>> thank you, julian. next, i would like to welcome our mayor, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: hello, everybody. i am so excited to be here. now, believe it or not, when i was in middle school, i was a handful. so it's always great to come back and say thank you to all the incredible teachers and counselors who made amazing program support to make sure that the next generation of young people who attend public school in san francisco have a real opportunity for success. i remember those times where when i first was in band class, jack martin's ben franklin middle school band, and the first day, because i talked too much, mr. martins made me write lines. but i also -- after i finished

writing those lines, he told me i had a lot of talent. he told me i could be anybody that i wanted to be, and he was willing to take extra time out of his schedule to tutor me because he knew i really wanted to play french horn and be first chair. that helped me be a first chair advanced band sooner than anticipated and that's what mission neighborhood is about. we can't leave any of our kids behind. we know what the numbers say. mostly, sadly, the loss of so many african american boys and latino boys in san francisco out of high school, they have an opportunity to succeed if we move forward with programs, we invest in the right programs for the purposes of providing them with the support they need to be a success, and we have proof right here with us today. i want to thank leader pelosi

who has been a fearless, fearless advocate. she's not just fighting the challenges of what's going on in the white house in washington, d.c. every day, she's bringing home the bacon. she knows the challenges we face here. thank you for supervisor ronen to be here. this is her district, she's going to continue to be here for her district and continue inform fight for you all on the board of supervisors. i want ho thank the city partners and the -- i want to thank the city partners and the organizations because of your commitment in making this program a success. it's why the graduation rate at john o'connell high school has increased by 24%. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: the numbers don't lie, and we have to continue to invest -- i'm really excited about this

incredible opportunity and today to celebrate with all of you and to cut the ribbon on the soccer field. please, to all the parents and community members and organizations, don't give up. we are going to work harder and strong stronger for the kids who are here in san francisco to public schools. as some of you know, my commitment as mayor is to make sure high school kids have a paid internship in our schools so they're not worrying about whether or not they have lunch money or some basic needs because sometimes their parents might be struggling. we know it's possible. mission promise neighborhood has made something that people didn't think was possible, possible. and so we are going to work on even more initiatives to make things even better for more kids throughout san francisco. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. we're really honored to have you join us today. we're going to move onto our

final speaker, but before we do that, i just want to take one more opportunity to thank leader pelosi for making it out here from d.c. to be here for this grant. and of course thank you to hillary ronen and mark sanchez. we would not be here without you. [applause] >> and now i would like to give the microphone to our principal, claudia de la diaz moran. [applause] >> i'm going to talk about horace mann. it's been raising up san franciscans from this very spot for 100 years. this school has raised the children of our neighborhood since the days of duck tail

hairstyles, and creased white pants, back when all the cars looked like the low riders that line our streets. it's an institution here in the heart of our neighborhood. one day, an older gentleman walked into my office and said, i remember coming here in the 1960's, and when i get in trouble, the dean would spank me with a paddle. what do you do these days to discipline kids, and my first response was we just love on them until we change their responses. this building is full of mission kids still bursting with pride for their families, still with love for their friends and neighborhoods and still very connected to this place right here that they call ho home. there are teachers among us that have invested decades in

this school. horace mann has been and always will be a central part of our san francisco story. let's hear it for horace mann is still with us, still a part of this community. and then, we have buena vista, and buena vista was one of the very first spanish immersion schools in california, daring to bring a dream to life, that students with different backgrounds speaking different languages could go to school with one other and exchange their perspectives with one another, that they could tell of the experiences of their grandparents, learn about each other's mom and dad's struggles, and triumphs, and they would pick up more than another language but also empathy, awareness and appreciation for others who aren't like themselves. their minds would open like parachutes, and they would become the strong, visionary leaders that our community deserves.

buena vista, that's a legacy of buena vista. and so when buena vista and horace mann joined forces eight years ago, this place became a model and a rock and a place of spanish immersion. what we knew for sure from the outset is we would keep our commitment to our neighborhoods, we would keep meeting the needs of our mission kids, providing them and their families the services and supports they need in and out of the classroom, in and out of the classroom in order to learn. and this is the beauty of our school, that it truly aspires to be a resource for our community. this is what it means to be a community school, a school that sees every one of our children as unique and deserving of love and infinite types of opportunities. and we are grateful to have found a incredibly strong

partner in jamestown and to have the funding necessary to provide much of that support to the beacon initiative. and now, we're incredibly excited to join the family of mission schools who receive services through the neighborhood grants and we sue this ribbon cutting as a symbol of our entry into the world of ways. this grant will make our school stronger, as we celebrate the addition of our fantastic soccer field, we want to welcome all of the hard work done by students, parents, commissioners, community members, public and private organizations that made this project and others like it possible. [applause] >> our children benefit every day from all of your advocacy, and we're grateful for it. thank you very, very much. [applause] >> now that's a principal. thank you. thank you for that vision.

we're going to engage in a ribbon cutting ceremony now. before we do that, i want to acknowledge the google employees, angela for replying the latino employees from google to help with today's event. thank you. and anything else is a community of partners. if you're a partner of mission promise neighborhood, please raise your hand. [applause] >> thank you. thank. >> 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 coseen

. >> thank you to all of you for being here. to the mayor's office for dreaming this project up with us in the first place, to supervisor kim for showing us how to do it, and to the mayor today for sharing the space with us. and especially to the community

here in the tenderloin who have welcomed us over the last two years. we're here because we know the power of community owned businesses to create opportunities for asset generation in low-income communities and for everyone. my first informal meal in the bay area was at a small table in a one bedroom apartment at leavenworth and hyde. they took orders from myself and ten strangers, delivering some of the most delicious mexico city style food in the business. the tenderloin, like all communities that faced economic barriers has a really vibrant economy. we've worked with low-income and women entrepreneurs across the bay for 13 years. although cocina has won numerous

awards, their air of mothers that cook in s.r.o.'s that cook for each other. there are sidewalk barbecues nearly every day and the best bay areas that gauadalupe's goig to tell you about in a bit. this represents not just the soul of this city but the soul of other cities. this project aims to celebrate all. it's a public space fuelled by women entrepreneurs and focused on equitiable place making and economic opportunity. i saw an interview with mayor breed the other day where she noted some of her favorite places toet were eddy's cafe and

pancho villa. food businesses are obvious the first step a family can take towards economic freedom. their physical claiming of space in our neighborhoods and cities, and they're representations of the places that we live. when we run up against road blocks in the two years that we've been considering this project, we've wondered if we can't do this, and then, who would want to live in a place that doesn't make opportunities possible? this is the risk, the crisis that our cities are in. we believe that all cities can do what we are doing here. through public support, private investment and community power, we plan to build the first all women led food hall in the country. those talented women will hire --

[applause] >> those talented women will hire and create pathways to wealth while serving the communities that raised them and creating a space where everyone is welcome. it's a place for families, workers, lunches, homework, and dreaming. we ask you today to imagine what that place could be while you're in this space, what this space could mean to a community. but also, have you to imagine what it might mean for places like that not to exist anymore. imagine a city without those dreamers, without those foods. we are so excited to show you how possible a better city is. thank you for believing in us and being here today. thank you to supervisor kim and a really special thank you to mayor breed, who joins us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: good afternoon, everybody. i am so excited to be here today. i walked in the room, and it really smelled like my

grandmother's house. ho now, my grandmother was a great cook, and people on the street that i grew up, on eddy and laguna, always knew they could come by at certain times of year to buy things. my grandmother made the best tamales, the best gumbo. and some of you may not know what hog's head cheese is, but hog's head cheese. she made them a lot of times with the free food we received from the government. she could make the best macaroni and cheese from the cheese that we received from the government. some of you know what i'm talking about. part of our ability to survive had a lot to do with my grandmother being an entrepreneur in public housing where she offered up what she was able to do. what an incredible thing to do here today, to give so many

amazing women, especially the support that this provides to minority women and women of our immigrant community who are looking for an opportunity to support their families with their talents, with their amazing food. and it means a lot that so many of you here today have worked to make something like this possible, to take a space that is going to be used for even more good when we are able to invest the necessary dollars for our much needed affordable housing here, to use it in this capacity, is going to make this an incredible space full of excitement, full of love, and yes, full of great food. so i just wanted to stop by and stay congratulations for your efforts. thank you, caleb and supervisor kim for your leadership and having the foresight to see that

you could make something like this possible. and also enthuse for being one of the few events that i'm able to attend where there is food, because food is, i think, something that brings so many people together. i was actually at glide yesterday, and someone who remembered me, she used to baby-sit me, and she said that my grandmother used to feed her as a way to pay her to baby-sit us when we were kids. i mean, i didn't remember her, but clearly, she knew my grandmother, my mama, priscilla. clearly, food is something that brings people together. it makes people happy, and what an incredible way to share your talents with the world and also make a lot of san franciscans happy. thank you all so much for being here, and please, support these businesses when you see them out and about, get to know them, and use them for catering opportunities. what a great way to support businesses than here's a way to use them for ways in which they

could actually benefit people throughout san francisco, and i'm looking forward to seeing this place come to life, so they are also, i know, looking for more donations. i know this was a partnership with the city, but we are definitely looking for more did he -- donations to make this dream for so many more women a reality. thank you for being here today. with that, i'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the supervisor for this district, supervisor jane kim. [applause] >> supervisor kim: thank you, mayor breed for joining us in the tenderloin neighborhood. i always like to call this your second district. it is so great to be here today. 101 hyde has always been a special place for our residents because so many residents live in single room occupancy hotels where they don't have access to

mail. this was the space where people could get their checks, be connected to the world, and when the post office shut this site down with federal budget cuts, it was a huge loss for our community. and when we learned that it was sold to built market race housing, i think that was one of the more depressing news and updates in this neighborhood. but for whatever reason when the owner wasn't able to build, and we were negotiating, market street for the masses, they said you know what? we really need affordable housing that our residents can afford, and they often can't afford the inclusionary housing

in the market rate buildings. through that negotiation with many people that were here in the room, over the course of those weeks, we negotiated a deal where shore sea agreed to buy this property so we could donate it for 100% affordable housing. [applause] >> supervisor kim: however, we know that building housing takes time and randy shaw had the f e forsy foresight to know that that it may take ten years to build it for the community. over the last two years, we have seen an up tick in activities with the closure of this site. so we want to make sure that the block was activated. randy suggested that we bring in a marketplace similar to the hall on market street where we could showcase our residents and

develop a meeting that could be -- a site that would be a community hub, a place to eat, and of course a place where we can showcase our immigrant entrepreneurs. a little over 30 years ago, my mom was able to bring together loans from different family members and friends to open a small business, and through that small business, she was able to grow an income for my family and eventually buy a home. being able to incubate a small business for so many of our immigrant women, it's what allows our families to grow in our city, to contribute to our economy, but also raise our families here in the city. la cocina has been that incubator site, and i'm so happy they were able to come in. this was not easy to do. it took a lot of advocacy, a lot of fund raising, and also city support. and i want to recognize mayor breed and the office for committing additional funds to make sure that we could deliver this site in an affordable

manner, and delivering in an affordable manner means that we can reduce the prices on the menus so that residents can afford to eat here, as well, and that's -- [applause] jane jac>> supervisor kim: tha commitment that la cocina and the city has made so that all of the residents can enjoy food her every single day. so i want to thank all of the partners that were involved. i'm so excited to come here and try the food of many prir entrepreneurs. i think many of us would not be able to standup to the chefs that this neighborhood has, and we're all excited for its opening. thank you to everyone involved. [applause] >> hello. i am operations manager at la cocina. i would like to introduce you to

guadalupe morena. she is owner of la cocina, and she will share her story. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> i am now going to be translating that for guadalupe. hello. my name is guadalupe morena, and

i want to welcome you to my neighborhood. i live here with my husband and three kids. when we arrived in mexico, we picked this neighborhood because the rents were reasonable and because the rest of my family lived here. we came to this area because my husba husband's sister, veronica salazar, also lives here. now i'm starting my own business at la cocina, it's called m mi morena. i love sharing my mexican culture with people. i cook for you like i cook for my family. we sell at the mission community market on thursdays, and i'm really excited to think that next year in this old post office we could share our food to our neighborhood. i think it's going to be something wonderful for this area to have a space we can come to with our families, eat lunch

and dinner and just relax and enjoy. we don't really have anyplaces like this, so the marketplace is going to be very important for my family. thank you for this opportunity that la cocina and the city of san francisco has given us. for me as a local resident, entrepreneur and immigrant woman, i really appreciate your support. thank you. [applause] >> and i'm now going to introduce karina mora. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> okay. i have called the tenderloin my home for the last ten years, since i left yucatan, mexico. i am the mother of a six-year-old daughter, raquel, who brings joy to my life. la voz is primarily a resource

center but focuses on the economic and social development of our community. for this reason, i listened to the proposal of caleb and his team, and i'm happy to be part of the team in the tenderloin to make it a reality. on several occasions i have expressed my desire to make a radical change of this portion of market street. it's time for hyde street 101 to be known for its delicious and affordable food and not for the sale of drugs. i want to give you a welcome to la cocina. [applause] >> karen taylor from central city collaboratives. >> hello, everyone. my name's karen. i'm very happy to be here. i have been a resident of the

tenderloin neighborhood since 2005. this neighborhood is underserved. there are 11 stores within a three block radius of where i live where you can purchase cigarettes, liquor, cheap candy, and lottery tickets. there are no grocery stores. if you want a safeway or a target, you have to take a bus. if you would like the more economical options, foodco, food 4 less, you have to ride that bus even further. the addition of la cocina is filling a need in the tenderloin for fresh food at reasonable prices. la cocina does bring additional benefits to this neighborhood in addition to the delicious food. i once derelict corner gets

revitalized, becoming an oasis where people can gather and have a good time. the people who work hard to maybe this happen, neighborhood organizations, residents, entrepreneurs, get a victory, and well done, i might say. much needed advancement, another area where this neighborhood is underserved is broad here so that people who live in this neighborhood can have opportunities here where they improve their circumstances, where they serve this community and provide things that we need and where they build their futures right where they live. the quality of life in this neighborhood improves with the addition of the la cocina marketplace. seniors, disabled people, young children, old people, all get benefits out of this. people that can't travel far can travel closer to home for

healthy options with nutrition. people who struggle with illness now have a vital resource for staying healthy, good food. parents that work long and hard hours to keep their families housed in the t.l. will have closer options for feeding those families. this is a wonderful project, and it is a welcome addition to the tenderloin neighborhood. long live the market cocina. thank you. [applause] >> just another big thank you to karina, guadalupe, and carolina. instead of a traditional ground breaking, la cocina has not done many traditional things. we thought we would be a little bit more metaphorical and invite

mayor breed, supervisor kim, guadalupe, carolina up here for a ceremonial bread breaking. >> five, four, three, two -- [applause]

>> please welcome, canyon sayers roots. [♪] [speaking indigenous language] >> it is still very important to recognize the indigenous peoples

, histories of these spaces and places that we occupy in today's postcolonial secular settler society. it is important that we recognize we have a responsibility to the earth. indigenous peoples have been stewards of the land for thousands and thousands of years i am honored to be present here that you acknowledge that. i am here to offer a song. my mother and grandmother believe that one song and ceremony and dancing stops, so does the earth. i too believe that and i would like to offer this song. without that we would not be here. we share this time and space together for a reason. it is with humility and gratitude and present mindedness that i welcome you here to our territory. [singing]

>> can i hear a good '02 send that out in a good way? we have a responsibility to the earth. we need to ensure safety. don't support carbon trading and please keep the fossil fuels in the soil. honor our mother earth and our father sky and our next generation. [cheers and applause] [♪] >> please welcome our master of

ceremonies, the head of communications for bloomberg, linda douglas. [♪] >> hello and welcome to the global climate action summit. i am honored and humbled to be here in san francisco was such extraordinary leaders from around the world. these are leaders from every sector, every industry, business , government, technology , philanthropy, entrepreneurs and artists, inventors, investors, scientists and students. all united by a common goal. the goal of protecting the people who live on our planet by confronting the existential threat of climate change. we are off to an auspicious start. on saturday, tens of thousands of citizens around the world march to demand greater climate action to fulfil the promises made three years ago in paris. our task becomes more urgent

every day. can this summer, temperatures, once again reached record highs. people are dying as wildfires burned their houses to the ground. they are starving as droughts destroy their crops. hurricanes and other disasters have claimed thousands of lives. displacing entire populations causing billions and billions of dollars in damage. of course, at this very moment, hurricane florence is bearing down on the eastern seaboard and already one and a half million people have been told to evacuate their homes. florence is said to bring 50% more rainfall due to climate and human -induced climate change. meanwhile, tropical storm olivia is sweeping across hawaii. since the start of the hurricane season, this is an astonishing number, there have been eight other named storms in the atlantic and 14 more in the pacific.

here in california, more than a dozen different wildfires are tearing across the state. so now is not the time for us to rest. this year marks the halfway point between the adoption of the paris agreement and 2020. a critical moment when carbon emissions must peak if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. by mid century, we must be carbon neutral. these are ambitious goals. by the speakers you will be hearing from over the next few days are working hard to achieve them. it won't be easy and the solutions won't be perfect. we are learning by doing. as we undertake a more radical shift in our global economy that has ever been previously undertaken. we will make mistakes and we will see some failures along the way. but we cannot and we will not back away from this fight. so all of you here today and all of you watching around the world are proof that we will not back away from this fight.

please join me in welcoming someone who is heading the way right here in san francisco. the newly elected mayor of san francisco, london breed. [♪] [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: hello, everyone. is my distinct pleasure to welcome all of you to san francisco for this incredible, a global climate action summit. we are united here today to take action on the defining issue of our time. protecting our environment and fighting against climate change. this is an issue that is bigger than one city, one region or country. the choices and commitments we make over the next few days and are sustained cooperation will determine if we are able to lead a better future for the next

generation. california has long been a leader on climate action and san francisco has been at the forefront of those efforts. since 1990, we have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 30% and cut our landfill disposal in half. all while growing our economy by 111%. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: we are proof that you can have a strong and growing economy while advancing ambitious environmental policies we were the first major safety to ban single use plastic bags and i pushed legislation to establish the strongest set -- styrofoam ban and enact drug takeback policies to test 40 tons of prescription medication out of our bay and landfill. [cheers and applause] and our 100% renewable energy

program, clean power s.f., has produced and resulted in greenhouse gas reductions, equivalent to taking 17,000 cars off our roads. by the year 2030, we are committing to for major initiatives in san francisco. cutting our landfill waste in half. decarbonization all new buildings, achieving 100% renewable energy and continuing to issue more green bonds to finance critical infrastructure that is desperately needed to combat climate change. today, thank you. [applause] >> mayor breed: today i ask you to join us. the impacts of climate change are not constrained by borders. our actions shouldn't be either. let's send the world a bold message of action, unity and determination. together we can go further to protect our planet and our

people for generations to come. thank you all so much for being here and enjoy your time in san francisco. [cheers and applause] . >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester

greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011.

our main goal it to remove carbon in the public right-of-way on sidewalks to build educational gardens that teach people with climate change. >> if it's a greening grant, 75% of the grant has to go for greening. it has to go for planting trees, it has to go for greening up the pavement, because again, this is about permanent carbon savings. >> the dinosaur vegetable gardens was chosen because the garden was covered in is afault since 1932. it was the seed funding for this whole project. the whole garden,ible was about 84,000 square feet, and our project, we removed 3,126 square feet of cement. >> we usually issue a greening rft every other year, and that's for projects that are going to dig up pavement, plant

trees, community garden, school garden. >> we were awarded $43,000 for this project. the produce that's grown here is consumed all right at large by the school community. in this garden we're growing all kinds of organic vegetables from lettuce, and artichokes. we'll be planting apples and loquats, all kinds of great fruit and veggies. >> the first project was the dipatch biodiesel producing facility. the reason for that is a lot of people in san francisco have diesel cars that they were operating on biodiesel, and they were having to go over to berkeley. we kind of the dog batch

preferentials in the difference between diesel and biodiesel. one of the gardens i love is the pomeroy rec center. >> pomeroy has its roots back to 1952. my name is david, and i'm the chamber and ceo of the pomeroy rehabilitation and recreation center. we were a center for people with intellectual and development cal disabilities in san francisco san francisco. we also have a program for individuals that have acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury, and we also have one of the larger after school programs for children with special needs that serves the public school system. the sf carbon fund for us has been the launching pad for an entire program here at the pomeroy center.

we received about $15,000. the money was really designed to help us improve our garden by buying plants and material and also some infrastructure like a drip system for plants. we have wine barrels that we repurposed to collect rain water. we actually had removed over 1,000 square feet of concrete so that we could expand the garden. this is where our participants, they come to learn about gardening. they learn about our work in the greenhouse. we have plants that we actually harvest, and eggs from our chickens that we take up and use in cooking classes so that our participants learn as much as anybody else where food comes from. we have two kitchens here at the pomeroy center. one is more of a commercial kitchen and one is more setup

like a home kitchen would be, and in the home kitchen, we do a lot of cooking classes, how to make lasagna, how to comsome eggs, so this grant that we received has tremendous value, not only for our center, for our participants, but the entire community. >> the thing about climate, climate overlaps with everything, and so when we start looking at how we're going to solve climate programs, we solve a lot of other problems, too. this is a radical project, and to be a part of it has been a real honor and a privilege to work with those administrators with the sf carbon fund at the department of environment. >> san francisco carbon grant to -- for us, opened the door to a new -- a new world that we didn't really have before; that the result is this beautiful garden. >> when you look at the community gardens we planted in schools and in neighborhoods,

how many thousands of people now have a fabulous place to walk around and feel safe going outside and are growing their own food. that's a huge impact, and we're just going to keep rolling that out and keep rolling that: we'

call this meeting to order. hello and welcome to the tuesday, september 18, 2018, meeting of the san francisco enter townment commission. i'm ben bleiman, commission president, and it's my first time as acting president, so excuse my stumbles. it's the first full meeting for our official executive director, but she's been acting director for almost an eternity at this point. so we have full faith in her abilities. if you are a member of the public and would like to speak, you can fill out the public speaking cards and can hand it to staff or just come to the microphone when we call you for public comment. we ask that you take the time to turn off your cell phone