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mayor to recognize the award winners and to thank spur for all your hard work. on behalf of our city to the people that workday to day at spur and board of directors thank you for all you do. i want to quickly recognize the award winners real quick. congratulation to sonali bose. round of applause. i've had a chance to work with her for years and does an amazing job. sonali, congratulations on your award. to kelly cornell. where are you? stand up. say hello to everyone. the chief urban forester for our rec and part accident does work not without controversy so thank you for all you do. jesus mora. right there, our chief information officer with our fire department. thank you for being here and all

you do with our fraud technology and fire department. thank you very much. congratulations on your awards. where's the entire dahlia housing portal team? this is a group that streamlined our affordable online housing service. thank you on behalf of so many people congratulations to you and to our encampment resolution team. these are the individuals making a huge difference on our streets. i see mohamed and jeff with you. thank you for all you do on behalf of the city. listen, congratulations everyone. i hope everyone has a wonderful evening and i'd like to bring up two amazing people our city starter and jason elliott. >> good evening, everyone. so this time last year we were

at the impact awards and mayor lee came up here and we had a long-running joke that i've been with the city almost 20 years and i never got an impact award. he said the same thing too because you know he started his career and he mentioned that when he gave his remarks. i thought about it this year about all the thing he did, not as mayor because as mayor you have a 33,000 workforce so you have an idea they move heaven and earth to try to implement it if you can through the bureaucracy and we get wonderful programs that come out of the mayor's idea and board of supervisors ideas, but as city administrator he allowed other

people to get the awards. one as city administrator he implemented 3-1-1. he was the one who worked with the deputy city administrator ben rosenfeld who got the call senator off the ground. as city administrate, unfortunately, the events of hurricane katrina happened and he was with the public utilities commission and traveled to new orleans and was with an activist who now the mayor of new orleans and started the life line council. out of that started the neighborhood empowerment network and made sure our city was resilient. when i talk about he didn't just say i have an idea, he rolled up his sleeves writing the standard operating procedures and going back to the department of public

works he started the community team event and mohammad was working as the deputy director it's now part of our institution we take for granted it's government. it's his hard work and rolling up his sleeves with great deputies who had many of these events put in place. with that i think we should honor him with the impact award. i think gabe is going to figure that out. >> thank you, naoimi. naoimi and i since mid december have had the honor and i could say the privilege and pleasure of going to events that we get to remember mayor lee and talk about his legacy and what he meant to us and the city and to the kelly family.

it's so much fun to go under the terrible circumstances and get to go around mayor lee and his legacy. it's not often we get to do this in a group of committed public servants, bureaucrats in the nicest way you can mean that word and when we talk about mayor lee's legacy and the thing naoimi mentioned we're so aware his legacy, which we're committed to, is the work you are doing. you're the ones fulfilling his legacy and those of us who work inside the building depend on those at m.t.a. finance and the resolution teams and the departments doing all the good work. that's mayor lee's legacy. it's not often we get to come and celebrate him but do so in a way where we're able to look out and say thank you because it's

your work that's your legacy we're proud to keep moving forward. congratulation to all the winners of the impact awards and have a good time tonight. >> it feels so right to celebrate mayor lee on a moment when we're celebrating the great work of city employees and his passion and compassion and doggedness to get stuff done is reflective in the work you have done. i have worked on two initiatives with the city of san francisco i think will forever change the course of history. one was as a young lawyer on the same-sex marriage case back in 2004 which was a series of litigation that gave rise to prop 8 overturned by the supreme court validating gay marriage and the second was saving public housing. it was a super courageous thing

mayor lee did. others might say those are federal buildings, federally funded, not my problem and he did the opposite and said we're a wealthy city. we have wealth of knowledge and treasure and talent and we're going to take over the buildings. and those are the kind of entrepreneurial courageous feat we celebrate in the city. the private sector, technology, doesn't have a monopoly on entrepreneurship. it exists in city hall as well. we're excited to hear the stories from you. i want to recognize our elected officials today. carmen chu and dennis herrera, hilary ronman and former mayor willy brown. also our sponsors for this event, rich housing corporation and san francisco international airport as well as our city government sponsors and chris

pruell our finance adviser thank you for your support and partnership. so with that, let's begin. the first award goes to the dahlia housing portal team. >> dahlia stands for the housing information. >> was onerous. you had to go to the developer and turn in the application and they then gave you a circus ticket. if you lost it you didn't know your lottery number. was i in it and you had to fill

out an application for each and every development. there was not one place to find out about affordable house. >> we're trying to create a one-stop resource. we have a good guide to how affordable housing works where you can find it. >> the challenge for us was to build this electronic system but make it very accessible and get all that information into the one place. >> now, every application is accounted for with the dahlia system. people are feeling better about knowing where they stand right up front. we're also able to hook people up with subsidy program this way and providing better resources. we checked to see if people are eligible for certain housing preferences which gives them an extra advantage in the lottery and if they look like they qualify we'll nudge them and say

hey, you have a chance. dahlia can eventually shape housing policy where it's constructed and what kind is built. >> we're build the community in terms of deciding what their priorities are. >> we have a new source of data on what people are looking for and hope it will provide useful information as the city continues to grow the affordable house stock. >> we are so proud of the dahlia team. they have taken on a huge task. they've gone through it methodically with great results and we couldn't be happier with their work. >> this is the epitome of good service. a flagship of what digital services is all about. thank you for your hard work and dedication. this is an award well deserve. -- deserved.

[applause] . >> naoimi and i would like to invite the dahlia housing portal team to the stage. and from digital services, ashley myers. we're pleased to present this award to this team that's done so much to help so many in san francisco. >> we're pleased to receive it. didn't we look like the mod squad walking through? a variation. good evening, thank you so much. on behalf of michael and barie and ashley we're honored by the recognition. it takes many farmers to grow a beautiful dahlia. dahlia is the name of our system

and first of all, i want to thank our director kate hartley and brian chu. benjamin mccloskey and mayor lee for their support and encouragement getting this program off the ground. we have made a difference in the lives of people applying for affordable housing at a time when the need and the assistance is most needed. the team who work every day on making the dahlia system even better. i'm not going to say all their names. there are six of them that work with us every day to test the system ocd, city employees who have spent countless hours working on the system. the mayor's office of civic

innovation, especially jay nap and christa kenoakis hooked us up with our googlers. yay, google. they gave us four months of their time of staff time to help us develop the dahlia system and make it really meet the needs of people who are going to use it. we had have a dahlia steering committee. i want to thank the dahlia steering committee and the office of community investment and infrastructure. that commission, thank you for your support and encouragement but also those tough questions that kept us honest. the wonderful dahlia task force. a lot of times local government

will create a system and say, here, there it is. use it. we didn't do that. we created this system bit by bit and each bit we had housing counselors and developers and nonprofit and for-profit testing the system. i'm going to call out roshen because she never gets a call out. the builders and designers of the system who have worked on the ground with applicants and people actually living in the cities of affordable house rental stock. wouldn't be here without you guys. thank you very much. code for america and your invaluable contribution. i'm almost done.

we need to thank the folks that were part of the user testing. the mayor's office of disability. light house for the blind and the many current residents of affordable housing and applicants. a special shout out to kuritas property management who gave up their time and tested the system. they were the first leasing private developer in the inclusionary housing program to jump in and use the dahlia system, took the leap of faith and they were our guinea pigs and sat through our project fixes and bugs and it is changing the lives of people applying more than we can ever -- just where we hoped.

and we'll team continuing to work on the project until it is even better than now. thank you. >> thank you very much. next up join me in honoring our next winner, jesus mora. chief investment officer, san francisco fire department. >> when i was working at the city i worked as a contractor in the national 9-1-1 project which was when the department of emergency management was first create. after a few years i realized it was something i wanted to make a dashboard that let us know at

any time how many ambulances we have and how many are private and how much additional resources we need to provide. working with the fire department i get to interact with other departments and that's something i in -- enjoy. with 9-1-1 and we can look at saving lives and protecting property from fire and natural disasters. i'm not there. but it gives me satisfaction to know that i can help them by providing information in a timely manner. >> it's a huge asset for our department and for the city as a whole. he oversees our i.t. infrastructure and it's our scheduling system and reports

and he's the unsung hero. without a uniform he's my hero in that he does so much for everyone in the san francisco fire department going from a carbon paper department to all the technology that we embrace now is in large part due to jesus' innovation and talent and ability. >> there's always going to be chris -- crices and we have professionals to solve the problem and doing our best to deliver services that will always be there. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thank you very much to spur. i'm chief joanne hayes white

with the san francisco fire department. thank you. congratulation to the honorees and it gives me great pleasure to introduction the next honoree the san francisco fire department's chief information officer, wofnderful man i have the privilege of working with and call friend and that is jesus mora. >> good evening. i want to thank spur for organizing the event and recognizing the quiet work city employees do every day and i want to thank the chief for nominating me and always being a champion of new technology initiatives. we started with almost nothing and we had really eventually created a system that gets used every day and the end users

enjoy and that gives me a lot of pleasure. and finally i am very happy to work in the fire department because i know that the work that is being done every day is helping people. i feel somehow i contribute to that effort. >> thank you, jesus. please join me in honoring our next award winner, kelly cornell chief urban forester of the san francisco recreation department. >> any job is maintaining the trees and meeting. a lot of our work is responding

to some kind of event. tree failure, broken tree, anything where you have to react. the green way program started over 20 years ago. the department was making a lot of waste and we were paying a lot of money to have it hauled away. since the park was manmade the byproduct should be put back. insects naturally occur and then you add the rim fire and the other fires. we lost a lot of trees. we removed up to 4,000 trees so far and now we'll wait and see how effective it was and then we'll go to replanting. it started out as a rumor the red wood grove was being used for the bicycles and kids making

jumps but when i got down here these kids should have mining contracts because they basically carved out the whole northern embankment of the red wood grove and then we found the trees were being used as support beams are for their banks and berms. it had to go. brought in heavy equipment and took the area and turned it as close to what it was before. kelly cornel one of the park department's most outstanding and colorful employees. he's our very own lorax. he speaks for the trees all 310,000 and preserves our amazing urban canopy. >> the best part of my job and it sounds cheesy but knowing back in 1982, city and county

gave me a chance and i'm still here. i get to sit in a red wood grove and restore damage for take an area that needs help or after a storm try to make an area safe so people can continue on with their lives. >> good evening, everybody. my name is bill ginsburg of your recreation department. there's a native american saying, we didn't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we are borrowing it from our children. and our proud awardee kelly cornell is making sure we return it to them in good condition.

the lorax, as i like to call him, with limited resources and 900,000 bosses come want him to take the tree down and others don't want him to touch it, he has figured out a way to preserve our incredible urban canopy, 135,000 trees in our parks and yes, he is caring for them. you should be so proud. colleen, sarah, jessica, i know you're proud. the recreation and park department is thrilled to recognize kelly cornell. >> feels weird to be let out of the park. anyway, to colleen, sarah, jessica, and my right-hand hand,

kevin jackson, thank you for being here and we're continuing to move urban forestry in an upward motion. my biggest gratitude goes to my boss. denn dennis kearn because he believes in us. >> thank you. isn't it awesome of the diversity of the award winners and fire and trees and housing and all the different aspects these great men and women work in in the city and we'll keep it

up with the homeless encampment team. this is from the port of san francisco, san francisco public works and the department of homelessness and supportive house the encampment resolution team. >> the water front navigation center is a village-like complex of modular units connect decks and courtyards and shelters residents until they can be transitioned to more permanent housing. >> it grew from efforts to continue the model that started with two other navigation centers. navigation center was the catalyst behind this in terms of the design and the way it was laid out, modular units could be placed and removed is brilliant. >> we have three years to operate and then it will be completely removed.

the mobile units were quick to procure and easy to relocate and offer a scale that's intimate so it's not an overwhelmingly large space. that combined with the outdoor courtyards and trellised area provides for a more restorative environment for folks to get back on their feats. >> people we meet on the street we offer them a place and it's generally a time-limited place, but if we can identify they have a priority one status to be placed in permanent supportive housing we move them to a pathway bed or bed to hold them until the placement can happen. a place for people can sleep and access to bathrooms and showers and space to get meals on their schedule and in the on a standard meal schedule. outdoor space to deal with pets, access to benefits. access to medical care both physical and behavioral health. it was important the community be supportive of the project and what it was trying to do.

we had various community meetings. i have to the dogpatch a lot of credit. they were engaged and supportive. a great partner. >> on behalf of the port of san francisco we're so honored our staff collaborated together to achieve such a remarkable result for the city and county of san francisco for the residents of the dogpatch area and a shut out for tom carter who is being honored in this award and i'm very thankful all his hard work ended in such a great outcome. >> i want to thank everybody from public works and the staff at hhh and this takes a team effort to address >> i want to thank our team who

worked with various agencies. it was a unique site and the team. thank you for doing a great job. >> we worked together collaboratively and developing the first from scratch brand new navigation center. it's multiple departments coming together and making something that is working. >> good evening, everyone. i hope you're having a good time. i want to thank spur for putting on these awards. it's important that those who work hard and are behind the scenes to get the work done be recognized. i'm proud to be here but more importantly the work the three agencies have been doing

together to take the next step in solving the problem of homelessness provide place for people to be able to go in the city are needed and behind the scenes a huge number of people trying to make the change. our team, jeff and rod from the port have been leading the way but today special recognize to tom carter representing the board of san francisco. come on up, tom. scott walton from the department of homelessness. and public works.

>> we are appreciative for the award and thanks to spur and city government for making this possible. the port of san francisco provided a central water front center with a home and a place for us to assist the persons experiencing homelessness. the three of us would like to thank elaine forbes the port executive director for the nomination for this award. tom carter has the support of the special projects director and brad benson and the division. i also want to say tom as you noted in the video participated in the shared efforts of gaining and maintaining the support of our site neighbors. we want to thank the doi dogpat

association. and it's amazingly functional and i think think paul as the lead architect and leading the landscape group including many people and wanted us to appreciate the construction work of the ddr construction and treaty construction and the design space modular. their work brought this together and it's a beautiful space floating on top of a street for three years and then we'll be removed. i also have to think -- thank mohammad because they partner with us with our resolution on the street. the department of homelessness and supportive house is responsible for the outreach and operations of the program. the project began before the

creation of the department and i would like to thank the leadership and support of the human services agency from the beginning of the navigation center programs and from the beginning of this particular site. my thanks to the leadership of the new department. it provides us while we're trying to grow the department to continue and grow our amazing program. we have to thank our providers who helped run the program and the province foundation. i also need to thank our government and community relations staff for helping us fit into a community. the san francisco homeless outreach team and encampment team who connects with the clients on the street to connect to to the program. we celebrate this award because it's a collaboration of multiple departments and not just our three departments, every day we also work with the san francisco

police department, the department of emergency management and 3-1-1 and others to respond to homelessness. we thank our family and friends for their support. we share this honor with our co-worker and our leaders and we celebrate this collaboration wan move issues forward. in addition, i have to thank the san francisco police department for adding the tag, god ain't no punk. >> we have one more final award winner to sonali bose director of finance information and

technology and cfo mta. >> in my career i've been extremely lucky to have worked in public and private. one thing i love about the public sector is you get to see the stuff you do. i came and i realized there was a huge structural deficit so i combed every possible way to get revenue including, for example, increasing our advertising revenues which were $400,000 when i came and now $30 million a year. looking at the fares and fees and the sf park pilot was the first in the world where we based parking rates on demand and we got a grant from the federal government to do that and was successful and has been launched throughout the city. i'm a big risk taker. if you give me a problem and

tell my i can't do it, i'll get it done. my tenure has always been tenuous. to me you have to take risks to leave a legacy. you can't just push paper and do debits and credits. i'm interested in policy and how to implement them through the back end. before i came the agency could not issue debt. we changed the charter in 2007 to allow the agency to issue debt and we're the highest rated revenue bond in the country. we've had four rating increases from poors and moody's. it's been doing whatever it take to get the revenue. >> i nominated sonali because she brings more to the agency than just her title suggests. she's extremely passionate and tenacious as anyone who's had to interact with her would tell

you. very dedicated to making transportation better in the city. she does not stay within her lane of cfo. she's built a great team but it's her passion and commitment that's made her a fierce advocate for what we do at the mta. >> everything i've done is because i have a great team. >> good evening, everyone. i want to join in recognizing all the awardees and the other hard working public servants who work every day to make the city a better place for everyone who lives here. i'm the director of transportation and it's a great honor for me to be able to recognize sonali. i think probably everybody in

the room has had some interaction with sonali. a few positive. the rest otherwise but it's all been in the service of transportation in the city. as we were sitting there between the speeches she was trying to talk to me about budgets and interagencies agreements and that specks to -- speaks to who she is. join me in honoring our chief financial officer sonali bose. >> i have a speech because i was told i had to behave because otherwise i will probably say something not appropriate. when i told ed i wouldn't leave the agency until i got the government award i think he turned in my nomination within the hour. thank you, ed, for nominating me.

it's been a wild ride both literally and figuratively and those that work with me know i have many faults but i hope you feel i helped move the mta forward. every day i've been in some sort of trouble with somebody and i think i have probably the longest tenured finance person. as a martyr of fact, gabe and i had a bet who would be the last person standing and i think you may win this one. i've been so impressed with the city staff i work with. everybody's so commit and talented particularly those at the mta who work long hours with little recognition. a shout out to the mta folks here. particularly the members of

finance and technology teem which i couldn't do anything without. thank you for your support so most of you have an impression there's not a fare i don't like. that's not quite true. what i love are increases to fares. as i leave the city, i leave you with a plea to support the city's transportation system because it's great system. please pay your fare and it's okay to get a parking ticket and get your car towed. it's already. -- all right. if anybody wants my job, or know somebody who you think may want to do my job, forward my name to ed. i need time with my successor to show them where i hide the money, particularly from ed.

lastly, i'd like to close by sharing a poem that summarizes my 12 years with the mta finances by an anonymous author called the cork and the whale. a brown cork fell in the path of a whale who lashed it down with his angry tail, but in spite of the blows the cork arose and floated before the whale nose. said the cork to the whale, you may slap and frown but you can't keep me down for i'm made of the stuff that is buoyant snuff -- enough to float and never drown. thank you very much. >> now you know why we put her last. i hope you understand that. thank you to the award winners and thank you for coming and for

the spur board and everyone else here and have a great night. >> my name is andrea, i work as

a coordinator for the city attorney's office in san francisco. a lot of it is working with the public and trying to address their public records request and trying to get the information for their office. i double majored in political science and always tried to combine both of those majors. i ended up doing a combination of doing a lot of communication for government. i thought it would connect both of my studies and what was i was interested in and show case some of the work that government is doing. >> i work for the transportation agency known as muni and i'm a senior work supervisor. >> i first started as a non-profit and

came to san francisco and started to work and i realized i needed to work with people. this opportunity came up by way of an executive fellowship. they had a program at mta to work in workforce development type project and i definitely jumped on that. i didn't know this was something that i wanted to do. all i knew is that i wanted to help people and i wanted to empower others. >> the environment that i grew up that a lot of women were just stay-at-home moms. it wasn't that they didn't have work, but it was cheaper to stay home and watch the kids instead of paying pricey day care centers. >> my mom came from el salvador during the civil war. she worked very hard. when she came here and limited

in english, she had to do a service job. when i was born and she had other kids, it was difficult for her to work because it was more expensive for her to be able to continue to work in a job that didn't pay well instead of staying at home and being able to take care of us. >> there isn't much support or advocacy for black women to come in and help them do their jobs. there also aren't very many role models and it can be very intimidating and sometimes you feel uncomfortable and unsure of yourself and those are the reasons exactly why you need to do it. when i first had the opportunity, i thought that's not for me. my previous role was a project manager for a biotech start up. i thought how do i go from technology to working in government. thinking i didn't know about my

skills, how am i going to fit in and doing that kind of work. thinking you have to know everything is not what people expect have you, but they expect you to ask questions when you don't know and that's important. >> my mom was diagnosed with cancer. that was really difficult. she encouraged me to go to school because in case anything happened i would be able to protect myself. i wanted to be in oncology. i thought going to school it would set me for the trajectory and prepare me for my life. >> we need the hardships to some of the things that are going to ultimately be your strength in the future. there is no way to map that out and no way to tell those things. you have to do things on your own and you have to

experience and figure out life. >> you don't have to know what you are going to do for the rest of your life when you are in college or high school because there are so many things to do. i would encourage you to try to do everything that you are remotely interested. it's the best time to do it. being a young woman with so many opportunities, just go for it and try everything. >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods

and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to

provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can

continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes

made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting

involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea

that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and

socially as possible, broadening that - >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city.

>> if we could a afford the lot by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian

community. >> one of the last neighborhood that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this

community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the