>> all right. good morning, san francisco. [applause] >> welcome this morning. my name is miguel bustos, and i am the director for the center for social justice at glide, and we welcome you. [applause] >> before we get into our program, i just want to acknowledge some family friends that are here. we have sheriff hennessey, who's here. i saw her earlier. we have a glide board member, herby foster, who's here.

we have janice mercanti, the founder of our organization. we have the reverend cecil williams, the man who started it all, and we have our illustrious director here. ad glide, we believe it's about radical inclusion and love in all we do. not just in a few things, but in all we do. and this safer inside demonstration site is an example of unconditional love and radical conclusion for all. we're glad that you're here. we're glad that you care, and we're glad that you, too, believe that every single life is important and valued, and it's through this safer inside

demonstration site that we want to show the rest of the world that it's about safety, it's about community, and dignity, something that we're all called by our makers to give one another, a sense of dignity, and so that's why we're here today, and that's why we're glad you're here today, because you will help us spread the word of this wonderful work of unconditional love and radical inclusion. our first speaker really needs no introduction. she was born and raised here in this wonderful city of st. francis. she's been a stuanch supporter of sites like this since before she were mayor. she believes in caring, she believes in leading, and she believes in the fact that we all deserve dignity. so ladies and gentlemen, help

me welcome the mayor of san francisco, mayor london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, miguel, and thank you all so much for being here today. what a beautiful day in san francisco. i'm excited to be here in the tenderloin to talk about something that we know is a real challenge here, not just in this particular neighborhood, but throughout the city. i want to thank safer inside for this incredible effort that has helped us to realize exactly what a facility like this would look like. many of you know that i pushed to start a task force back in 2017, one that brought people together to talk about the impacts of what it would mean to open up a safe injection site here in san francisco, and i want to thank so many of the people who participated in the task force, who sat and worked with people who spent an incredible amount of time to

develop a report which leads us here today, an example what a site like this could actually look like. we are here today to save lives. that's what this is about. we know that we are in the midst of one of the worst public health crises of recent memory. approximately 2 million americans across our country are struggling with substance abuse, disorders related to opioids. more americans are dying in one year than who died in the vietnam war. san francisco is not immune to those impacts, and we have an estimated 225,000 individuals who are injecting drugs. last year, 193 people died of drug overdoses, and if you walk on the streets of san

francisco, you can see the heartbreaking symptoms of this every single day. people who are struggling with addiction that they cannot beat on their own, and worst of all, they are suffering alone without access to medical treatment that can actually save their lives. continuing with the status quo and just hoping that things will get better is not an option. substance abuse is not simply going away because we don't want to see it. these type of overdose prevention facilities work. i've seen the results firsthand when i had an opportunity to travel to vancouver, canada, to see exactly how these places work and how they have saved lives. in fact, the insight location in vancouver, zero, zero overdoses in the 15 years of its existence. these sites are not about

providing a place for people to use drugs, they're about using a proven approach to solving the health crisises. they will save city resources that we are currently spending on the impacts of this crisis. it's estimated that one booth site could save san francisco up to $3.5 million by reducing hospital stays, hiv and help tie shelp -- hepatitis c overdoses. i want to show that these sites can be implemented in a clean, safe, and effective way. we are giving people the opportunity to see for themselves how these locations will work and voice any concerns or questions that they may have, so i want to invite folks to come and tour this

facility. people who have questions, people who are uncertain about what this actually means, here's your opportunity in san francisco to see for yourself, as well as hear from health professionals, researchers, community representatives, and civic leaders who support bringing this proven approach to san francisco. on monday, the california state legislature passed ab-186, which would allow san francisco to run a three-year pilot of safe injection sites. it is now up to the governor, and i am hopeful that he will sign this bill into law because safe injection sites help people in addiction and will help by reducing overdoses, reducing the drug uses on the streets and help get discarded needles off our streets.

[applause] >> the hon. london breed: i want to thank all of those who participat participated on the task force in 2017. i want to thank senator scott wiener and susan egmon for their leadership on 186. i want to thank glide for continuing to be a leader for pushing efforts that are controversial -- [applause] >> the hon. london breed >> the hon. london breed: -- but need to be done because it can save and change lives, a place of hope and a place of inspiration. thanks to janice and reverend katani for being here, and the work that you do in this effort, but also, the work every single day that you do for folks here in the tenderloin. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i also want to thank the senior program director of programs for the glide foundation as

well as reverend fong, who is here from chinatown community development. thank you so much. i want to thank the safer inside community who helped to sponsor this project and spent countless hours of putting it together in a way for people to see m.o.how it actually works. thank you to the tenderloin health improvement partnership and to capital one design pro bono for their support. thank you to laura thomas, and she has been in this fight for so many years. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: one of the first persons to bring it to my attention and to really, you know, help me to understand exactly what it could mean, and she has been an advocate with the drug policy alliance for many, many years, and we are just one step closer to making what is your dream a reality, so thank you for your hard work. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you to the st. francis foundation, the st. anthony's foundation, the tenderloin health improvement partnership,

and thank you to zendas, and the project leadership and design team, all of the people who came together and put in not only a lot of hard work, but a lot of love. love for the desire to make this a place about helping people and about saving lives. it matters, the work that you are all doing and the work that we will continue to lead the way here in san francisco. we know that there continues to be legal challenges, but here in san francisco, we are not afraid. we have faced worse obstacles in trying to move this city and this country forward, and today, you find a community of people who will stand strong and who will fight to do the right thing. the lives of the people who we are trying to help are counting on it. thank you all so much for being here today.

[applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for those wonderful words. always inspirational. next i'd like to introduce to you another wonderful leader, a leader at glide that has been doing incredible work, helping us see the light, and that's our executive director, rita shiman. >> thank you, miguel. good morning, mayor breed, i love being able to see that. good morning, and good morning community. it's a wonderful day. it's a day full of inspiration. you know, we're in the midst of the crisis that was somewhat described by the mayor. we're in the midst of a crisis today. what's the crisis? you know now the number one cause of death for people under the age of 50 in the united states is overdose.

the age of 50 -- under the age of 50, the number one cause of death in the united states is overdose. every day, we see our brothers and sisters of all ages suffering from drug use disorder. they're in the streets, you see their pain and suffering. i'll be repeating some of the things that the mayor said because it's worth repeating. here in san francisco, there are more than 22,000 folks using intravenous drugs. 33% of the overdose deaths that occur in san francisco occur right here in the tenderloin and south of market. the trauma we see in the streets is transferred to everybody in the community, whether you are suffering directly from addiction. we're all affected by this crisis. so why am i inspired today?

because i just toured the overdose prevention demonstration site at glide with the mayor and many of you. we just saw a tool that could save lives, could save money, that is effective, rational, compassionate, humane. we just saw something that works to end the overdose crisis. [applause] [inaudible] >> -- a demonstration site. when you enter it, you'll get a deeper understanding of what safe injections overdose prevention site is. safe injection environment creates or prevents overdose.

safe injection environment prechbss overdose. safe injection saves lives. saving lives means people have a chance to get in real recover recovery.so recovery. some people say we're just allowing people to use drugs. the -- [inaudible] >> there has never been an overdose death anywhere in the world for over 30 years in more than 120 safe injection overdose prevention sites operating in 65 cities in ten countries. never one life lost.

[applause] >> san francisco rates in overdose deaths. it's a little lower than some other cities, and that's because we're good at getting services to the people. thank god for all the services available to all folks in san francisco, but we can save more lives, and every life matters. every life matters. i'm super inspired because our safer injection overdose inside is all about the next -- [inaudible] >> i will keep repeating this. every life is worth saving, every life is worth saving.

[applause] [inaudible] >> the surgeon general said that alcohol and drug dependency are not moral issues, they are chronic conditions of the brain that need to be understood. we know that studies of the people who are challenged and susceptible to drug use disorders overwhelmingly have trauma, serious trauma in their past. these people are caught in a position that could easily befall any one of us. all of us deserve the dignity, love, and a sense of connection. all lives are worth saving. so i'm saying a lot, i'm repeating a lot today. hard science, evidence based,

love and connection because it's this attitude and approach that is going to make our site successful. so tell everybody to come down to see the safer inside overdose prevention demonstration at glide. it'll be up through friday. you can come and tour, and i especially want to thank, again, the cosponsors because glide is so happy to be hosting and one of the cosponsors with capital one design, drug policy alliance, st. francis foundation, st. anthony's foundation, tenderloin health improvement partnership, zen desk, and i want to mention a very important partner that helped us design this, and that is san francisco's drug users union. [applause] >> i have to give a special shout out to a few folks, paul harkins and janet ector and the

glide harm reduction team. [applause] >> who make the love and services possible for our folks. as one person who helped us design the demonstration site said, thank you for thinking about our lives. so glide has something for everyone. come to glide so sunday's celebration. we have famous fried chicken on thursdays. come help serve a meal, three times a day, 364 days a year. we're here for the whole community. everybody's life is worth saving, and that's why we're supportive positive safer inside safe injection overdose prevention sites. let's have san francisco lead the way. [applause] >> thank you, rita. i also want to acknowledge two of our health commissioners here: dan bernal and james

loyce. thank you so much for being here and joining us on this special day. [applause] >> you know, it takes a village, and the city and county of san francisco, and especially the health department has been a really wonderful partner. and i want to acknowledge gary, who's here, the interim director, and i want to introduce to you dr. barry zevin who's a specialist for the san francisco department of public health. [applause] >> similmer down. thank you very much. the -- i'm a physician. i'm trained as an internal medicine specialist and an addiction medicine specialist. i reviewed the literature on things related to people who

use substances. i've been involved in the harm reduction movement for 25 years. i've been treating patients who use drugs for 30 years. t the -- i have had numerous patients in the past 30 years die of overdose. i've had numerous patients die of substance use related disorders, preventible disorders. i have embraced the idea that we meet people where they're at, a very fundamental idea in harm reduction practice. what we know about people who inject drugs is there are numerous barriers to them being able to come in to a conventional medical office. there's barriers to treatment,

there's barriers to care. we need to meet people where they're at, so i've been doing it for 30 years. this is a process that takes time. it takes time for individual people. today, in the street, in the alley where our offices are, just as i was coming out to this, i saw an individual alone, sitting on the ground, injecting. that is just from a practical point of view, a big public health problem, and a big problem for that individual's health. we need to have a way that that person can come into a welcoming door. that is somebody who's injecting in the alley not because they want to be doing that outside, certainly not

because they want to be dying outside, not because they don't want help. that's somebody who doesn't have a choice. there's not someplace else for that person to be in their current place in their current way. now we're going to outreach to the alleys, we're going to outreach to the streets. my programs are outreach and shelter health. there are many other departments in the city of san francisco that are working in the streets, that are working in all kinds of places where substance users are. we need someplace that's compelling, someplace that will bring people in the door with the idea that i can trust this place, and it's going to be good for my health 'cause there surely are reasons why just saying hey, i'm a doctor, trust me, is not something that's going to work from the point of

view of what our people's experience has been. this is a way for people to come into a door, a trustworthy door, and then have the -- have the experience of -- and someone used the word "love." i'm going to use the word "love" too, a word that is not always associated with the public health care. but that is the first step. when somebody can feel that love, that's where the trust is, that's where the change is, and that's where the lives get saved. i -- you have heard from several people. i'll reiterate. the evidence, scientific evidence is very strongly in favor of this model of care. the evidence is strong that people want help. the idea that somebody that's using substances, it must be

that they don't care about their health. i have 27 years of experience here in san francisco talking to thousands of people who, the first thing they say is i care about my health. there may be many barriers to may being able to care for myself, but it's not lack of caring. okay. we reach people where they're at with that care. this is a step in that direction. can people change? i think that's one of the questions that ultimately comes up for a lot of people. i can usually convince people with the evidence, with the idea of just the practicality of a safer injection space, that this will reduce death and overdose, this will improve people's health. this will actually be something that people take advantage of.

this is going to be something good for our community health. the question is is it something that will actually lead to change, and i've seen so many people who the smallest thing -- walking in a door that they've walked in 100 times before, but today, they were greeted in a way that led to that change to know that it actually works, to change people's lives, saves people's lives, and it's something i'm looking forward to working with as i work with people wherever they are. so i want to thank my team, i want to thank the department of public health, i want to thank mayor breed especially for the incredible support of doing this, and these steps are small steps, but we're moving in the right direction, and that's what harm reduction is about,

so i'm very grateful that we're here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, dr. zevin. and i want to thank greg wagner. thank you so much for being here. well, ladies and gentlemen, that is it for today. we will have a spot for questions and answers for the press right over here on this side. come to glide, come see what we're doing. come see the miracles that happen, not just today but every single day, and we look forward to seeing you. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. [applause]

as latinos we are unified in some ways and incredibly diverse in others and this exhibit really is an exploration of nuance in how we present those ideas. ♪ our debts are not for sale. >> a piece about sanctuary and how his whole family served in the army and it's a long family tradition and these people that look at us as foreigners, we have been here and we are part of america, you know, and we had to reinforce that.

i have been cure rating here for about 18 year. we started with a table top, candle, flower es, and a picture and people reacted to that like it was the monna lisa. >> the most important tradition as it relates to the show is idea of making offering. in traditional mexican alters, you see food, candy, drinks, cigarettes, the things that the person that the offerings where being made to can take with them into the next word, the next life. >> keeps u.s us connects to the people who have passed and because family is so important to us, that community dynamic makes it stick and makes it visible and it humanizes it and makes it present again.

♪ >> when i first started doing it back in '71, i wanted to do something with ritual, ceremony and history and you know i talked to my partner ross about the research and we opened and it hit a cord and people loved it. >> i think the line between engaging everyone with our culture and appropriating it. i think it goes back to asking people to bring their visions of what it means to honor the dead, and so for us it's not asking us to make mexican altars if they are not mexican, it's really to share and expand our vision of what it means to honor the dead. >> people are very respectful. i can show you this year alone

of people who call tol ask is it okay if we come, we are hawaii or asian or we are this. what should we wear? what do you recommend that we do? >> they say oh, you know, we want a four day of the dead and it's all hybrid in this country. what has happened are paper cuts, it's so hybrid. it has spread to mexico from the bay area. we have influence on a lot of people, and i'm proud of it. >> a lot of tim times they don't represent we represent a lot of cultures with a lot of different perspectives and beliefs. >> i can see the city changes and it's scary. >> when we first started a lot

of people freaked out thinking we were a cult and things like that, but we went out of our way to also make it educational through outreach and that is why we started doing the prosession in 1979. >> as someone who grew up attending the yearly processions and who has seen them change incrementally every year into kind of what they are now, i feel in many ways that the cat is out of the bag and there is no putting the genie back into the bottle in how the wider public accesses the day of the dead. >> i have been through three different generations of children who were brought to the procession when they were very young that are now bringing their children or grandchildren. >> in the '80s, the processions were just kind of electric.

families with their homemade visuals walking down the street in san francisco. service so much more intimate and personal and so much more rooted in kind of a family practice of a very strong cultural practice. it kind of is what it is now and it has gone off in many different directions but i will always love the early days in the '80s where it was so intimate and son sofa millial. >> our goal is to rescue a part of the culture that was a part that we could invite others to join in there there by where we invite the person to come help us rescue rescue it also.

that's what makes it unique. >> you have to know how to approach this changing situation, it's exhausting and i have seen how it has affected everybody. >> what's happening in mission and the relationship with the police, well it's relevant and it's relevant that people think about it that day of the dead is not just sugar skulls and paper flowers and candles, but it's become a nondenominational tradition that people celebrate. >> our culture is about color and family and if that is not present in your life, there is just no meaning to it you know? >> we have artists as black and brown people that are in direct danger of the direct policies of the trump a administration and i think how each of the artists has responsibilitie responded ss

interesting. the common - >> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store

collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and

improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get

them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a

bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and

get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and

social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just

beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more.

>> shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services we help san francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. >> my name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if san francisco

this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both national chains and neighborhoods by the neighborhood stores where coming you don't want to - one of the great things of san francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood

have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own- that's >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years

and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. that's where prop 60 comes in. prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the

property value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. if you plan to purchase your new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. this means that if your existing home is worth $1 million in market value, your new home must be $1 million or below. if you're looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105% of your exist egging home. which means if you sell your old home for $1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than $1.15 million.

if you sell your existing home at $1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more than $1.1 million. know that your ability to participate in this program expires after two years. you will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. so benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. for more, visit our website, sfassessor.org,

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time,

people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration.

>> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my

sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the

stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want

it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they

really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and

mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still

owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing.

>> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪