abused, but it has impacted their lives and how many people in this city, in this society have been deeply, deeply affected? yeah -- have been deeply affected by domestic violence? and so it is so important to talk about it. and not just to sweep it under the rug, or quietly take care of it. we need to be talking about this problem, because that is the only way that we're going to put an end to it once and for all. so let's keep fighting! thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, so much, scott i want to acknowledge a few senior officials assessor-recorder carmen chu is with us today [ applause ] and if you might hold your applause, we also have list liz and jackie and police

commander greg and adult probation chief karen fletcher, if we could give them all a big round of applause. [ applause ] i also want to thank mayor's deputy chief of staff paul henderson and our budget analyst laura bush who joined us today and chief fletcher asked me to make one quick announcement to save the date for friday october 28th, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the adult probation department is supporting veterans and survivors of family violence from trauma to healing from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and please join us there. i would like to if any introduce the deputy health director at department of public health and please help me welcome dr. chan. [ applause ]

>> thank you emily. i just want to spend my five minutes just giving a little bit of the data that reflects supervisor wiener's and the mayor's sentiments about us coming together. the mayor's sentiment and also the underlying prevalence that we all know is in san francisco and most of us know that the prevalence one in three women have been victims of intimate partner violence and in san francisco we know among our most vulnerable women, those in nine-months of pregnancy, there is a wide disparity in ethnicity, as well as socioeconomic class. so amongst those who are most stressed, those in poverty. the prevalence is 11%. that is about three times higher than those who are not in poverty. so that really speaks to the increasing gap between the

haves and have nots in san francisco and what that does to all of us. i'm in public health and i'm a pediatrician and tell you this issue profoundly affects women and children. this prevalence of domestic violence experienced by low-income women and women of all classes, causes an increase in coping and reactive behaviors and that is why we have this link in intimate partner violence causing a four-fold risk -- increased risk in drug use, five-fold risk in depression and of course, increased risk of suicidality and it affects babies too. women who are experiencing intimate partner violence are three times more likely to have a baby born pre-term or low-birth weight. so this all attributes to

life course of consequences in child abuse and neglect and drug addiction. but there is hope in the health community and research we now recognize and understand that your interventions are aeffective. primary care intervence and community-based interventions are effective and it's more and more important that we come together, integrate our community programs and health services. so that we can better address this issue as an entire community. one great example is that our county hospital led by many of you advocates, and internal medicine physicians, dr. lee kimberg, who has received a federal grant, the arise grant. that really builds upon the partnership of san francisco general hospital, ucsf, bay area legal aid, la casa, against violence and trauma

recovery center to provide integrated screening, counseling, quality counseling, and effective referrals to all of the women who go through our county health system. so this type of integration we feel is very promising. it's a national leader and it's becoming a national model of how we in san francisco can integrate our services better to serve our most vulnerable population at their most vulnerable times. thank you very much for all you have your service. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, dr. chan and i want to acknowledge kathy, who is here representing sheriff vicky hennessey and our assessor-recorder carmen chu would like to say a few words. >> thank you, i serve as san francisco's elected asesor and i'm so honored to stand with beverly and with you, emily and all of our community partners to bring awareness to domestic

violence. my comments will be short. when i stand here today i see how wonderful it is to see over the 100 people here all behind us, but also in front of us. who came out because they understand just how important this cause is, to bring awareness. and i know that here we have 100 people already who know that they can each play a role when they see domestic violence happening, or they are worried that domestic violence might be happening, that they are going to do something. that we all take a pledge to do something about it and to make sure that our loved ones aren't suffering alone. emily was just telling me there are a ton of resources that are available and listed on the department on the status of women's website and encourage everyone who cares about this issue to please take a look at it and if you know anybody of your friends or any of your family who is going through something and not ready to take about it, please be a shoulder and please share with them all

the ways that we might we able to help them. i think that is the only way we're going to end domestic violence with that, congratulations emily on your tireless leadership year in and year out [ applause ] . >> >> thank you carmen and i want to next introduce carmen chung and gabby, high school seniors who participate in the young asian women against violence project of the community youth center. let's give it up for carmen and gabby. [ applause ] >> hi my name is gabby. >> hi, my name is karlen and we're from the leadership program called young asian against violence. we dedicate -- it's a program dedicated to positive empowerment and development of api high school youth

young asian women in san francisco and to strengthen resilience, pride, healing and knowledge of young asian women to advocate for the end of domestic violence in our community. we educate about violence against women through creating and for thiating workshops and education creates long-term effect rather than a band-aid solution and enable using to create a foundation of change. >> together we stand in solidarity with the 15-year-old meadows who was incarcerated for defending herself and her family from her abusivefather and today is the day of her court hearing and instead of being given a safe space to heal she is being isolated from her community and loved one as she faced prosecution. it angers us to see one of our own peers for being punished for defending herself. >> why are systems that are supposed to protect us harming us? as youth, our experiences are often invalidated. we have few opportunities to speak up for ourselves. we are disempowered.

there are limited resources and space for healing and safety. and it's really rare for us to find the resources . . it} n a society where youth hold less power than adults we need spaces to be heard and four survivors to be visible and validated and providing a space for young women to share their ideas and experiences and create and opportunity to heal and grow from trauma. youth are capable, but we need a community willing to stand with us in times of need, rather than turning away. the end of the violence starts with us. >> we urge you to keep your ears open to the voices of youth. to keep your mind open, to learn. to keep your heart open to our experiences. we urge you to stand in solidarity to stand with

survivors of violence. [ applause ] >> thank you carmen and gabby, we have a whole crew here from community youth camp center. if you want to wave, i want to invite the sheriff's department to talk about the positive reapered of sheriff hennessey, please welcome dahlia [ applause ] . >> good afternoon everyone. again i'm davila the survivor restoration director for the san francisco sheriff's department and as i look out at all of you, i'm reminded once again how important it is for our community to come together to support survivors of domestic violence. i have had the honor in working in our sheriff's department for over 20 years, and proud to be in the position that i am as the

director of our program for the survivors. i would just like to take a moment to share how the sheriff's department has supported innovative programs for domestic violence survivors over the years and continues under our new sheriff vicki hennessey to not only provide those same services, but also we have enhanced them. many of you in the audience, i know, know about our resolve to stop the violence program, our rsvp program that was started in 1997. yes, it's been 20 years. and it's still here, going strong. but it was the first justice program that specifically worked with male offenders who have violence documented in their criminal history. particularly domestic violence and again, that program is still going strong today. in fact, with our court collaborations in 2015 rsvp participants that were in

custody for domestic violence increased 93%, which was a substantial increase from 2014, which was only 20%. the sheriff's department also has our out of custody community programs utilizing the violence prevention program man alive, which is used in both our community programs and in custody programs. while we do need programs to hold offenders accountable and to give opportunities for them to change their behavior, we need to equally and more so provide services for our survivors of domestic violence. the san francisco survivor restoration program which i have been honored to be with over 20 years, provides services for survivors through their own process of restoration, empowerment and providing opportunities for them to contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of all the key components of the program. as we know, as we all know the importance of having survivor voices at all of

our takes. tables and we offer with our sister community agencies many of whom are here today direct crisis services through the response program along with our empowerment groups which is under our survivor empowerment program and i would like to give special acknowledgment to my staff here and my team, that together with their fierce advocacy in 2015 as we supported 65 survivors who obtained their visas and six granted political asylum and permanent residency and db survivors graduating from our empowerment program. our newest program in the sheriff's department is our survivor in custody program. a reentry program that we make contact with incarcerated survivors of domestic violence, and provide resources which are

trauma-informed and culturally-responsive to the many challenges that they face. these services are also provided for our incarcerated db transwomen, stalk and trafficking victims. i will just end with this quote, one of my favorites from helen keller, that i love and it's just simple as to say," alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much." and when i look around with all of the agencies here, and the hard work in changing our systems together we can definitely make a change. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much, dahlia. i just want to acknowledge a couple of staff people who are here, alden from assembly member ting's office and i want to acknowledge the family violence counsel chair katy albright who here as well.

next up is the community education at las casa delas madras that opened as the first domestic violence shelter in the state of california and only the second in the nation. please welcome cara. [ applause ] >> i'm going to put this down, but i was holding the door to shelter. good evening, it's wonderful to be here with all of you standing in support of domestic violence survivors. over 40 years ago we began as a small shelter for battered women in san francisco and today la casa is still providing emergency services to women and children in need through confidential shelter and 24-hour crisis line. we also provide counseling, case management, support groups, a teen program and legal services at our jobs center on mission street

four of our advocates work as the only two women-specific supportive housing sites in san francisco, providing emotional and practical support to over 150 female residents. this partnership is entering its 18th year. la casa also had the opportunity to extend our support services in san francisco by providing targeted programming to specific populations alongside amazing community partners. i would like to highlight four of these programs today: first we're pard to be pard of zuckerberg san francisco gener hospital and la casa advocate is on-site to meet with patients that dispose instances of intimate partnership violence to their physician and providing danger and risk assessment, safety planning, grief counseling and resources and referrals. this individual will also provide training on intimate partner violence to health care professionals. second, funded by the

department on the status of women, co-located at san francisco housing authority. as many of us know survivor safety challenge is navigating the public housing system in san francisco. we work to ensure they have safe places to life and raise their families. our advocates at the housing authority also educate property management and support staff at housing sites across the bay area and to incidents of domestic violence on-site. third, there is say la casa advocate at 850 bryant street and follows up on police reports of domestic violence to provide the survivor with resources, referrals and support. and finally, as mentioned earlier, in partnership with the department, glide, will have a advocate responding

to all domestic violence situations. these four programs allow our staff co-located at the hospital, sros, the housing authority, hall of justice and bayview to provide advocacy, support, resources and referrals to survivors. survivors that are navigating complex processes made even more challenging by experiences of trauma. we're proud at la casa to be part of the first line of response to survivors of domestic violence and proud to serve as a continued support system to survivors on their path to healing. and of course, we're proud to be part of a community of organizations, many of whom are here today, working tirelessly to end domestic violence in san francisco. thank you. [ applause ] >> thanks so much, cara. i want to acknowledge the executive director of la

casa, kathy black is in the audience and we have another co-chair of the council is here and our last speaker is commissioner on the status of women, olgareyerson, our newest commissioner who joined us after retiring after a o-year career much of working as mayor lee's invaluable aassistant and please women the commissioner on the status of women, olgareyerson. >> thank you [ applause ] . >> good evening everyone. thank you so much for coming to this important event. we gather annually in october to recognize domestic violence awareness month, to celebrate how far we have come and to renew our efforts on what we still need to do to end intimate partner velocity. violence in 2015 the department of emergency management received 18917 calls related to domestic violence.

one in 13 violent crimes calls are family violence related and in 2015 domestic violence was the second most violent crime to which the police department responds. during that same time our community partners received over 21,000 calls to their domestic violence hotline, nearly three times as many as 911. this shows the importance of having multi-faceted response to domestic violence. many survivors may not want to involve the criminal justice system and so we must ensure that we open many doors to safety so that different systems can assist survivors of domestic violence to be safe. today we have heard from our health care system, and the wonderful work at the department of public health and san francisco general hospital and we heard from our community-based service providers who provide counseling, shelter, legal services and advocacy and we heard from our peer

educators who provide intervention services by working with youth to help teach healthy relationship skills and heard from our colleagues at the sheriff's department, who do not just house domestic violence offenders, but provide programs to victims and perpetrators of abuse in our jails and of course we heard from our city leaders who help ensure that we fund our public agencies and the commission on the status of women is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year from our earliest years we have focused on responding to domestic violence. the first program we funded was la casa delas mad res. as you heard earlier it was the first domestic violence shelter in california and the second in the united states. how amazing is it that we have gone from one $75,000 grant for one program to our

now over $6 million in funds to 27 different agencies? but our work is going on. in the past two years there are been four domestic violence-related homicides each year, two out of those four domestic violence homicides in 2015 involved guns. we cannot stop our work until no one is killed by an intimate partner. thank you for joining us. together we will one day end domestic violence. [ applause ] >> thank you so much olga. i want to acknowledge jeff the head of the department of homelessness and supportive housing, who has joined us. to close our event today, i want to introduce the ensemable that will sing a piece that fits to music a

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>> i want to bring up deputy chief of staff for public safety paul hendrickson for a very special unanticipated special announcement. paul. >> thank you, emily. how is everybody doing this evening? great [ applause ] i'm a little disappointed i wasn't asked to sing -- [laughter ] but i think there is a reason for it. that is okay. i just wanted to thank you guys, all for coming out here tonight. it's really important to do the work that we all do, and there are so many different agencies and individuals out here, representing the work that we do with family violence from the police department to the district attorney's office to the mayor's office, to the non-profit agencies, and really it all begins and it ends with community and the

fact that you are all here tonight is a big deal. you all saw earlier when the mayor was out here and he was presented with the big letter signed from all of the agencies that are funded through the city services. and whether when we went back into the building he wanted to make sure that i presented to you and you know that letter will be on the display in the mayor's office in room 200 for the next few weeks and this is something that i haven't seen done in past, but he was really touched by the fact that so many of the agencies came together to thank him and thank the city for its collaborative work to end domestic violence. so people that will be coming into this beautiful building and into room 200 for the next few weeks will see that letter, that many of you that are here tonight signed. and it will be on display inside the mayor's office. so thank you all so much for coming and being here. i would encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity that you are here tonight to

make sure that you make a record for yourselves. this would be a great thing if you stick around in about oh, i would say about an hour or so, you'll see the building lit up in purple to take a picture of that, to take a picture of some of the other speakers and your friends that you saw here tonight with your message and put it on out on your social media messages and facebook and twitter and linkedin accounts to know it's end domestic violence awareness month. thank you all for being here tonight. i look forward to working with you through the year with the mayor's office. [phra*-ufrplts/]. [ applause ] . >> i want to thank paul and the mayor's office and thank the domestic violence consortium and my amazing staff, policy director candell who came up with the idea of lighting city hall purple, let's acknowledge her. [ applause ] and i want to thank our

policy members for putting together all of these signs. and i want to thank everyone for coming out tonight. see you same time next year. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> really glad to have you here for this dedication ceremony for the new air traffic control tower at sfo we'll begin

our speaking portion and spanned a welcome to michael administrator. >> (clapping.) >> thank you very much and good morning san francisco and . >> morning. >> i'm delighted to be back in any home state of california and i want to begin by welcoming everyone who took time out from in their busy schedules to join us today what we're celebrating a significant milestone it is a significant milestone for the faa and san francisco international airport city and county of san francisco and for the millions and millions of travelers that pass there to at&t park every year it is undertaking and completion was the result of something unique a unique partnership i'm wondering talk about that in

just a moment before i do that i want to recognize some distinguished guests wave or you're all standing wave when i call your name alice if nancy pelosis office alex there he is. >> (clapping.) >> karen chapman for congresswoman aaron. >> (clapping.) >> okay kathleen deputy for jackie spier and, of course, my great friend the honorable mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> and mayor, i have to take a moment and thank you for eyes and ears to represent the u.s. conference of mayors as we look at the next century of aviation

my history with san francisco at&t park goes back a way to the 1980s and early 1990s when i lived here and executive director of port of san francisco san francisco is changed a lot since then and so has this airport those days you even though emigrate feeling when you come into that building you stepped into an architecture digest spread as stroll through certain parts of airport including the spot we're gathered in with this incredible view of the tower that is rising upright behind us here now san francisco has proven that infrastructure can be fundamental and eloquent at the same time as faa administrator i

objective find myself reflecting on the big infrastructure projects as much as how important that these investments are to our national economy and aviation and era space are 5 percent of the gross domestic product some 12 million american jobs that is working in the aviation and era space industry to say for those investments continue because they contribute to great jobs for american workers and help to insure that our transportation system is going to remain save and plea of for many, many decades to come i also find myself thinking about all the core graphed work into planning, designing and building those structures and i'd like to acknowledge some

of the groups who's close collaboration insured the process was moved and efficient and it was safe our air traffic managers and kroerldz and the national air traffic controllers association those people not only operate this tower but are involved in the planning and design and the functionality of this tower from the very beginning our technical operations managers the technicians and the professional specialist who are responsible for maintaining this facility in the infrastructure in it the project design built team architects and others and, of course, our faa engineering services personnel and the leadership right here at san francisco airport and the construction management team

now faa and sfo are not strangers to working collaboratively with one another in the last few years we've worked closely to improve runway safety and skis in more arrivals when the bad weather comes in not a problem today but this control tower to the collaboration to a new level what we added at the faa was a no air traffic control tower that met the schematic standards and which met all of our operational needs sfo wanted a tower that reflected the city its unique culture and distinguished itself from every other air traffic control tower in the era space system do you

think they've succeeded. >> (clapping.) >> now on top of that the structure had to be integrated into the existing airport terminals that is no easy feat in an air traffic controller that at&t park that has as busy and come pack as san francisco bus because of the unique circumstances the few agencies shared the costs of this project and in a striking departure from the faas normal way of doing busy 70 designed the tower and oversaw united states construction work while insuring the twoeb tower was built to faa specifications and so i really have to sweat shirt to the team here at san francisco airport that did a

great job. >> (clapping.) >> now this was a pretty ambitious undertaking neither of our agrees are used to doing business we're controllers we like to be in control. (laughter) so to make this collaborative approach work each of the agencies need to relinquish some of that control to the other now our engineering team told me earlier today when i was walking around the facility this approach - they didn't know there approach would have worked with any other airport authority anywhere in the country and at the is that the key to the success here at sfo was an exceptionally professional trust worthy and flexible partnering at san francisco airport i know

your to hell in a hand basket at tower that is 200 he 21 feet tall the cab is 6 hundred and 50 square feet and gives our controllers unobstructed views of airport runways and take ways contains sfpuc air traffic controller equipment a a host of green features that reflect the faa and san francisco's shared commitment to responsible environmental stewardship that reflects the similar culture of our two agencies we both embrace tough tasks and embrace pushing the envelope to see what we can accomplish when we see a challenge we don't not only try to that how we'll get it done safely and get it done

efficiently so i'd like to express my sincere thanks to all the remarkable people at the faa, the san francisco international airport and everyone who played a role no planning, building and outfitting this now tower the work you did and the work that you are all continuing to do is going to help make san francisco the safety, and the most efficient airport possible for many, many decades to come thank you very much >> (clapping.) >> thank you >> thank you administrator and now it's my pleasure to welcome the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) >> thank you good morning giants. >> yeah. >> this is a great day and i want to again welcome the

administrator michael who has a history with our city but he said it all it is he is absolutely correct i truly building and am thankful what we described the faa wouldn't do this with any airport you have to have the right team the high barrow to the 70 team and the faa team put together with interests, with the h n t b corporation and pencil phelps creating that team that had the faith and shared cost is incredible to have this new control tower done it is one that i know we're going to be proud of for many decades as the administrator said it sits between two airport

runways here the terminals between one and two and see iconic views at the top i've had the pleasure to do an unobstructed view of the entire airport that, of course, was ultimately needed in this modern facility it is modern not that radar system that will be able to get introduce any fog no matter how thick it is to be able to see the airport by the way, 16 million people coming every year with all the planes and the way we configured them the type this is have to be contingencies thank you to the air traffic controllers everyone for keeping our airport save everyday and flight everyday tight and we're not to be to be

expanding more runways we'll be environmental partners through the entire area and figure out outlet ways to increase the flight that want to be here in this great city and region he is to the entire team congratulations i say that you know when you think about this tower is in and of itself the way it is constructed and designed it is invite and creative it has the environmental sustainability and ultimately that i think it is iconic whether you think about it we've got iconic symbols in san francisco golden gate bridge, the accosting and the cable cars the way this was done i have to say in my own words this adds to the iconic facility our control tower and sfo now

another place people will come and see and marginal i can't wait to see it lit in orange congratulations, everyone. >> (clapping.) >> thank you, mr. mayor now, please welcome the airport correct of 70 i vary and thanks doug it was orange and been orange more than a couple of days and i hope in weeks it will be orange a lot of work and talent but thank you all for being here today that is really a wonderful event and it is 6 years in the making and it took such a collaborative partnership with the faa and with our design partners and construction partners that is a proud day for us i want to also

acknowledge some important people to our airport if i could vice president linda is here linda. >> (clapping.) >> >> thank you for coming it is wonderful to have you, you here and also i want to thank the administrator for being here that is a pleasure to have you here and show off our wonderful facilities thank you for the kind words and mr. mayor for our tremendous support as well and this has been such an amazing collaboration it took the faa as an organization to help to put 3 program together i'm appreciative of work with the folks bad actor in d.c. when we were developing that the local a v o office and the project staff that were completed and compassionate to

two cultures coming together that do something successful and something exciting for the safety off our airport area and someone i need to recognize our retired airport director john martin under who is leadership this project started and completed i know that john would be very proud of this accomplishment and worried about he could be here today but a tremendous lead for our airport yeah. >> (clapping.) >> and so you you know this is a significant day for sfo that is the launch of our new icon at the airport i think of if in the context of starting a new era in the transformation of 70 at the beginning of a $5.7 billion capital program including the

tower, excluding major terminal renovations and including a grand hyatt hotel on the airport and conveniences and amenities that continue to elevate us oas world-class airport for the next 5 or 8 years will be tremendously existing this tower is truly special for the airport the collaboration and the partnership was tremendous from day one and i think the trust that the faa showed in sfo that we could deliver this successfully was a wonderful acknowledgement of what sfo can do as a team and airport i think about the innovation of this tower that is you'll notice some interesting features including the offset design it gives great viability for the the air traffic controllers and the schematic destine it is the first vertical concrete did i get it right jim

- concrete structure in the us that withstands a 8 point plus earthquake following events and also the new technology going into they are with the runway status that will be part of safety features of this tower and so you know this is an if a of a tower reflecting a seamless ambitious engineering and operational excellence with iconic design and been a recipient of a number of awards and recognized from the architecture industry and it is showing so much how we deliver projects as an airport and our core security of our airport engaging in a partnering collaborative project delivery process also a thoughtful integration of public art look

over there. >> thoughtful integration of our art into our architecture and a passion for the experience and, of course, that commitment to sustainability and i'm proud to announce this tower has received lead gold certification it is official. >> (clapping.) >> thanks mark. >> and so with that, we're very proud to have another iconic symbol providing a beacon of safety for the people of the san francisco bayview and around the world that's correct so much important being here. >> (clapping.) >> thank you i bar. >> our next speaker the president of the professional airways specialist please

welcome mike perry iron. >> good morning professional aviation specialist we changed our name because safety is very, very important in the past as to the faa and to the underlying public that's what we do and do that well your folks behind the scenes they make sure that the arborists have the except up upcoming in bad and good weather 24/7 and have to maintain the existing equipment all the powder of the airport is equipment has to stay upcoming while we're getting this new tower upcoming a double workload do it well, that's what we do best i want to applaud everyone the administrator folks and the air traffic controllers everyone got together to do this and sfo

it was unique and done differently than in the past i got an opportunity to visit the tower earlier today as you may know it is a model like i said decades to come people will be looking at this tower and say what a great job and it is important we continue to move forward modernizing the air traffic controllers system to keep it going safely and smoothly day to day and the only time you notice us when those cameras see a problem and then we make the papers and television today is the day we want you to know the probation officer; right? the days you due hear about us folks and brothers and sisters in florida and the east going went through a traumatic hurricane

so one other note while i'm here in san francisco i'm routing for the giants. >> (clapping.) >> if you can't tell i have an east coast accent i'm a yankees fan now i'm wondering route for the nationals and see a banner up here san francisco giants are champion again so thank you >> (clapping.) >> thanks mike it is good so have one extra fan our final speaker representing the national air traffic controllers association. >> thank you administrator for coming out here an honor to be with you and with the navy and

stakeholders and building this no facility i'm proud to represent this is very important the only way air traffic controllers sit right now where the tower is 60 years old the original tower in 1954 was the beginning in 1981 that building was updated and the the record will so show gained a larger tower with the operation of equipment for safety today san francisco controllers handle one half million flight with over 50 million passengers in the tower we have everybody from aviation tours to the golden gate bridge and the boring 787 and is underlying the longest commercial routes in the world the new tower is 200 and 20 feet

at all thaurn the old tower maybe not a huge difference but the air traffic controllers a better view for arriving and depatching airport and it is to withstand a 8 plus earthquake without damage and survived the loma prieta earthquake the new tower is a between you testament to share the project and we're proud of partnership newcomers controllers fall within the management team from the design all the way to decide where to put up equipment everything is laid out in a specific manner for safety air traffic controllers technicians and managers in san francisco work together truthfully so

design a wonderful tower with cutting-edge technology and with surveillance capacity and radar included is a big deal touch screens display screens for the service that's the bottom line the new facility is not only better but better for the environment and mentioned earlier the facility has a led gold certification that levels very different difficult to obtain the tower is open twenty-four hours a day on behalf of the air traffic controllers station i want to thank all the hard working individuals and thanks fewer professionalism and dedication thank you >> (clapping.) >> thank you very much jerry. >> now it is time to turn on the new facility we've had

several the speeches reference those panels how led lighting tonight they'll be lit in orange it is difficult to see now but nevertheless, we are going to ask our administrator to officially turn on the lights if you turn on a big lighting you need a big switch in order to do this so we've got this large light switch and ask our administrator and mayor ed lee to give you a count down from 3 and ready to join me in the count down 3, 2, 1. >> wow. >> there we go. >> thank you very much for joining is we'll begin the

process of providing tours if you're interested in getting a tower of the tower cab see lynn and if everyone needs attire parking validated come to the front deck thank you very much for joining