municipal bank. i want to admonish the violence perpetuated against the action and the occupation in front of the i.c.e. office. we need to be supporting on the ground efforts that complement what we purport to do in the city. that is to develop the sanctuary city and protect and value immigrant families. in addition to that, i want to call on the city to divest from the investments that we make that are contributing to exploit native and extractive uses across the country. one, not only separating families, but two exacerbating the impacts of fossil fuels here and abroad. these are -- the world is looking to us as leaders. in september, the governor jerry brown will be hosting the global climate action summit in san francisco. this is an opportunity to make a shift in the way the money is spent on the way we are making investments and the way that we

can be a model for the rest of the nation. i want to encourage us to establish a municipal bank. to that point, i want to say the treasurer who is tossed along with the municipal bank task force should be releasing a report in september, not in november. we don't want to see any delays. we want to see this task force do what it was charged to do in order to establish and increase the investments in the kinds of sustainable, equitable uses that san francisco is all about. too often we are hearing that there is not enough money for affordable housing. there is not enough money for the small sites acquisition program. small businesses, our vulnerable, cannot afford seismic retrofitting. these are all of the things that municipal banks support us in doing. i want to urge the task force, the treasurer and the board of supervisors to support a municipal bank. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> i have lived in san francisco

since 1980. i am here in support of getting rid of i.c.e. i've been down at the occupied place this -- last week and i feel really strongly that san francisco is a sanctuary city. we have no business supporting i.c.e. even though i.c.e. e. is the last three letters of police. it is not th poet lights. it should not be. [laughter] that is at. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, i am with the california nurses association. we are here to say we support a public bank for san francisco. we will never have healthy communities when our banks continue to fund corporations that exploit kahco press, pollute and harm our communities. our san francisco city funds are

being used to fund mass incarceration and separation of families. our city funds are being used to fund climate change and dirty polluting fossil fuels that harm all of us. our city funds are being used to fund tobacco and firearms. our city funds are being used to target immigrants and communities of color and to oppress those communities. san francisco has an amazing opportunity to divest from the exploitation and reinvest in a public bank for community and for all of our community needs. this is a great opportunity for the city of san francisco to be a leader. i also want to say that i am very alarmed at the san francisco police being used in occupy s.f. i was down there three times this past week supporting the movement. we are a sanctuary city. i want to remind all of us that

we are a sanctuary city. we need to start acting like one and supporting the people that are protesting the crimes against humanity by detaining 3,000 immigrant children that we need to stand up for our communities and fight for our communities. we need to start living our progressive values now. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i'm the cochair of d.s.a. san francisco. an organization representing over 700 members in san francisco. i'm also an immigrant. my family left everything behind so we could build a better life here. i know firsthand getting to this country is not easy. that is why i am asking you at this task force to divest from the big banks that profit and enable the terra machine that is i.c.e. we can't call ourselves a sanctuary city and continue to inflict terror upon the people who need us the most. that we can't turn our backs on these immigrants. i thought san francisco was a

place where i could build a life and i am just disgusted by the treatment of police that i have seen here. by the way that we have been treating our undocumented neighbors by collaborating with i.c.e. by the way that we are treating peaceful protesters. simply trying to get their voices in. and that they oppose this horrible machine that is destroying everything. everything that we have. destroying dreams and destroying hopes. so i think it is good. we have a good opportunity to do something to divest out of these banks that cause and profit from all this terror. i'm hoping you will do the right thing for once. by. [laughter] >> supervisor cohen: please keep your comments formal. for the next speaker, i see there is a gentleman in line. if there are any other members of the public would like to

address the board during general public comment stepped up to your right. please proceed. >> hello. i'm from the mission. i'm also part of code pink. and also part of occupy s.f. i was here a couple times this week also. very young young people with babies. it was awful what happened. there were a couple dozen tents they are. they really were stopping deportation. that is what we are here about. that is what we are here about. we are a sanctuary city. i just read, i am from florida data. and in tampa, the muslim community has come out and said, we want those infants from the border. we want to take care of them. why aren't we like that? that is all. i think we have to have more heart.

we can't have all of this police brutality and have a messed up street. we have pictures of that street. how beautiful it was with beautiful signage. all wiped out. and brutally wiped out. one kid ended up in the hospital. let's get rid of i.c.e. get rid of it. get rid of homeland security. get rid of it all, ok? >> two. >> supervisor cohen: >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. president cohen, ladies and gentlemen of the board, i am a voluntary psychiatric outpatient in this city for over a decade. are we to be governed by laws are governed by doctors. that is a question that the supreme court addressed 45 years ago in o'connor versus donaldson. as i was saying, to watch what weeks ago, let me see if i can

get through at this time. that decision signified that a psychiatric diagnosis is not a reliable enough criterion on which to base public policy yet you are funding citywide case management community focus for -- of the rate of approximately $1 million per week. that case was decided to be incompatible with the pledge of allegiance with the constitution of the united states and with the declaration of independence. you are able to get away with it because these patients are outpatients. they are not being held like children of i.c.e. they are being drastically and permanently deprived. >> supervisor cohen: before the next speaker, if there are any members of the public would

like to address the board, step up to your right otherwise we will conclude public comment. >> good afternoon. i am a member of d.s.a. and member of the s.f. public bank coalition. i am glad i made it. i'm a little out of breath. i ran here and heard they were making public comment. i want to say, you know, first of all, we need to abolish i.c.e. we call ourselves a sanctuary city. and it is shameful that this camp was raided the other night like that. and you, as leaders, we can only do so much. we protest and we march and i saw a lot of you out there with

the families belong together march. i thank you for that. we can only do so much. you are in a pit special position where you could take, you know, you could do more. first of all, you could pass a resolution to abolish i.c.e. we need a public bank. geo- stocks have risen over 100% since trump has taken office. this is a plan strategy to lock more people up. by using deposits to leverage loans to these corporations, abuse deposits come largely from cities. from our funds. i.c.e. commits human rights violations and over steps authority and reaches private prison corporations and targets of vulnerable populations.

there are electe a elected offis and activists who challenge at. and divert scarce local resources to federal accounts. we call on you to move forward on what you can do. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> given that the mentally ill suffer from diminished capacity is and psychological ability, i ask that the legislative -- the legislature determines them a protective class and the community. >> supervisor cohen: please speak directly into the microphone for us. >> ok. i was wondering if they can't legislatively be determined as a protected class if they aren't so already. for the purpose of adding, you know, mandatory jail time to sentencing or prosecution of those who pray on the mentally

ill by selling them drugs, i believe that amounts to tens of millions of dollars a year actually. so cracked, heroin black methamphetamine, they are not doing the mentally ill any good. if they are a protected class, a mandatory additional jail time -- it would help the morale and police efforts. i would also have -- i studied in sub-saharan africa and eastern europe and in israel. and in palestine. in my opinion, mexico has an awfully -- has transferred 20% of our population to the u.s. that is from an international relations perspective. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. any other members of the public would like to address the board during general public comment? plea stepped over to your right after this gentleman. >> good afternoon. i will keep this short and sweet. please keep san francisco a sanctuary city.

abolish i.c.e. and protect our most vulnerable people. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comments. >> supervisor breed: madam clerk, can you read the items on the adoption without committee reference? there is a member of the public would like to speak. come on up. >> hello. i am a boater and a resident of san francisco. i was appalled at the police action against occupy i.c.e. i was appalled i did not see any members of the board of supervisors sitting with occupy i.c.e. and i'm appalled that a whole bunch of you went to families belong together and when somebody was doing something about it, i did not see you. it literally hurts my heart. i was born here and you are not living and breathing the values of san francisco. remember who you are and remember who we are. >> are there any members of the public would like to comment? please step forward to. seeing non, general public comment is closed at this time. madam clerk, please read the

items on the adoption without committee reference calendar. >> clerk: items 25 through 30 are being called. a vote may enact these items today or an item can be severed and considered separately. >> i would like to sell -- sever items 28 and 29. >> supervisor cohen: anyone else? all right. madam clerk, on the balance. items 24-30. supervisor cohen? [roll call]

>> supervisor cohen: there are ten yes. >> supervisor breed: could you please call and read items 28 and 29 together. >> supervisor cohen: item 28 is a resolution to command and honor supervisor london breed for her distinguished service as a supervisor of the city and county of san francisco. at item 29 is a resolution to command and honor supervisor jeff sheehy for his distinguished service as a supervisor in the city and county of san francisco. >> supervisor breed: thank you. one point of order. the resolution that was on the balance of a calendar, i would like to recall the role and we voted. those resolutions will be adopted and the emotions are approved. thank you. just keeping up with housekeeping, now is a fun time for us to talk about our

colleagues that are going to be departing. i will start with supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you supervisor co. in. i want to say a few words about our two departing colleagues. our former president. i want to say, i really have enjoyed serving with you and the work that we have done together and i look forward to working with you in a new capacity as a mayor. don't forget about us supervisors over here when you go across the hall. to my friend, of many many yea years, i just did the math. i have served with 32 members of the board of supervisors in the 11 and a half years i have been on and off the board. i have started with almost everybody since 2,000 except for david to and julie christianson.

i think they are the only people i did not overlap with. i have known jeff since before that. and it really has been an honor and pleasure serving with you on the board of supervisors. i look forward to a continued friendship long after both of us are done with politics. i really enjoyed serving with you. >> supervisor cohen: supervisor kim? 's. >> supervisor kim: share. supervisor ronan? >> supervisor ronen: i want to publicly congratulate you, mayor breed and art former president of the board of supervisors. congratulations. incredible accomplishments and i also look forward to working with you in this new role. we always haven't seen eye to eye on everything, but i know that you act on what you think

is best. and based on your heart. i do too. i look forward to continuing that work together. congratulations. i too hope you don't forget us over on the side of the hall. and to supervisor she he, it has been fun sitting on a committee with you. we both started together and i will miss you so much. i just really grateful for you giving this time to the city of san francisco. i know you serve the city and so many capacities for so long. it has been a real honor to get to know you. i too look forward to continuing our friendship. i just wanted to thank your amazing husband and daughter who have been sitting through this entire board meeting for sharing your incredible family member with us. it is a huge sacrifice for the whole family. we all know that. thank you so much. we really appreciate it. >> supervisor cohen: thank

you. supervisor kim? supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. i will just say, i know when you first joined the board of supervisors we talked a lot about how it was very interesting for you to move from being an app on the advocacy side, especially during the budget season, and to become a member of our budget committee here. i hope that was a very interesting and fun experience for you to do that. i also want to shout out to your family as well. your husband and daughter who i know, this has been quite a journey for them. i hope that at the end of the day, you found that this experience is really rewarding. i know that they are your pride and joy, and everything for you. i hope you will be able to spend more time with them after this term. to my friends and mayor elect, london breed to, you know, i wrote this to you as well, every

time i think about your story and everything that you were able to overcome to be in this role and in this position, and what you are about to become tomorrow, it is just so incredibly inspiring, and just to know that someone else who grow up here in san francisco like me who went to public schools, i am already getting emotional. i am just so proud of you and everything that you have been able to accomplish. not just as a supervisor but in your whole entire life. and you are such an inspiration to so many people. especially so many young girls who can look up to you and thank gosh. i could be mayor of san francisco one day. i look forward to all the incredible things that you will be able to do as the mayor of san francisco and congratulations. >> supervisor breed: thank you supervisors. next is supervisor he. >> supervisor yee: thank you. it has been a real pleasure to get to know you and serve on the

board at the same time. i may -- i will really miss having a colleague here that is probably as passionate about senior issues as i am. and now i will have to find someone else who will be as passionate on the board. i will miss that part of you and for the communities that you advocate for, you will be a hard person to replace. good luck in your next endeavo endeavour. mayor elect breed, you know, two things. two main things. number 1, you are the role model for anybody who has been a lion and will be a future lion. for the rest of you don't know

what i am talking about, you are not san franciscan ben. [laughter] but the galileo lions. we both went to the school. i went to the school three generations before london breed. but we are really proud of you. not only as, you know, a lion, but also as somebody else that was born in san francisco. and i have an open invitation for you to have a regular meeting in my office any time. [laughter] >> supervisor breed: supervisor if you are? spee five i will be very brief. i know it is not an easy job. as we all know. and that, although it is an honor to serve the people of san francisco, thank you so much. i also want to thank your family.

thank you so much for sharing him with us and allowing that the people of san francisco can be represented during this time. i know it is challenging, and i just wanted to say thank you for your service. and many, many good wishes to you. and to mayor elect breed, thank you for your leadership on the board as a board president. i have learned from you and i look forward to learning more from you in your new leadership role as the leader of san francisco. thank you and good luck. >> supervisor breed: >> supervisor safai: , i know that when you came in here on the first day we were all sworn and together. we were all bright eyed and did not know what to expect. i know your family and your daughter has experienced this with you and you spoke from the very beginning and i heard you say that this was a decision you made as a family. i respected that from the beginning and i know you carried that with you the entire time

you're on the board and he did it with -- you are distinguished and you had honor. i know your daughter will be proud of the time he served on the board. as well as your partner and the people you touch with as a member of the board of supervisors. i appreciate your time. everything happens for a reason. you will be back in their lives more full-time and i know they will fully appreciate that. president breed, we go way back baby. [laughter] >> supervisor breed: mayor elect breed. >> i'm sorry. cmr ready trying to think about what i will say. at least i won't invite you to a monthly meeting in my office. [laughter] i'm just kidding. yes, mayor elect breed, we go way back. all i can say is that what i want to share publicly is i truly appreciate the way you embraced me from the first day i came on this board and from the way he opened up your office on the way that you said that you would help me understand this board and what it meant to be a member of the board of supervisors.

you have been a strong leader in your time. it is well-deserved. and you have been given a second term. i am so honored to have supported you as our mayor and i look forward to working with you. thank you for the time you have spent here with us. >> supervisor breed: supervisor stephanie? >> supervisor stefani: thank you. i know our time was short together. i wish i had a chance to get to know you better and i want to wish you the best. as you move forward in your next adventures and thank you it to your family. i know that is the most important thing and it is a family decision to do this job. i just want to wish you the best of luck. like i said, i wish we had more time to serve together. thank you for your service to district eight and the city and county of san francisco. to mayor elect breed, it is no secret that my daughter is obsessed with you. you mean so much to her.

i thank you for that. i just, you know, reflecting back the first time i met you, it was my first event and people were saying, you have to meet london breed. you have to meet london breed. when he walked into the kitchen where we were at, in a home, i remember thinking, she has so much confidence she has so much presence. i was so happy to get to know you over the years as a legislative aide to supervisor farrell and get to work with you. and when we did the sandy hook memorial this last december, your words were so moving. and the story that you told and what you have gone through, and what you bring to the gun violence prevention movement is just so inspiring to me. i was so happy we were able to do that together. i also want to thank you for welcoming me to the chamber in january. you are so gracious and wonderful and helped me. he did not have to do that. i just wanted to say thank you for really welcoming me to this

board. your story is nothing short of incredible and i look forward to working with you. i am so excited for you when you are talking at the rosa parks elementary school. i was sitting next to president cohen watching the little girls look up to you. that is so inspirational. you give so much hope to so many little girls and they may pursue a life a public service because of you. that is just so incredible and i cannot wait to see you in what you do as mayor of this wonderful city. thank you. >> supervisor breed: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: first to our madam president, mayor elect, breach. it has been a pleasure to work with you. it has been a pleasure to serve under a women president and i look forward to serving under a women mayor here in the city and county of san francisco. i can certainly say that you have probably been one of our more fun board president's here in chambers. and it was a pleasure to work

with you on inclusionary housing policy with supervisor peskin and steph ie and to sit on government audit and oversight committees. i look forward to a resolution on many of the issues that we talk about, both in open and closed session under your leadership as mayor. i wanted to speak to you as well. just so you know, your office has specifically asked me to talk a little bit about you. which i am honored to do today. i will rise for that. and also to thank you for taking on incredibly tough position that we all sit here in chambers to do which is to serve as a member of the san francisco board of supervisors and represent the city that we love. you, jeff, and you have such an intimate history and relationship with the city and our community. there really has been an honor

to serve with you. all of you would know his history very well. his political career began long before he had any inkling that one day he would serve as an elected official and run for office. and his activism stretches back for many of you are here to the nineties when you first started canvassing for green peas along side monies of that --dash many of the people we see on the street and also work to elect kathleen brown to the california governor's office. you were the advocate for the 1996 equal benefits ordinance that required companies that worked with the city to provide the same benefits to domestic partners as they did to married couples. you are most known for your legacy as an h.i.v. aids activist. you are public service expands to serve communities within districts that you know have been historically underserved, serving as the h.i.v. aids is our under gavin newsom and

advancing the connection between the city and patients who are in dire need of resources. your work to expand getting to zero consortium, is a citywide effort that you founded which helps to -- which seeks to eliminate the number of h.i.v. infections up to zero by 2020. and two years. an ambitious initiative. it has provided countless low income and uninsured residents to access the key medication that they need that prevents hiv-negative patients from becoming positive. your work has -- has contributed to the continuous and incredible decrease in a new h.i.v. diagnoses. and since 2,006, we have seen a 57% reduction in it new cases reported here in san francisco. i don't think that could have happened without your leadership, your organizing, your advocacy on something we learned here. your persistence. your dogged persistence.

you have made history on this board is a first openly hiv-positive official to serve the city and county of san francisco. you use your position to bring a voice to a community that has, and continues to be publicly silenced by government across the globe. on to say that san francisco has had you as a representative, i think truly is a testament to the rest of the world what we can accomplish here. you use your position to bring a voice to a community that has and continues to be publicly silenced. you have extended harvey milk's legacy by ensuring the hiv-positive community has representation and can stand with the community through any adversity. you have also worked to bring millions of dollars in funding to social services that have supported and uplifted the residents of district eight and our city and fighting for positive resource centres to have a permanent home here in the heart of our city.

you have worked to pass legislation that provides shelter beds for individuals who have been discharged from behavioural health facilities and are in need of a place to sleep and recuperate. you have also worked on key legislation spanning to fight chop shops here in san francisco and to clear our sidewalks. it was really an honor to work alongside you as you served on the public safety and neighborhood services committee and as a constant and unyielding advocate for our cities, families, and youth. everyone on this board has mentioned your amazing family. and as someone who has served and as someone who has worked with a lot of people, of volunteer or working here at city hall, the first person i always write a thank you card to as the partner and to the children. because they are supporting you in doing this incredibly difficult job. but they are also giving up their time. and their connection with you to share you with the rest of the city.

i want to acknowledge your husband and your daughter if you are in the audience today. thank you so much for sharing your wonderful husband and father with the rest of the city and county. i have really enjoyed getting to know you and sitting in your living room as well. i think it is so important at this time that we really honor people who are willing to serve. whether we agree or disagree, into such a tough job. you have to, out the baseline, respect people who are willing to serve. i wanted to end by saying that you have really set a standard in providing for our community during this -- to continually uplift and power. we must strengthen the areas we call home and make them accessible for all. i want to commend you for your work in remodelling efforts for dog parks in district eight that allows hundreds of families to go for walks and spend time with those closest to them.

we cannot talk enough about how important it is for us to have ways for our communities to connect in san francisco. it is not a policy, but it brings our city together. finally, i want to wish you off. you still have so much left to give. i'm excited about your next st step, both in your career and in serving our community. you have a lot left to do and we have many, many expectations. i am sure many members of our community depend on you. i have to say, you know, we probably do not dish -- did not start off on the best wet on the board of supervisors when you were sworn in. i think that one of the things i love about serving on this board are the unexpected friendships that emerge and develop. and i have to say i have a tremendous amount of respect for you. you have taken positions that were incredibly difficult and i have talked to you through a lot of your decision-making

processes. to see how firmly you believe in representing and being independent, even inputting, you know, yourself on the line out there for criticisms, for loss of friendship and social connections. to say that you really think this is the right thing to do. it's not an easy thing to do. i have not often see -- seen elected officials take positions as independently as you do. i want to appreciate your willingness to do this on the board of supervisors. i look forward to your next step i don't want to thank your family and your community and your office as well. -- i want to thank your family and your community and your office as well be one thank you supervisor can. i will jump in and have the party members have their last word. i wanted to take a moment to recognize michelle and say thank you. i particularly remember your mother, when she hurt herself on inauguration day. she was so kind and lighthearted

and loving. and she was really careful not to take away from his day as she sat on the side of the curb, nursing a broken wrist. that is quite a woman. i also recall your remarks on the day of the swearing in. it was very noble. you left me with the impression about what service meant to you and what you were looking to get done on the board of supervisors. i have to tell you, particularly as a result of the ending of the election or se election was coming to an end to, something changed and you. you really began to mature and get a rhythm. as a supervisor and perhaps it was the stress of not having to run. perhaps it was a stress of not

having to take political calculations. you are actually left to legislate. you are left to legislate with not only your mind, but your heart. that became very evident in the last, two months. i want to compliment you on that and acknowledge that you are a solid man and there is no secret to you and i have not seen eye to eye during the course of your time on the board of supervisors. i have it recognized a phenomenal amount of growth and awareness. and your willingness to step into a role that you had some hesitancy for, at first. i think that is a compliment to your character and a testament to values that your parents instilled in you. and i'm sure it values you are instilling now in michelle. so i want to say

congratulations. you are free of this place. you should celebrate and definitely have a good time. i want to pave it to my colleague and my sister and my friend. and sometimes my foe, ladies and gentlemen. i want to recognize, it has been tremendous to watch a mayor elect grow up, quite frankly, right before our eyes. do you remember the first time we nominated her to be the board president? the brash tossed -- trash talking that took place on her first election? and now you her first election? and now you have morphed into a very polished dignified homegi homegirl. you have not lost who you serve. that is really important to keep in mind that you love san francisco and you love the folks. not only in district five, but i can attest to the love that you have for every member of san

francisco. even those that you disagree. those who have been hurtful and disrespectful. you still have found a certain level of -- you demonstrated a certain level of decency to rise above and to be magnanimous but to be very gracious and thoughtful. i'm looking forward to working with you. i'm looking forward to sparring with you as you get ready to occupy the mayor's office. it is quite exciting to be a native san franciscan and grow up and see how life has dealt you a series of cards and how you have slated them. and you have played to them while. last night, ladies and gentlemen, there was an interfaith service of the historic third baptist church and san francisco and it was a phenomenal outpouring of love from every member of every faith

community here in san francisco. everyone got together and we sang and we prayed and i think that it was a really powerful and a moment that we could come together and rejoice. so not to put any pressure on you but i'm looking forward to a fantastic speech tomorrow. to fire everyone up and get us excited and to get us motivated to stay connected. i am incredibly optimistic and will certainly be helpful in bridging whatever gaps that need to be bridged. i offered my hand in service and thank you for your continued service and leadership in san francisco. i want to recognize the supervisors and then we will recognize mayor elect breed. >> thank you for your kind words and supervisor came and all of my colleagues. i deeply appreciate everything you said. it's been an honor to serve with

you. i do think you have to be slightly mentally ill to want to do this job. you know, wiki we do not know what the workload -- people do not appreciate what the workload is and what the sacrifice is. it has been an honor to serve with you. i want to commend mayor breed. her leadership, as long as i've been on the board, has been phenomenal. as a board president, obviously iit has been a choppy mix of individuals and to get your leadership stood above the fray and held us all together. even when we did not agree. we are truly grateful for the leadership. we certainly deeply look forward to being a civilian and a resident of san francisco. and the leadership as you take our city forward to. we had tremendous challenges. i know you are more than up to

handling the challenges. you have amazing grace which you bring to everything you do. thank you. it's been an honor to serve under your leadership. i do want to, you know, we can't forget mayor lee. this has been such a huge honor to have been appointed by him and -- i think we still feel that tremendous loss. i did want to give a shout out to my family. i thank you, all of you for acknowledging. this has been a new sacrifice for them. my daughter is giving me the look. the poor thing has been introduced to more staff. she said do not mention me and do not bring me up on stage. do not point at me. all of you who have kids, you

will have that moment when you are on the trail or at an event and they will reach that point where they have had enough. i also want to thank my staff. they have done a tremendous job. i also want to acknowledge the tremendous work of the city agencies, you know, from the director down to the people doing the work. they have been so amazingly professional and so responsive, and so hard-working. it really is a very very difficult for me to hear people denigrate the work of our public servants. because they truly have been amazing. i want to give a shout out to the clerk who has been a friend for 20 plus years. many great staff. how well they serviced the board and work with the board has been a tremendous honor to reconnect after all these years.

and lastly, i want to thank the supporters and friends in the district and around the city who have been here for me. it has been a joy to work together and make things better for the city. i am grateful for their support and for the ability to create these new relationships as well as old ones that i have had for 20 plus years. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. supervisor breed? >> supervisor breed: thank you. i say this every time i speak. us still does not feel as if it is real. i am so grateful to the people of san francisco for supporting me. and i am so grateful to all of you for working with me and supporting me as the board president. and fighting the good fight for the residents of this city. as elected officials, unless you have been one, you really don't understand exactly the

challenges that we face, because you can't please everyone. not everyone is going to like you. not everyone is going to do what you want them to do. and what i noticed about this board and what made me so proud to be part of it, is we stand our ground. we do what we think is best and we try to fight for the people we represent every day. we put ourselves out there to ridicule to the drama and to the praise is sometimes. and at the end of the day, what is so amazing as a result that we are able to get. the good results when we work wd together like we did with inclusionary housing and the changes we made. this has been an incredible experience. one that i never thought i'd have an opportunity to be part of.

and i am so excited and optimistic about the future of this city. i noticed that the supervisor looks a lot happier now. and i know how hard you worked. i know how deeply you care about the work that you do for the residents of this city. and i appreciate everything that you have done. all the sacrifices that you made to allow this opportunity to occur. i want to thank you for your service. not just on the board, but as supervisor kim broke down step-by-step, all of the work at all of the advocacy that you have done for your entire career. it is not just about the board. it is about everything. this is part of who you are. your service means so much to so many people. you made a tremendous impact on the city. i say thank you. i know you are going to civilian

life. who knows. your mayor may call you to service again. who knows. he is looking at me like i don't think so, honey. thank you supervisor kim for your support in working with me on the board and also being a fierce candidate on the campaign trail. i know that we will work well together as i move into this office. i'm looking forward to the time and the things that we will hopefully be able to accomplish. there is a lot of work to do. you care deeply about many of the things that i care about your brand equity and and housing and how we will make sure that people who constantly are not at the table are not forgotten. i'm looking forward to that work that i know we will be able to do together. you drive me crazy, but i know if i can't remember something or i want to know something about something that happened ten or 20 years ago, i can pick up the

phone and you know everything. you have that incredible institutional knowledge. you are the grandfather of the board of supervisors even though you are not the grandfather age. maybe you are. the fact is, you bring so much to this body. when you became a member of the board, i was like, oh, my god. i have to work with aaron peskin. lord, jesus. help me. i have been pleasantly surprised by how well we work together and how much we have in common and how much i look forward to working with you on matters that we both care about. i know that will continue and i will not forget about this board. i will not forget about each and every one of you. and i am looking forward to, you know, a new start for us. so that we can get to a better place. because you are district,

especially in the mission, we have a lot of work to do. i want to make sure that we continue to do that work. i look around the mission district and i don't recognize it anymore. and i want to make sure that we do all that we can in san francisco to make sure that people who feel the same way and feel they are being left out are not forgotten. i am looking forward to that working relationship. my little brother, even though you are older than me, i think you are. supervisor safai we first met when we were working at the housing committee. were trying to get 300 units torn down. i was fighting every day to get families back into public housing from other places that many of my family members and community members had been dis- -- been displaced to. you were always there.

you are there for your conspiracy -- constituents now and for the people of san francisco. you are nosy so you know everything and you are involved in so many things. that is good for a supervisor. you make sure that your community is not left out. you make sure that we are making good policy decisions. not just for the district before the city as a whole. that means something. i am so glad you are on the board and i am looking forward to working with you for years to come. supervisor stefani, you know, i always say this. the best thing that came out of the situation that occurred was having you as a colleague on the board of supervisors. i am so glad that you are here. i am glad to have someone like you on the board of supervisors. gun violence and what we asked -- what i experienced, i get emotional every time i think about the hundreds of friends

and family members in the western addition alone. that does not include the bayview and what has been happening most of my life. losing people on a regular basis to gun violence and the work that you have done. the national work. and what we all need to do together to address this issue is something i care deeply about. i know you are an advocate for that and so many other amazing things. i am looking forward to your future on this board. i know that you will continue to do a great job for the residents of your district and your city. supervisor fewer, thank you so much for your patience with me sometimes. let me say this about you. she was the one member of the board that, as soon as i asked her, what committees would you like to be on, she said these are the ones i like, but put me on any committee that you need to. i thought, huo. this is a rare breed indeed.

a rare person. she was willing to serve and to be supportive and as helpful as she could. and every committee she put her halt her all into it. i want to thank you for making my life easy and thank you for your advocacy and your work on the board. i am looking forward to working on a number of issues around equity with you. i know that you care about that deeply and i want to make sure that our department in the city has a way to look at things through an equity lens. at how we hire and how we do things all over the city that we deal with income and inequality in the number of other issues that you care deeply about. i am looking forward to working with you on those issues. and supervisor tang, you know, it has been a long journey. when you first got on the board, i didn't know much about you. i was sad that carmen was leaving and i wasn't going to get a chance to work with her.

i am so grateful for the time adds the friendship that we developed over the years and working on things together. and how much you care about san francisco and you care about it's residents and how actively engaged you are with the residents of your district and how much they love you. i know that this will be your last year and i am heartbroken. i know that you will still continue to be actively engaged in some capacity and serving the city. thank you for your friendship and thank you for your service to san francisco. supervisor ye, my fellow galileo lion. we are -- we've come a long way since galileo. was mr wang there when you were there to each week we know? he is retiring. as shout out. but supervisor ye, thank you for always opening the door for me

and being available for me to meet with you. your advocacy on children and issues around childcare and the things that, you know, often times are easy for people to forget or to neglect. you always bring those things to the forefront and you don't compromise on those matters. you know that it matters to the people who need it the most. and so i want to thank you for your service here on the board. we came on together and i am really looking forward to continuing to work with you on things and i know you will care about these things. we will work together as a maker. you get what i am saying. and you could actually come to my office. that is what will happen as mayor, you know, you all will have the ability, if i am available to meet with me or to call me any time. just like you did as board

president. i will do everything i can to get back to you in a timely manner. president cohen, i love it saying madam president. thank you for your work on the board. what is interesting is watching you over the past couple months get fired up about some of the issues, you have gotten fired up all throughout the course of your career on the board. but you are just on fire like never before on every issue. whether it is house a, police reform, transportation, all of those things, you know, we need someone to be fired up. we need someone to care about these issues and we need a leader like you to make sure that the board continues to move

forward in the right direction. i am proud of the work you have done here. i am proud of what you have done to represent the residents of district ten. often times with not a lot of appreciation. but the work needs to get done. you have been the right person to move it forward and get it done and represents the constituents of your district in what i think is an admirable way. i appreciate your advocacy and appreciate your friendship. i don't appreciate your drama with me when we don't agree, but, hey, we work out our issues and we work through it. that is what it is about. it is always about the bigger picture. it is always about the people we represent. it is always about good policy or trying to move our city forward. i think that is what sometimes gets lost in politics. even if someone may not agree, we are trying to move forward good policies that helped change

things for the better for our residents and for the people of san francisco. i appreciate your leadership in that effort and i am looking forward to working with you as mayor and as president of the board. i am just excited about the future of san francisco and i am hopeful that i will be able to continue to work with all of you across the hall and i also want to say something about two amazing people, not just angela and the clerk -- clerk of the board who put up with me and so many things. and was very patient and angela, you are amazing and you are a wonderful clerk. you and your team and what you all do to help the president, to help the rest of the board is absolutely incredible. and it is not always appreciated. i want you to know that i really appreciate you and the work that you have done here at the board and how you have helped me through the process of president. it means a lot and you will continue to serve the president well. thank you for your advocacy and

your support in this chamber and always keeping us on the straight and narrow as it relates to the rules of the board chamber. and john gibbon or, i don't know if he is here. there we go. john gibbon are, you know, he is a great city attorney. at deputy city attorney. whatever you want to title it. he has been amazing. he is always available and always has good information. great t recommendations. he has served this board well and been an incredible person to work with. i just really thank you both and i will miss seeing you every week. you can come visit me at too. i will not be far. thank you for your service. i also want to thank harvey rose and the members of the budget and legislative analyst office.

they are not here now. i told harvey that i love him and i said make sure i still love you when i am mayor. he said, a well that is the same thing dianne feinstein said. she loved me when i was on the board of supervisors, but hated me when she became mayor. harvey is great. it was an honor to work with someone who i know is a legend here in the chamber. i want to thank our sheriff and the deputies for keeping things in order and always making sure we are safe and taking care of the chamber and taking care of the public. i want to thank ben for his work as a controller. the city departments and all the people who basically contribute to making sure that we are able to do the business of this city and this chamber. so many parts of the pieces of the puzzle come together and there are so many people that play an important role of bringing those pieces together.

so i am really excited about tomorrow. i am grateful to each and every one of you. i look forward to a better san francisco i know that none of s is perfect but as a person who is responsible for leading this city, i commit to you that i will do everything i can add to -- can to make a unifying voice. for someone who works with you and provides an opportunity for us to make together -- work together and talk about those issues. we know politics sometimes is a politics and politics will never go away. but at the end of the day, i want to know that i will do everything i can to put the politics aside for the purposes of running the city and doing a good job so we can all be a proud of the results that we get because of the work we are doing