledge elected afilthss with us today. first [inaudible] rob bonta who represents us in the california state legislature. [applause] if you are a oakland council

member please stand. [applause] school board member please stand. [applause] and next our friend from san francisco, i know you have stuff on the bridge on the way over but welcome. sfusd school board members, please stand. [applause] now it is my pleasure to wem come to the pedium san francisco mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> gladiators! alright! thank you very much for inviting me

to join your administration here and students. how is everybody today? welcome back >> student school. little late but bebeening of school time and didn't think you know you would have friends from san francisco visiting here. glad to be here and school board members to join. elected officials to joun your elected officials. when i see and look around and see the people i can stand with, wow, it is amazing. you know that congresswoman barbara lee? she is my sister! she my sister! we belong to the same family association. that's right. all of us in elected office generally

speaking i think there are moments in our time when we are struggling with a lot of decisions we have to make, but those moments where collaboration of many groups of people whether they are resident, parents, school board members, principles, teachers, advocates and kids, we all come together and make a decision together about what is good and when we make a decision that involves our business community, those are great moments. and today, is one of those great moments because we get to share with you something that we have been doing in the city of san francisco about 3 years. we got to work-first of all, if you know one of our companies in san francisco called sales force one of the most successful technology comps companies in the city and whole region. yes, world

wide. they do something in the clouds. about 4 years ago, mark [inaudible] sat down with me and asked me a question that i will never ever forget. you ever have those times where people ask a question and say i didn't know they cared that much. he asked me what do i really want to do, not what i'm obligated to do and having to do every day. fill pot holes and headache sure people are safe and make sure people get jobs and housing. what do you really want to do. in that couple hours conversation in his house and joined by lynn [inaudible] because she is a big heart in san francisco. thank you lynn. he asks me what do you really want to do and i got me to thinking, i got a good education growing up and

people helped me along to get me a very good solid foundation in education, i think that when youth and families succeed in our cities, our cities succeed. talking about both oakland and san francisco. we began on the path of what really was important to me and i think the best education publicly that we can provide for our kids and familys is the think thing i want to get and really most important. in that conversation, we identified and got in with school board member hide rumendoza and others to talk. hid ruis here and is my liaiz on through the school. board. richard [inaudible] our super intendant who is wide open with ideas how to help our schools and look at data and said, schools like yours today right here, frick impact

academy, middle schools is where we were most challenged so we began the middle school initiative and had the conversation and made investment, 4th year, 3 years later we got millions of dollars invested but much morethen am money is the collaboration with the principles because i want them to not have to reach into their own pockets. three years ago no middle school in san francisco was wifi. can you believe that? we had to correct that. we had to get tablets and training stof the teachers and had to do it in a way where the teachers said, mayor lee recollect what are you doing? you are not trying

to take over the schools are you? no, i'm trying to help the kids and families in our schools and the only way i can see forward in how to do it in the claberate thing is to say, what would bring each teacher and principle back to their very first year they decided to go into public education. because there are other reasons not to and sometimes those reasons pop up every day. too challenging and people not paying attention and the state and cutting luft and right. if we listen to every principle and all the teachers in the middle school tell us what they needed to be successful help the kids advance and list toon the super intentdant what the data is telling us. math and science. by the way, the jobs just a few years athround

corner, depend you have a better stem education. science, technology, engineering, math. so, all of that catalyst comes and 4 years later our 8 graders are performing the bestz and the urban school district is the best. our middle grade teachers and principles are at the top of the their feeling and they feel it. they feel it. [applause]. this is something we got to share with oakland. because if oakland succeeds san francisco succeeds tooment it happens both ways. we are not a island in the city, we are a regional partnership. barbara knows thatd, congresswoman lee knows that. we as elected officials know that. this investment is more than the money, it is about believing in our kids and as i share with your mayor,

because what companies like sales force want to really do is be more than just a successful company, they want to be partners with government. partners with parents. partners with other companies. partners with the school district because we want to not find our talent, we want to grow our talent. and your growing as a talent we'll recruit from each and all of you, you will be talent i'm looking for. we are look frg a police chief, a fire chief, a department head or ceo, or any of the great jobs that you can think of, you're the talent pool we want to invest in and you're our investment. i want to say that is how we approached this middle grades initiative that now today we get to wonderfully share with the city of oakland and want to

take the opportunity to introduce you to your own mayor, someone who is tremendous colleague of mine and inspired me in san francisco to do better and that is of course, mayor libby schaaf. [applause] >> oh, wow! now, i am so proud to be the mayor of my home town, oakland california! and in honor of sales force, we did something in oakland we don't usually do, we ordered clouds. get it? cloud computing. joke. [laughter] mayor lee

brought his weather with him from san francisco. seriously, i'm so excited to be the mayor of your city, of your city. frick students. let me talk in very clear specifics about what is happening today because i want you all to remember this day. sales force is supporting the san francisco public schools for 3 years now. this is their 4th year. but this is the first year, the first year they have brought that support to oakland as well. [applause] when i say support, do you all like money over here, young people? [cheers] when i say support, i'm talking about 2 and $2 and a half million 2 and $2 and a half million.

[applause] and i just want to recognize that is on top of some personal support that mark and lynn have been generously giving to this community and particularly its children. i want to recognize the head of our incredible ucsf childrens hospital in oakland burt lubeen is in the house and also the generous gift to the brilliant baby strategy of the oakland [inaudible] i will talk about in a second. what has the $2.5 million done it allowed us to reach 4 times as many public school student with computer science instruction. it is allowing us to bring this very innovative program called, blue print that will be give small group instruction to bust out your math skills. anyone have mad love for math over here?

[applause] i love people that have smart at math. it will also give mrs. ruby who i heard made a big impression at mark's house when you came, it kill give her a innovation fund. because she is innovative and we trust her to just do great things with it. i want to be clear, this level of support is not just for frick, it is also going to benefit brett heart middle school, life academy and colosseum college prep academy in oakland. [applause] the last thing that this investment is doing is opening our first oakland promise middle school fuch were centers. [applause]

i have here two of our fabulous ambassadors for the oakland promise, valen tina and cynthia adams from naacp. the oakland promise-i want you to know about this because you are the first been fish areas of this. we know this will triple the number of oakland student who graduate from college prepared for the career of your dream jz don't do this like other programs programs like a college scholarship. we create a college bound culture from the moment you are born. from had moment you start kindergarten. we will give college savings accounts at the earliest years but we need to touch young people at critical moment of lives to tell them we

expect you to finish high school and to finish college. we are here to put our money where our mouths are and say, we will provide you with the resources to do that, with the skills to do that. your whole community is behind your achievement here in oakland. [applause] so i want you to know this man right here, he created a great company but he knew it was important to give back and so because of his sales force, not only are we quadrooping the number of students getting computer science instruction we up the mact sfruckz and opening our first fuper centers in the middle school frz oakland promise. these are career and college hubs where student get to tour colleges and find out

about thaur options. why you need to stay and do well in school because of the fantastic future that is in front of you. alright. now, i also just want to recognize that this is part of a new regionalism movement. now, i want you to remember this day not because of $2.5 million, you need to also remember it because more valuable than the $2.5 million hch what is more valable than money? love is more valuable than money and more valuable than $2.5 million is sales force employ ease will give you 20 thousand hours of volunteer time. [applause] nothing is more valuable than that. i want to give a quick shout to the oakland police department mentors who are meantering in

this school. that is love. i want to give a shout out to one of your most distinshuished alumni, a tony, tony, tony fan, mr. dewayne wigans the house and graduate of frick. if there is one thing to remember we can accomplish great things when we work together so you heard mayor ed lee talk about how well we work toorkt, this is regionalism. sale force recognizes we can't just help oakland. this is a incredible region you live in. there are the amazing career opportunity in the world right here. he isn't just taking care the city where his company is, he knows oakland is part of his home too so you are part of oakland and bay area region and somebody

who is a incredible cus toneian and leader in the region, she speaks for me and that is fabulous congresswoman, barbara lee. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, good afternoon gladiators! let me just say to you first of all, you all are awesome. [inaudible] your teachers, so are your board members and city council members. but it is because of you that we all are here today to absolute you and to absolute mark and absolute all of our leaders who are really making your futures secure. let me take a moment to thank ow mayor, schaaf. she has shone all us her first priority is children and young people so thank you libby for

staying the course. budgetary constraints you are her priority so it is a honor and pleasure to be here representative and my mayor and by brothers mayor. mayor ed lee. good to see you on this side of the bay. thank you to your leadership and super intendants. give mayor lee a round of applause. our super intendant and mayors have emphasized the importance working together. many of the gladiators ask me if i know president obama and i told you yes. many of us here know the president but you know what, more importantly he cares about you and your future and he championed computer science for all, which we will get past and done on your behalf. yes,

president obama lovers and cares about you and cares about future. i cochair tech 2020 and we are working with mark and sales force to make sure stem education and what you need to prepare for joboffs the future you have now. we have tothank everybody for their commitment and investment not only at the local and state and national level but the private sector and all our foundations. especially let me talk to you just a little and want to share about mark with you because he is the ceo of sales force and head of sales force: my communication staffer used to work for sales force and was well trained and now works for

me so thank you mark very much. mark is really made this project possible because he is someone who understand the importance of community and empowering student to succeed. committed member of the communalty and has been for many years. many have seen oracle so he was with oracle and applied skills and successs to make our community safer and healthier and more equal. this started of course oracles promise which is a foundation to bring technology into schools so all children have the vital computer skills, all of you, the computer skills to succeed. mark learned quickly this wasn't enough to just start a foundation. he inventioned something much bigger which you heard about today, but it is a company where giving back wasn't a afterthought, but it is a port

of the overall mission and principles. when mark founded sales force, he created and [inaudible] told me about this it was a one, one, one, model. that means, committing one percent of equity, one percent of employee time, and one percent of product. to sever you and the community and that was visionary and far reaching and want other companies to do the same thing. mark, give mark a round of applause because he is a visionary and trend setter and we know because we work with him and other companies and know how advanced mark is making sure all of you have access to equity and to employee time and to the product. mark doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk. personally and professionally. also, of

course you know our beautiful -ucsf [inaudible] childrens hospital in oakland california, my children used it go to childrens hospital, now it is [inaudible] childrens hospital which you have the privilege to use when you are sick and it is a great hospital and thank you bert for your leadership with that. we really appreciate it. [applause] we have seen mark [inaudible] doing wonder ful work in san francisco but yes in oakland also so we want to welcome and greet you to east oakland to our gladiators school and to a community that deserves this but more importantly want to thank very much for helping make the dreams of our gladiators and so many others come true. give mark a round of applause and thank you again.

>> let's hear it for congresswoman lee. that was awesome. well, how are you guys doing? are you bored yet or still have your attention? how are the taco trucks is that a good idea? alright. first of all, i want to thank you for coming here today for this incredible event and also want to thank all the sales force employees i see including rob acer. will all the sales force group employees stand up and be recognized? we are happy to have all them here. [applause] you know, sales force employee means you get to come to frick middle school, it also means you go to a lot of middle schools because you get 4 hour as month paid to go to the middle school, sish days a year

paid time off to be with 24 kids and all 25,000 sale force employees world wide get the 6 days paid off for volunteerism. that is something we came up with and why i'm so excited to see so many here. we also decided to make sure we get technology and products and the things you need to be successful in this forth industrial revolution going on and that is why we are giving another 8 and $8 and a half million and it is all most $25 million to the schools. it is really just the beginning. [applause] because what we want to do is make sure that all of these great middle schools here in oakland and in san francisco are the best middle schools in

the country. [applause] now, there is only one question, are you guys ready to be the best middle school in the country? [cheers and applause] i think you have tobe a lot louder. are you ready to be the best middle school in the country? that is all we want. we want you to be the best school and have the best education and to get on the road to success. i'll tell you, work wg mayor lee and work wg mayor schaaf and super intendened coronsa and [inaudible] congresswoman lee and all the people here, that is all we want. we want to make sure that you have the best education possible and just as libby said, we want to make sure that you also get off to college and graduate and have a great career. and then we want it you to come back and

make oakland even better and san francisco even better. you may be surprised to see the mayors of oakland and san francisco here. the super intendantf ooakland and san francisco here and i'll tell you why that is. you cannot have a successful san francisco without a successful oakland mpt that is number 1. [applause]. and so as we are planning this, it has been a pleasure to have these great principles of oakland like dee tie and all the great principles of san francisco coming together, sharing best practices and saying we can work together to create better schools and that is what this is all about. so, it is another step on the journey that is what is exciting and think everyone add soles force knows how committed we are and this program is very successful. the test scores in san francisco are up, attendance rates are up, am idal schools are stronger than

ever and that is what weit is all about and do the same in oakland and we are deeply committed to all of you and deeply grateful to everyone who came. thank you for being here and can't be more excited to take the great next step for all these great schools. thank you. [applause] >> thank you mr. been off, mark, thank you for your commitment. my name is [inaudible] serve as super intendant of san francisco unified. superinant [inaudible] i was making sure you are paying attention. just making sure. we don't have a rap for you. check out this rap, so 3 years ago, this industry leader came to us and said, we are going to tell you what you are going do and give

you funding for it. what he did is went to the principles and our mayor and to super intendant and sat and said what do you want to do. the outcome is you have to be the best school district in theination what does it take to get there and it was a conversation that developed and we are so forninate that we now in year 4 of our relationship and partnership with sales force and by a long shot, one the best parts of that relationship is our sales force employees that spend time in the schools and classrooms. all of the students here today, and i want you to listen to this for a minute. when the going gets tough and you think why am i in school i want you to look at super intendant wilson. i want you to look at super intend of san francisco because i look like some of you. [speaking

spanish] i didn't speak english either and now we get to do this thing be super intend squnts educators. look at your mayor who didn't grow up in a silver spoon and community advocate and congresswoman. we want you to to center what we didn't have. i have one more day on the job so i can say this, what mr. ben off and sale force is doing is change california education because until the state ofical considers public education as a investment rather than a expense, think about that, rather than a expense we have to do but think of public education in the investment in the future workforce and technology of our great state, until they do that and think about that you will have

luminaries like mark ben off and others that say we get the bigger picture. by our very very humble investment we will allow you-let me tell you what happened in san francisco, we developed a pre-k 12 computer [inaudible] you will hear talking about kindergarten code, we want computer science because that is who mr. ben off will hire. computer scientist who can apply the math and science. we reduced class sizes and bring parents together and able to createi labs, the principles who is leading a revolution in a middle school, the namesake of which gets me shokeed up, martin luther king middle school principle michael [inaudible] they pooled their

money in in the private industly you can be innovative and some work and some don't work. in public education because hof the scrutiny and accountability for the public dollar we don't get to try thing jz say they won't work. bhaut this investment has done is given the principles and community the tublt try stuff out and when they tried stuff out lots worked. the innovation lab and maker spaces and pooling the money and creating welcome centers. creating classes student can take internship jz go into the workforce and see i can do this work too. i 92 ed to apply myself in school. that is the game changer for us and here to tell you my brother jz sister in oakland, there is no way we can be successful in san francisco if you are not absolutely hitting it out of the park in oakland. we are with you and we already collaborated on our common core

math implementation and doing things better, we are diagnose things different and where across the state of california people say what are the people in oakland and san francisco doing with math instruction. we have the proof that it is actually teaching kids at a higher deeper level so take that. [applause] more than anything, what i want to say to all you here and especially mr. beenoff because you don't find corporate philanthropy that takes time to listen, i want to say thank you for listening and investing in our future, thank you for investing in those people that come to work every day with nothing but the best intentions for rour o urxhern rchlt my brother from another mother, super intendant an twaun wilson. he knows where you have been and will show you

where you can go. my last comment before i turn it over to the man the hour because we are in his house. thank you an twaun for inviting us in your district. i want to introduce interim super intendant [inaudible] thank you for stepping up and taking on the responsibility for us. [applause]. in case you want today know, he is also related to congresswoman lee and mayor lee. just spells the name a little differently. it soofamily affair here. i want to say oakland stay strong, stay proud and stay learnen and san francisco like tony bennett said, you know where my heart is. here is super intendant an twaun wilson. give it up, this is your super intendant. let's hear it! >> good afternoon frick impact

academy. how are you doing today? i will tell you i will be brief. i know that will help you. i know you are excited to go back to doors and get to learning. i want to say a few thank yous. i want to appreciate marx and sales force and all the employees. you can be doing anything but you chose to invest in oakland and be here and be support said for our students and examples for the students. thank you. it makes a trumendss difference in the district. i appreciate the mayor and city. i it think is important it the future the city rests in the young people and investzment in young people. it is important to actually act that out and have the mayor invest in oakland promise and say do everything we can from the moment young people are born to the moment they get a successful career. that is putting the actions with the lip service and say we

believe it can happen and we will do something about it. the mayor has invested and raised money and had council members do the same. appreciate our school board. school board saying we want to do more. what we have been doing isn't good enough. we are pleased with the fact we made progress we need to go faster. we need to do more which means prur sue every opportunity and this is making sure student have access to the best that is available. it is really exciting to hear mark say we want to make sure there is among the best districts in the wrurld because that is exactly what we need if we provide young people with the opportunity to be successful. i want to appreciate the school leaders because after my conversation with mark he asked to speak to school leaders and i knew when he met the school leaders he would see this is a place to invest and leaders and

talented and believe in the young people. they are also leading a group of teachers, educations and want to appreciate the teachers. both for your rapping skills [applause] and also what you do every day coming in and making a difference for your young people. i was here before the start the school year before you were here getting ready for the start of the school year and appreciate that. just a fewthis i want to share and turn to impact and that is real numbers. we talked about computer science, the impact, it is making a differerance and important to understand this, to do well in computer science you need to not be afraid and step into the classroom and raise your hand and not with aeroeif you have the answer correct and say this is what i think the answer is and why i think it st. the answer. in order to do that you have to

have investment and support. in oakland, this year, going from this year to last year to this year, we have 2853 secondary students enrolled in computer science. laest year there was 685. [applause] what this investment will do is help accelerate that number because investment in middle schools. this year middle school 621 student enrolled in computer science, 4 times the number of last year so excited about tha. that will allow the investment in the schools to accelerate the work and we want the outcomes sf has seen. increased graduation and achievement and see the student graduate and go to college so take advantage of the center up stairs and the tutoring here and to help you tutoring model it

says the tutoring parents pay for we want to provide in the school day and that is what had is happening in at frick. as i close i want to say this, if we are successful and take the vest ment in young people. investment of time and dollars. it takes individuals willing to say i will do more and i will get involved. what i would hope will happen is the people come and see the enthusiasm and take a tour and see what is happening and visit others school and say we want to make sure california with super intendant [inaudible] i appreciate richard so much because he is a tremendous collaborator and sf. we want to make sure what he said is true and that is that, the whole state sees investment in education as its responsibility. among the top per capita countries and

nations in the state. there is no way we should be in the bottom states in education funding and this investment here is a a example saying this is what we do to change that. thank you. [applause]

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