if we are not going so build it, then we have options so i'm not planning it for housing. let me collar firm my mistake. this is not for public comment. had you a question. >> you want to add to that? >> yeah, a plan without a transparent process, like the puc put in place going back to 2011 when we first looked at renovating 1800 oa oakdale. now all of a sudden we have plans and process and ground breaking is scheduled to happen within a year. potentially now a developer wants to come in and say we don't want to put low income housing around the water front where it's nice and beautiful we want to put it on the island in the mill of an industrial zone basically red lining. this is completely unacceptable

to us we have a beautiful plan for a new community benefits campus to benefit the entire south east part of the city with education and community service there is to do anything at this point would simply minimize that important work and minimize the significance of this program. those are housing proposals so when beam say no to a housing crisis. they don't get to build it. let alone live it in it. right. this was not a housing proposal. it was never a housing below

proposal and i'm with the general manager on this. [ applause ] >> president kwon: any other public comment, who has not gone before? >> okay. so the role of commission is to support and direction staff but also to serve the community. so on that note, let's take a vote. all in favor? rolapproved. (calling of recorded vote) good job. so we are about to head into closed session. but before we do. the secretary will read item number 16. prior to public comment.

>> item 16. david et al with the county of san francisco. property damage. carlos. 88,500. john and marie nanola. 85,000. and 36,000. and the sf motorcycle club 140,000. thank you. is there any public comment that matters to be discussed during closed session? the attorney/client privilege. >> vote? >> second. >> president kwon: we will now enter closed session. >> all i

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glass ceiling the opportunities are end >> 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.

testimony. good morning. we're going to begin our program. and as always, remember that we're in the presence of god.

first of all, my name is sister mary kiefer, i'm the vice president for mission integration for st. mary's medical center and the bay area center of dignity health. i'd like to welcome all of you today. in my world i would say this is the day the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad because it took a lot of work to get to this point. and great blessings to the partnerships with the city and county of san francisco and ucsf. as is our practice, we step back from the busyness of the day and tap into our spiritual side. it's my pleasure to offer this dedication to you. as we bless that ground, we stand at the sacred intersection meet grace and humanity. as we bless that ground, we set

it apart for the special purpose of healing body, mind and spirit. may the architect of our lives bless those whose vision has brought us to this moment. bless those who gave form to the dream, who honed plans and laid a firm foundation. bless this ground that gives of itself to support the center of healing. may this building live lightly on this earth, using resources sparingly and respectfully. bless those who have constructed this space. may they know that they are healers. may the jobs created by this project sustain families who call this city their home. bless future generations who will come here to work that all might experience meaning and purpose in their labor. cement the past and future with

the present that we may be of one accord in our partnership. and bless these rooms, that they may be strong enough to hold a client's pain and pourous enough to allow our own humanity to seep through our sterile processes. may it pulsate with our good deeds and flow with justice and compassion for all who seek healing within its walls. amen. now, it's my pleasure to ask mayor mark farrell to continue on. thank you. [applause] thank you, sister. thank you. it is an honor to be here this morning to celebrate the opening of our healing center here at st. mary's. mental illness is one of the biggest issues facing the city

of san francisco right now. it is evident on the streets and reflected in the homeless population, but it is also happening behind closed doors. today, represents a huge step in the right direction with the what the city is doing to work and solve those issues. mental illness encompasses so many things, conservativeship is not the only solution. we do so much here in the san francisco. those with challenges need our help as a city. we have worked over the years and partnership with mayor lee and his team, first we passed laura's law a number of years ago here in the san francisco with the help of barbara garcia. we have a place where they can go and receive the help they need. but conservatorship is a huge part of the solution and today's celebration is a huge step forward for the san francisco.

we are doing things like opening up new beds and places for people to go when they need to come off the streets. we're partnering with other groups and people in sacramento like senator weiner. also, the integrated agency team where we focus as a city, multiple different departments under the 40 most people on our streets, those are the frequent flyers through our health system, our ambulances and police and fire departments, through our hospitals. and other services. the to make sure they get the care they need, but also that we work together as a city so we can conserve those that need our help. let's not lose focus. this is about getting the people on the streets the help they need. so they can get on their own two feet and onto better lives. i'm honored to be here today. this is a celebration and it takes so many people to come

together and there are so many people to thank here today. first of all, i do want to thank our late mayor ed lee. it was his vision and his pushing last year to put the $5 million into the city budget and it was his really vision to make today happen. and we celebrate today in his honor. i believe that in honoring that commitment, we will continue to fund this in our city budget moving forward for the next few years as well. i do want to thank barbara garcia and the department of public health, there are so many things that under her leadership have done to get today ready and to make it happen. least of all, not least of all, is the fact that within eight months this center is open. and anybody here who is familiar with government regulations, that this center was opened within eight months is a miracle. [cheering] [applause]

so a huge credit to our department of public health under barbara's leadership for making that happen. i want to thank our two partners. lloyd dean from dignity. thank you for your partnership. this is a dignity hospital, we're very proud to be here today to celebrate. mark lair from ucsf, your support. president breed, a leader on the issue as well on the board of supervisors. this has been a collaborative effort. we would not be here today without everybody standing behind me, but we would not be here without the vision of ed lee. i'm honored to be here today. let's make no mistake. this is one step in the right direction in solving mental illness here in san francisco and work canning hard to get people off the streets, but let me introduce the woman had made it happen, barbara garcia. [applause]

good morning, everyone. barbara garcia, but behind me is the incredible staff. behind me are people who did the heavy lifting. this is such an incredible part of over 115 beds that the department has opened up in the last year. so this is a really important program because it does have the highest level of care next to an acute hospital. but it also has the opportunity to provide people with intensive care services to help them heal. that's why this is called the healing center. we do that also from a recovery model and from a peer-based model. today, you will meet a lot of staff here. i got the honor to meet them. they went through 80-hour life training, actually, because they not only have lived experience, but have family members. anyone in here could probably raise their hand if i asked do you have a family member suffering from mental illness or

addiction and many of us would say yes. this center is really a focal point for the department, but we also have other levels of care that are more voluntary. people can walk into this. this is a little different, people are mandated to be here, but they have the right every 30 days to determine whether or not to continue here. but let me tell you, if you walked in here, i think you would be welcome to know you will have an opportunity here to be loved and supported to your recovery of our chronic disease. that's one of the areas we're trying to get people understand. mental illness and addiction is a chronic disease. i hope this reflects the love and support we want to give our community members. eight months is an incredible force. they say government happens in two times, lightning time and glacier time. i think it's so important we get

services off the ground. we could not have done it without the partnership we have. $3 million of renovation in this building. we couldn't have done it ourselves. so dignity had the area that we are in today, so let's give them a round of applause. [applause] sometimes hospitals, we think of hospitals as acute services, but today we can think of hospitals as multiservice levels of care and that's the direction of hospitals as well. then you have the issue of renovation and partnerships and they've been a great partner, 150 years affiliation, and then you have the fact that we want to share and be able -- there is a great need at the medical center as well, so we have a partnership. uc has allowed us a million dollars for renovation. we're appreciative of that as

well. [applause] the department provides many services on its own. but to have a community-based organization with the kind of outstanding experience of crestwood behavioral health services is incredible and we're fortunate to have them. patty, who you'll meet, said we're going to do this and do it in this time period, i followed right behind her. i walked her walk. and i have to tell thaw it's been an incredible process. we had to take on the state department of health. they wanted this to have cement floors here, because they thought this was a prison, so we taught the state as well for those who have mental illness. i don't want to underestimate the addiction, we see these as separate as well, this is a program not only going to deal with mental illness, but

addiction needs as well. so with that, i just want to thank everyone for all of the work that all of us have done. i want to acknowledge a particular person on my staff who i follow very closely, she's about my height. you can guess, that is kelly. i want to give her a hand. [applause] she does incredible work every day, taking people from the hospital, taking people from the streets and putting them into the right level of care. and sometimes, folks, we don't have the right levels of care and we have to create those. this is one of those. i'm sure you're going to enjoy the day today as you walk through this beautiful facility. thank you very much. >> good morning. this is a special day, special day for the city and county in a very -- and a very special day for all of us at dignity health. i want to thank all of you for joining us for this momentous

occasion. just a quick story. i have a granddaughter that is 5. i try to call her in the mornings before she goes off to school, and she always asks me what is it that i'm going to do today? and she says, papa, what are you doing today? it was hard to explain our gathering here, so i said we're going to be dedicating a new place, a new home that will help serve and take care of people with mental illness and mental challenges. and she said, well, are you going to be staying there? [laughter] and i'm thinking even at 5, she knows something that i don't know. but i would tell you, this is a beautiful, beautiful facility and truly together with all of

the partners and certainly barbara and all of the support from the board of supervisors, from the mayor, and so many people that i can't take the time to list. this will change and begin to change san francisco. so i want to thank you for joining us, thank all of you for being here. it has truly been an honor for us to work with barbara, to work with the city, the county, and to continue on our quest here at st. mary's to impact and change health care in this city in a way that allows us to serve the most needy and the most vulnerable. as has been said, all of you

know, mental illness is one of the most vexing, complicated and critical challenges, not just facing us here, but facing our nation. but we, together, here are doing something about it. i will never forget the call, because i got so many of those calls, from the late mayor ed lee. and when he calls, you take his call. and he said, lloyd, and i said yes and he said i need your help. when he says that, it's not just i want to have a consultation with you. but he explained what he wanted to do and he said, i need partners and you have been there before, and i need you to step up now.

so this collaboration is a significant health capability that through partnerships we are together about to present to this city. and i just want to recognize and thank the incredible work of the hospital council and the city's emergency department physicians for helping us identify, not just the need, but the specifics of the issues and for pulling us all together to stand here today to do something that i think history will show was one of the significant events in the journey of this great city. thank you. [applause]

>> thank you, i'm mark laird, president and c.e.o. of ucsf health. sister mary, as you were speaking, all i could think of, i believe it was st. augustine who said, spread the gospel and if necessary, use words. >> st. francis? >> ok. i knew i shouldn't be wading into this territory at st. mary's [laughter]. >> one of those things. >> it was one of the saints, thank you. st. francis, medical center, it all comes together. but i think the point of this is this is not just talking about doing something about mental health, this is doing it. and i am so proud of our affiliation at ucsf with the city, mayor lee, who was a special man, mayor farrell, potentially future mayor breed,

all the people in the city who have really helped us move forward and make something important happen. but i do want to spend a moment talking about dignity health, what an amazing organization it is under lloyd's leadership, the team at dignity health is spectacular. always focused on doing what is best for the community. and at ucsf, we believe that's our calling, putting the needs of the community first and trying to address those in every possible way. as barbara garcia said, we've enjoyed a fantastic 150 and we weren't there in the beginning -- >> no, we were not. >> close. 150 year membership that is the envy of the medical centers across this nation and we want to build on. i want to acknowledge one special person, so many special

people, dr. jackson, who is our doctor for behavioral health services. when she came to ucsf she asked a lot of questions. what are we doing in the community? and the answers were not enough. with the partnership with dignity and crestwood and the city, we feel like we're really on the cusp of doing something important. i want to say thank you to everyone who worked on this. we will be there supporting all the way. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i'm patty blum, i'm not the c.e.o. just saying. i also -- [laughter] -- i have been with crestwood for 37 years. as a provider of health care

services and psychologist i came to this field because my heart drew me here because i'm a family member. and i live each and every day looking to do what we do better and looking to serve more people. and looking to fully engage in every single way that we can to increase hope and love and gratitude. each one of us, each employee we have and each person we serve, each community member we run into. so we have a saying that we stole from the consumer movement, nothing about us without us. so i'm speaking up, i'm going to grab our newest director of education. come on up, deanne. deanne robinson. [applause] we as an organization put the people who we serve first and foremost every single day as every good health provider does and we could not have found

better partners in ucsf. and we've been partnering with san francisco since 1976, providing services for san franciscan s. and we're here today. this is a long hard-fought battle. without a doubt, barbara garcia, our late mayor, this would not have happened and with the tenaciousness of mauja, rita, john alan, this is a partnership that took every person. as recently as saturday morning, 7:30 a.m., conference call with the c.e.o. of st. marys. i'm going to let deanne talk. >> hi, i'm deanne robinson, i want to say thank you everyone for being here today. this is really important and

special to me because i am a person who has received services for substance abuse and mental health. i just want to tell crestwood thank you quickly recognize and

gratitude some of the leadership who have brought this forward for most of you, the eight months, literally, several of us, mauja and i, had not walked on the campus before march 10th of last year. and we moved mountains with an incredible organization, who serves the state of california very well. with rigidity. >> nice to put it that way. [laughter]. >> so we have honored them as well and have plaques that are going to them. but i've asked our local administrator -- the first one

is for mauja and each one of these is for your fearless commitment and compassion to the people of san francisco. [applause] >> support rita. this is for rita. [applause] for barbara garcia. [applause] for our mayor mark farrell. [applause] for kelly. [applause] for john alan who absolutely i think was very, very new and green. and this would never have happened without his commitment. [applause]

to george, the actual c.e.o. and president of crestwood behavior. [applause] this would not happen with his -- and to janet, who is our incredible director of initiatives, education and some people call her a designer, but clearly she is not, she's the brilliance behind the environment and we have been recognizing the environment twice in the past six years by samsa for therapeutic environment that is trauma informed. so to janet. [applause] and this is for the late mayor, this would never have happened without his commitment, belief and tenacity, to the people of san francisco. [applause]

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>> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their shop & dine in the 49 within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant

so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art

we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we really make a lot of people lives better more people get a job here not just a big firm. >> you don't have to go

anywhere else we have pocketed of great neighborhoods haul have all have their own uniqueness. >> san francisco has to all