we do not normally -- we do not cooperate with those detainers and/or those requests for notification when somebody gets out. we also are giving people a lot of information on the front end when they come into our jails through the truth act. so we're required to do that. we're doing a lot of work in that area, too, in terms of giving people options when they come into our jails along with information on immigration resources. we do that as regularly too. so last thursday we got information that two i.c.e. agents had entered our jail at the seventh floor -- i'm sorry. 425 seventh street. they had signed in with their --

that they were i.c.e. they asked to see an inmate, and the deputy let them in. that happened again. they left that jail, and they went up to county jail four where they were also let in. this came to our attention, and we immediately took steps to make sure that all our staff understand and remember that i.c.e. is not allowed in our jails in order for administrative immigration purposes. i have an investigation going, an internal investigation going. in the meantime, we're reiterating this to all of our staff. we're doing work with everyone to make sure they understand this. we're in the process of making new sign-in sheets that are a little more explicit to why people are there and making sure this doesn't happen again. >> supervisor fewer: do these i.c.e. agents have a signed warrant? >> no, they did not. >> supervisor fewer: and so what

steps are you doing to ensure that your staff fully understands the policy that's set forth in our sanctuary city policy. >> we reiterated, sent out bulletins to everybody rite away. made sure these bulletins are sent to the entire department but particularly in our jail facilities three times a day, every shift, for the next several days. we're still working, and we're also working with the city attorney to improve some of what we've been doing. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i notice the police budget and the fire budget, they spoke about aging equipment. they talked about vehicles. i don't see anything in your report about a vehicle request. >> i believe we do have a vehicle request. i'm going to let crispin talk about that. >> we have a number of aging vehicles, vehicles that are over 10 years old or over 100,000

miles, at least for the recommendation, they should all be replaced. roughly 30 vehicles fall into that category. we put those 40 vehicles into our budget request. >> supervisor fewer: you did already? okay. thank you very much. that's all i have. >> supervisor cohen: all right. i don't see any other questions. thank you for your time. now i'm going to go to public comment on item number two. seeing that there's no public comment, public comment is closed. thank you. i will make a motion to file this hearing. if i could have the second on that motion? >> second. >> second by supervisor fewer. and we'll take that without objection. thank you. is there any other business before this body? >> no other business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. we're adjourned.

good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming. i'm the legal director for the central american resource centre. it's a community partner of through the league collaborations here in san francisco. the san francisco immigration legal network. welcome to the press conference. today, the san francisco is once again coming together to show we we will protect and defend all of our residents. as long as inhumane policies are implemented, we're going to demand and seek justice. the commitment being made today by the city will provide much needed resources as we face an increase in ice enforcement activity. so with that said, because i don't like to talk much in front of people, it is my pleasure to

introduce the san francisco mayor, mark farrell. >> so thank you, laura and for the staff for hosting us here today. it is an honor to be here and i want to thank a number of people before we really get started. first of all, the san francisco immigrant legal and education network, the san francisco immigrant legal develop collaborative, thank you for your hard work. to make sure everyone has legal representation in our court system. i want to thank a number of people. first of all to my colleagues, sandra fewer and hillary ronen for your hard work, to our police chief bill scott for leading the department that is integral in protecting our residents here. to jeff adachi and to the staff

attorney, thank you for being here. and finally i want to say a huge thank you to our sacramento delegation that represents san francisco. to senator scott weiner, david chu and thank you to phil ting. he could not be here today with conflicts, but he has been instrumental in this process and this entire budget team. we are once again here proud to say we're not only a sanctuary city, but a sanctuary state. here in san francisco, we will be a supporter of our immigrant community. it's part of our dna and it's part of who we are. our immigrant community makes our city more diverse. it makes our city more safe.

we're here to protect them. it's no secret that our city like many others across the country, is facing incredible pressures from the policies coming out of the federal administration in washington d.c. the president has based his campaign and his political platform on hate and distrust and is something that as san francisco residents, we will not stand for. we will stand up for our communities and we will uphold our values in san francisco. just this week we know that ice detained 150 individuals across the bay area. families were ripped apart. lives shattered here in the bay area. and i am here to reassure all san francisco residents, especially the immigrant community, we are here to support you. you are an integral part of our city and you are not forgotten. are the forefront of our minds. it's why when i first took office i sat down with our

immigrant service providers in city hall, advocates to hear directly from them what we could do to help. and one of the things that i heard loud and clear was from our immigrant community was around representation in our courts. it's something as integral, having gone down yesterday to the court and see what was happening. thank you to all the people that were there protesting what was happening inside the building. and thank you again to our attorneys here in san francisco that fight to represent those individuals that are in the court system. again to the public defender and his entire team who are not at times even given access. it is unbelievable what is happening here in san francisco and we do have not only the right but the moral obligation to stand up. that's why we're partnering here today and proud to announce that at the state level, we're partnering with assemblyman phil

ting to ask for $7 million in funning every year that will -- funding every year that will provide for our immigrants here in our courts in california. [applause] very proud we're taking equal action at the local level. in partnership with supervisor fewer who kick started this process and supervisor ronen, such an advocate for immigrant communities here in san francisco, we'll be providing an additional $2.5 million for the next two years for the community non-profits here in san francisco that do really the day-to-day incredibly hard work, working with the immigrant communities on the ground. they're the touch pointsment they're the ones that make it happen on the streets to make sure they have the resources they need as we continue to fight against the policies has

thank are coming out of washington d.c. these are extraordinary times. this is not normal in san francisco. what we're facing, what we're witnessing on our streets every single day is extraordinary. and it is only intensified here in 2018. so as a result, we here in san francisco will intensify our efforts right back. i am proud to be here. it is amazing, you hear about the real-life examples of people and their lives impacted, these are our neighbors. these are our family members, these are our friends. these are real life stories of people impacted every day here in san francisco. we're talking about families who have fled gun violence and gang violence in el salvador, parents who came to start families. families that are being torn apart. we are a country, a city of immigrants and we will always stand by our community. this, to me, and what we're here

to celebrate today is what san francisco is all about. this is what san francisco is all about. we will stand by every one of our communities here in the city. it is what our country is all about despite what we we're from washington d.c. it's what the country we believe in here in san francisco is all about. we can and will keep families together. we will stand by our immigrant communities because it's not only the right thing to do, it's the san francisco thing to do. i want to thank you all for being here today. i am proud at all of the hard work that has gone into this over the past few weeks. i want to introduce someone who kick started the conversation and been a fierce advocate for communities here in san francisco. and deserves a ton of credit for what we're accomplishing today, that is supervisor fewer. >> thank you for the introduction, mayor. i am thrilled to stand here

today alongside my colleague supervisor ronen and mark farrell to announce funding. san francisco is putting our money where our values are and leading the nation once again in standing arm and arm with our immigrant communities. today we announced that together with the state partners, particularly assembly member phil ting, we're taking a clear stand against trump's harassment and targeting of immigrant in our city and state. the urgency of this funding is clear as isis ramps up activities to mass arrests in the last week, a continuation of their attacks on our immigrant communities. our legislation to provide this funding made it out of budget committee this morning unanimously. i look forward to celebrating a unanimous vote on this issue at the full board. i want to give a huge word of thanks to our mayor farrell.

when he took the oath of office, he said i will represent all san franciscans and clearly he is good on his word here. he, from the very beginning of the discussions that we had, supervisor ronen had with the mayor, he said this is something we need to do, san francisco values and think you heard today it's a san francisco thing to do. but it is more importantly the right thing to do. i want to thank the mayor for his commitment to our immigrant communities. he knows it's not enough to just say we stand for a sanctuary city, we have to put money behind it and we have an opportunity now to provide a lifeline for these communities, for our immigrants, a lifeline to freedom, to liberty, to human and civil rights. i want to thank of course his staff for their hard work on this issue also. and a huge thanks to my colleague supervisor hillary ronen for her passion, she's

dedicated her whole life to immigrant rights and i couldn't have learned from a better mentor and also her at the -- at the nasty to get this >> i want to thank our public defender. flush finally, a huge thanks to the community providers and advocates who have been at the forefront of the fight for decades and are every day providing these critical services. today, we celebrate, tomorrow we continue to fight. to defend our immigrant community against attacks when trump denies. thank you very much. [applause]

>> hi, good morning, i'm the legal director of the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative. i'm from the bar association of san francisco, which is a proud partner of the sfibc. the legal and education network and the san francisco legal and defense are proud to be standing here with the mayor, the supervisors. our organizations have been on the front lines of defending the legal rights of our immigrant communities and we're ready to continue fighting. sfi was on the front lines in 2008 when ice first carried out raids here in san francisco. that was when the san francisco

rapid response network started. there were no hot lines or process. that network was created on the sheer will of the committee members, many of them here today, who would not let a single member of the community be removed without due process. they were on the front lines in 2015, when hundreds of thousands of children fleeing violence in south america, were put in removal proceedings to send them back. we rushed the san francisco immigration court every day so no child would appear before a judge and proper without immigration attorney and advocate on their side. in the past year, we've expanded the rapid response network to be a 24-hour seven day a week, 365 day a year, multilingual hot line to respond to ice arrests. this year alone, we have responded to over 800 calls for

information and representation. in the past year, we have educated hundreds of community members flute the -- throughout the city. they continue to be in court every day to defend the rights of the community members. our cases contain 700 members facing deportation. when we fight, we fight to ensure that each person's rights are respected. our partners are thankful to work in a city that believes in the value of the individuals and due process. we thank the mayor and the supervisors for giving us resources. and we look forward to fighting alongside all of our city and nonprofit partners to protect our community members. thank you very much. [applause] i know would like to introduce

anna, a managing attorney. good afternoon, everyone. i am here with former client of community services, through the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative, i will let her introduce herself. i'm so proud to be from san francisco today. this is awesome. [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon, i am a resident here in san francisco. i received the legal services of the community services when arrived in this city and

country. [speaking spanish] >> translator: i took the decision to immigrate to this country after the lives of my children who are ages 4 and 6 and mine were threatened. [speaking spanish] >> translator: when i arrived i had a lot of uncertainty and fear because i didn't have any support, any family, any way to defend myself and that is when i applied for an attorney with the community services. [applause]

fortunately, the attorney was able to represent my children and i in immigration court and we won my case. ever since then, i've been able to turn my life around. i studied at city college and today, i am a therapist for children with autism. [applause] [speaking spanish] >> translator: i am very proud to do the work that i do, giving

back to the community the same way that i received services from the community. and i understand that delores street not just provides legal services but works with other os to manage this hot line to answer calls and questions from the community, because there is a lot of fear in the immigrant community right now around immigration. [speaking spanish] >> translator: as a mother i want to thank everyone, i want to thank the city, everyone who supported these efforts to give more support to the organizations who are helping the community who are on the front lines, because this is a very scary time.

thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon, my name is hillary ronen, i'm the district supervisor for district 9. we have the largest latino immigrant community in san francisco. so today is a very, very happy day for our district. in a very, very tough time. i have been working in immigrant right movement for 15 years and never in those 15 years nor before that, just living this country, have i seen a president attack a city, a region, and a state for disagreeing with a policy decision of this president. it's unheard of and unacceptable and today, we're fighting back. within the last few months, the trump administration has revoked

protective status for 750,000 immigrants converting their status from documented to undocumented in an instant. the trump administration has eliminated daca for close to one million young people in this country, commonly referred to as dreamers. he has tripped the number of immigration officers through immigration and customs enforcement. he has conducted raids on convenience stores from california to new york. he's issued i-9 audits on 77 bay area employers, the give lent of -- equivalent of an add minute raids and he is planning raids in sanctuary cities and proudly declares he's attacking up to 1500 immigrants that live

right here in san francisco and northern california. you know, we have an immigration court in san francisco downtown. the city of san francisco never asked for that immigration court to be located in our city. it was the decision of the federal government to locate it here. but if they're going to conduct detention and court hearings to deport our citizens in our city, we're going to fight back. at minimum, make sure that every immigrant going before a judge, who is detained and their liberty taken away from them against their will, have a lawyer by their side, fighting for their rights. we're a country that is proud of having a constitution that guarantees us the right to due process if the government takes away our liberty. we do that in cases of criminal courts, but we do not do that in the case of immigrant courts. well, today, our mayor and my

colleague are saying no more, not in our city, not in our state, not in our region. we're going to provide due process to our citizens, every single one of them. it's a proud day to be a san franciscan. before i pass over the mic -- thank you, mario. before i pass on the mic i just want to do my own special thanks, starting with our public defender jeff adachi who together with my former boss and the new chair of the san francisco democratic party, former supervisor david, and my colleague sandra lee fewer started the immigration defense program in the public defender office. because they recognized that you can't take away someone's liberty who is in jail, in a cage most of the day, without a chance to fight for themselves

and receive freedom. that is only been done in new york up until now and now in al meena county and san francisco, we have programs fighting for detained immigrants and i'm proud of you all for having started that here in san francisco. i want to thanks so much, mayor farrell. mayor farrell has been fighting for us for immigrant rights. again, when i was working for the chief of staff and we brought a similar forward for the children, mayor farrell was the chair of the budget committee and championed that measure and has been consistent in his values of making sure that immigrants are press conferenced in the city. -- protected in the city. with that, i'm proud to hand the mic over to the chair of the san

francisco democratic party. my former boss. who once lived in this country as an undocumented immigrant and takes this issue rightfully very personally and has been a champion for immigrant rights his whole life. >> thank you, good afternoon. it's great to be here. thank you to the caressant staff for hosting us. i see people who have been working on this for a long time. with the elected folks that are here, the main authors of the legislation, supervisor fewer, supervisor ronen. to the mayor, of course, to the public defender's office and the community folks on the ground. i'll be honest with you, one of the biggest disappointments that i had as a supervisor was that when i was leaving office in december of last year, this

proposal that you have before you that was taken up by supervisor fewer and ronen, was actually a proposal that i tried to get passed before i left my term as a supervisor. it was a big disappointment for me that at that time in the latter part of 2016, to then mayor and then president of the board of supervisors were really unwilling to fund the proposal to the extent that we felt was needed. at that point, we made it clear that we thought it was a mistake for san francisco to say we're sanctuary but not put its money where its mouth is. and so when mark farrell became mayor, i think there was hope and sense given his history, when he was chair of the budget committee, when we went to you

and said we have the supplemental to fund legal representation to unaccompanied minor and his response was absolutely, let's do it. there was a hope that now we have new leadership that maybe we could finally do what we should have done a year and three months ago. and here we are. we are actually finally putting our money where our mouth is and truly providing universal legal representation to undocumented immigrants in san francisco immigration court. we're doing that. and we're doing that because of the leadership and tenacity of the supervisors and the mayor. i cannot thank you enough for making this happen. i think we could have done a better job of preventing the

deportation of many people pushed out. but it's better to do it later than never. and i'm proud that san francisco is taking this step and is sending a very clear message that in the face of donald trump, not only are we fighting an pushing back, but we're leading the way and setting the example for the rest of the state and country. this is the san francisco way. i'm proud to be a san franciscan today. ]speaking spanish] thank you very much. [applause]

>> so again, i want to thank everyone for coming to the press conference. this is a new day. we have strong, big challenges ahead of us, but i'm a proud san franciscan and i know we're ready and we're going to put up a good fight. with that said, the press conference is concluded. we're not taking questions at the podium. so any of the media that has questions for the officials here or the nonprofits, we'll do it on the side. thank you very much for coming out.

>> my name is naomi kelley, and i'm the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. it is my honor to be here today. we are finally in the home stretch of seeing this moscone expansion completed. so it's my honor because i am -- two of the departments that oversee this project, the convention and facilities, and the department of public works all report up to the city administrator, and also, as a -- we have a representative

on the tourism improvement district, which was very instrumental in forming with the hotel -- with the hotel community and sf travel to create this district that provided the self-assessment that's paid for by the visitors of san francisco to finance this project, and it's very important to the city and san francisco. it's an economic engine, and we're very happy to be here today for this topping out ceremony. when i look at the crowd today, we will be doing the finishing touches and signing the theme later on when we get through this program, and we'll be able to sign our signatures on it. get the fattest pen so you can pet your name, like john hancock, so one day, we can tell your family and friends that your signature is on this building. so up next, i'd like to introduce our mayor, mark farrell, to give a few words.

>> the hon. mark farrell: thank you, naomi, and kim. good morning, everybody. i am incredibly excited to be here today. as someone who remembers moscone center constructed over 30 years ago as a child, to celebrate in san francisco now the topping off of the new and improved moscone center. what we're doing here will keep san francisco at the forefront for visitors, for the tourism industry. over 30 years ago, this center was constructed, and so think about what it has meant for our economy here in san francisco, for our businesses large and small is truly incredible. and what we're here today celebrating in my mind is the future of san francisco. this is the future. just look around you. just look at all the construction that is happening, all the crews that are working as we speak right now.

we had a choice. moscone center, as the years went on was getting smaller compared to the conventions that were coming to san francisco, smaller compared to some of the conventions that were being diverted to other cities, and we had a choice. we decided to make the invest. the voters decided to make the invest in a new moscone center. so what we're doing today is celebrating the future of san francisco. the future of our workforce, the future of our economy, the future of our tourism industry, the future of our city, and that's exactly what we should be doing. this expansion to the moscone center is increasing our convention space by 20%. the construction that's going on inside these walls is unbelievable, will make truly for a 21st century experience. you think about the streetscape and improvements that are happening for pedestrians that will finally be able to

walk-through this street by the end of this year is going to be unbelievable. we did this, as well. we are going to be the highest lead certified convention center in the entire country, which is something incredible, and please give a round of applause for everybody who made that happen. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: we have on-site water capture and treatment. we're going to have the biggest solar installation in the city of san francisco, and this entire moscone center will be zero emissions, which is an unbelievable feat for a project this size. you know, last year moscone center held over 39 events and aaccount traed over 500,000 visitors to the city of san francisco during construction. imagine what this is going to do in 2019. this is a project that will be delivered on time and on budget, and i'm going to hold people to that during my time as mayor. mohamed is closing his ears, but we'll have a chat later

today. but really what i would like to do more than anything is thank all the people that have been involved in this project for so many years. so first of all, so naomi kelley and the entire city administrator's office, nye owe me, thank you for your leadership. please give them a round of applause. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: so mohamed nuru and the entire department of public works teams, mohamed, thank you so much. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: to all of our partners in this effort, and there were so many. first of all, jodell underers is here from sf travel. thank you to the entire board of supervisors. supervisor shsha satisfy sigh is here. thank you for your support. to the moscone travel district, this has been a truly collaborative effort. to webcor and all of the

subcontractors, thank you for all of your hard work to making this happen here today. to our architects, skidmore, owens and yerrell, and really, i would like to thank -- and i want a huge round of applause for the men and women that come here to work every single day, those that are behind us here with our hard hats and our vests, thank you. thank you for what you do. [applause]. >> the hon. mark farrell: i know that has been years in the making. as we said earlier, this has been a baby of people for many, many years, and thank you for your work on behalf of the entire city. lastly, as your 44th mayor, i do want to pay homage to mayor lee, who was a huge supporter of this from the beginning, and

was a huge supporter until his untimely death last year. to mayor lee, to all of you who made this happen, and to the future of san francisco, congratulations, everyone. [applause]. >> thank you, mayor farrell. speaking of mayor ed lee, it made me bring back memories of moscone west when he was the director of dpw, and here we are in this project, and he kick started the moscone expansion, and it's just thank you for the tribute to mayor lee. up next, we have jodella sanders, who we had a lot of conversations with, and we'll be working together to improve this facility. got to make sure that we always have money for that, joe. so up next, joe del aunderers.

>> thank you, naomi, and i don't know why you looked at me when you said the on budget part. thank you so much. we have been looking forward to this for a very long time. topping off of this project, this incredible project for san francis francisco, and as the mayor said, this incredible project for san francisco. others have been talking about this for a very long time, and only ten more months left, and we're going to open the doors to this incredible new building, not only a very much expanded building, but a very improved building. an improved building for this neighborhood, much more neighborhood friendly. it's a much better piece of building and design for the people of san francisco, and we're very excited about that. so on behalf of san francisco travel, i want to thank all of you for your role in making this happen. it's been a great day, and it's

a great opportunity for us to celebrate the future. this has been a team effort, a collaboration between the moscone hotel district formed by the hotel community and the city and county of san francisco. it's very unique where the city and hotel industry come -- hospitality industry come together for this project. the complicated construction was executed to keep moscone up and running throughout the project. that's never been happened before. we expanded this major building while there's meetings and conventions happening here all the time. the patience of the construction, too, the patience of bon and his team here to make sure this is all working for the -- the delegates, the customers, to make sure it's seamless as possible during construction is unheard of, but it's happening here in san francisco. san francisco welcomes over 24 million visitors each year, and more than 20% of those visitors pass through these doors. they come here to san francisco because of this building and spend millions and millions of

dollars in our economy and create thousands of jobs. it is important that san francisco stays competitive with the expanded and upgraded convention facilities, and this project has achieved just that. when this project is complete, we will have over 500,000 square feet of exhibit space, more than 80 meeting rooms, a visitor information center and many upgraded neighborhood amenities. i am happy to welcome you to this major celebration and a major milestone in this project. i want to congratulation all the parties, the city, skidmore, owens, and yerrell, to make sure to get it done on time and a building that all san franciscans can be proud of. we look forward to gathering here in just ten months from now to celebrate the dedication of the finest building and the finest convention center in the united states. ladies and gentlemen, welcome. it's a great day to celebrate. thank you very much for being

here. [applause]. >> so before i bring up public works, i want to just thank some of the department heads who are here today. tom huey, the director of building inspection. thank you for helping us with the permits. john nogucci, our director of convention facilities. in addition i can-- nadia ducer director of ocii. i have to thank brook novotnez and edgar hernandez, they're construction managers working day-to-day, managing all the contracts, managing all the finances, managing sf travel, making sure -- and working with the hotel industry to make sure that we deliver this -- this

beautiful building, and so with that, their fearless leader, mohamed nuru, i'd like to bring up. >> good morning and thank you, naomi, thank you, mayor farrell. well, it's happening. can you feel it? yeah, right. really. three years ago, when we broke ground on moscone expansion project, we knew we had a long road ahead. and today, we're almost there. today's beam raising celebration for the final phase marks the final sprint. one of the components of the moscone expansion project that i'm most excited about is the improvements to the public realm. when the project is done and the crews pack up, we will see and feel a different neighborhood, one that's safer, one that's more beautiful, and one that's more inviting. the changes are the result of a strong partnership that project

team forged with residents, business owners and yerba buena and south of market neighborhoods. community members stepped up from day one to work with the project team to make sure our focus was just not buildings, but that it's also about making the surrounding area and public spaces better for everyone. long before construction started, we were giving shape to the project. we held dozens of community meetings and met with people in small groups and one-on-one to cement a vision to improve moscone's connection to the neighborhoods. the conversations weren't always easy, and that's for sure. everybody wanted all sorts of stuff, but they were productive and effective, and at the end of the day, this will be a better neighborhood. a pedestrian friendly space

will replace the 25,000 square feet of surface parking, exiting ramps that were all out here on our street. the project will add more than 8,000 square feet of public new open space, including a dynamic new tot lot play area for younger children, as well as a new learning garden and landscaping around the children's creativity museum and the carousel. for anyone who visits the area or lives here, we know the demand for more family play space is high. expansion project also includes a number of urban design streetscape elements to make the surrounding streets and you can swas safer and more pleasing for people who walk and bike around here. third street will have a widened sidewalk, a new space for shops and dining to enliven the street scene. howard street is being

redesigned to knit both sides of the street. a new bridge went in over howard street to connect the north and south portions of yerba buena gardens. the enclosed east bridge went in last month and will how's public parks by leo villareal when completed. leo villareal is the artist that did the lights on the bay bridge. the experience crossing howard street at ground level will be much, much more pleasant. the buildings themselves will play with lights and feel less bulky to allow for a more visually appealing and friendly environment. the moscone expansion has given us once in a generation opportunity to make sure that this major convention center which hosts more than 1 million visitors a year enriches the

area. that was a vision, and i am confident we will deliver this vision. as mentioned before, this has been a real team effort working with city, residents, businesses and property owners. this also wouldn't be possible without the support of our friends at sf travel and the moscone expansion district and of course our construction team, webcor. i know you can see their sign real big over there, webcor. there's webcor. what happened to public works and the rest of the team? make sure our sign is up there. i also want to thank the mayor who was a really big part of this when this started, mayor farrell, naomi kelley, all the construction manager and project management teams, led by edgar lopez, brook mobratu, and others worked really hard

to make sure this project will be delivered, and yes, mayor farrell, on time, and on budget. thank you very much. [applause]. >> before i bring up webcor, there's four people out in the audience that i would be remiss and i didn't give a shout out to and thank them for their advice on everything moscone, their advocacy for tourism in san francisco, and that's rick swig, who thank you very much for being here today. he's on moscone expansion, and part of sf travel. ike kwon, rodney fong who was part of this project from the beginning, part of sf travel, and then, i'd also like to thank mark sultis for your work with us in making sure this

project was running smoothly. up next, i'd like to introduce tony ringo -- i think after he finishes speaking he's going to get a public works banner, an sf travel banner, and a moscone banner up on that bridge -- and he'll pay for it. [applause]. >> definitely is a big sign. first of all, thank you very much. i was talking to spencer, one of our project executives on this project, and we were awarded preconstruction back in december 2012, so five years later, we're here today. one thing i've released in construction, it's all about planning and partnerships and relationships, and i can say we all have that on this job. i want to give thanks to lynn, mark, our construct tors.

it's been amazing. couple facts about the job. we've all already expended 1.2 man hours to date. right now, we have an average of 170 workers with 22 different subcontractors on the job, so it just tells you the coordination that's been involved. our safety record to date has been very good, and so life safety is the main force of what we do in construction on an every day basis. the team has removed -- this is an amazing fact. the team has removed over 48 million pounds of construction debris through demolition operations. we constructed a below grade bridge that carries the load for howard street. the total project has over 7,000 tons of structural steel. and obviously, we just erected the second bridge. we have two bridges spanning over howard street, and i was asking brook earlier, i can't think of another bridge of this size that spans a thoroughfare

in san francisco, so it is he aa really amazing feat. phase one, phase two, and phase see re, we hit our targets each date, and we're on target to hit our date in december 2018 for the last phase. we did all this with conventions performing on a daily basis. i think we had 26 conventions on a yearly basis over four years. it's over 100 conventions that we built around, so a lot of planning, a lot of foresight, and that's not easy to do. i think what i want to say, back to my original statement, you can't do this without a relationship, you can't do this without planning, you can't do that without trying to get along on a daily basis, so thank you, everybody. appreciate it. >> okay. so as we conclude, joe del

asandra gave me a fact that because of this expansion, in 2018 we have more rooms booked than in the history of san francisco, so i just want to thank you, everyone, for being part of that. [applause]. >> so -- all right. so this is the time where we are going to start our topping out ceremony. the final beam is right there. it'll be hoisted in place after all of us get a chance to sign it, so we'll walk over there and sign, so please join me in signing the beam, and then, we'll walk across the street and watch it being hoisted up above us. .

>> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square.

>> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place

people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their

community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the

meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> call the meeting to order and would everybody please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. roll call. >> commissioner cohen? yes. commissioner bridges? yes. casciato will not be here today. president here? kwoer um is present.