[applause] >> well, first off, i'm definitely honored and blessed to be up here with the mayor and with sheryl davis, one of my mentors, just to tell you a little bit about myself, i was born and raised in the western addition, in public how's. just having access to opportunities all my life and take them has helped me get to where i am right now, and i'm proud and honored to say that the mayor had put me on her team in august of this year. [applause] >> but it started as a seed. it took being exposed to progra

programs and having opportunities in the community. when i was in my early years of college and then being a youth commissioner of this district, as well, all of those opportunities culminated into this, and i'm just scared often where else i could be headed in my future, but that's neither here nor there. it took opportunity being opened up, doors to be opened for me to walk-through and to get cultivated by mentorship, cultivated by experience and cultivated by the stories of those around me. for me, it's an honor to serve because i understand the value of opportunity, and it is my mission in life to help other youth find those opportunities, as well, so i plan to make that my opportunity just as the mayor was a young mayor in the western

addition -- she still is. and you know, for me, it's just important to see other youth to get those opportunities. i was breslessed to be working h them, and i'm still working with them now. one of them is a woman beside me, who has a brite future, as well. >> hello. my name is keyare 2k5desuer. i had finished 8th grade and got a paid internship. c.s.f. has many cohorts. and i was in the community cohort which allowed me and my peers to learn about mental

health and how it plays an important role. c.s.i. is important because it helps me and my community with regard to mental health issues. we got to go to mental health clinics, and homeless shelters. i think all kids deserve in opportunity, and all of -- all over the world, they should be able to get this opportunity because i know many places, they aren't allowed to get them. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so our final speaker is going to come up. i think deanthony and kiara highlight the beginning of this journey and what it can do when it's done well. i wanted to just bring up morgan. one of the things that mayor breed has been doing all along the spectrum is she was creating programs and supporting young people here, and when she became

supervisor, she continued to advocate for that. i know maria can attest to funding and making sure it gets to the folks that are often forgeten. the program that kiara talked about is modelled after what mayor breed did here. but morgan is up next, and i think her story and where she's going is just amazing. >> my name is morgan tucker. i work at collective impact. four years ago, i was leading a group of young ladies from different communities throughout san francisco, and we actually worked on a project partnering with the san francisco police department. very challenging. very challenging, but it created an opportunity for them to actually build relationships with the police department which was a great opportunity, and now i can say that a lot of those

young women actually have relationships with officers. mayor breed was also -- she was very support him throughout the whole entire process. i was actually able to meet her then, back in 2015, for the first time. we as the interns knew she was fighting for funding that helped youth get experience in programs in these jobs. after the first summer, i decided to become a police cadet. one, i made the decision because they were paying youth who were still in college to actually just support as police officers -- well, support these police officers, i was also hired as the coordinator for the c.s.i. program, which was a big role, but i was prepared for it. i had a lot of help, and i've actually been coordinating up until this past summer. my next role that i'm actually planning to take is interning the police department.

[applause] >> but thank you to the continued support of not only miss davis, miss breed -- mayor breed. i'm actually going to be entering hopefully by the end of this year. so thanks a lot to the c.s.i. program for giving me these opportunities, and i can see a lot of the youth participate in the c.s.i. program. again, kiara was part of one cohort. there are many different cohorts, it's a multitide of different cohorts. the program offers a lot of different opportunities to a lot of different career fields, just expose the youth to different ideas, which is really good, they can get exposure you are to a lot of different entities, which is why i'm doing right now. they also have a great retirement. so thank you again for you

guys's time, and i thank you again, mayor breed. >> so again, there is some information here. dcyf is going to begin convening some of our service provider. i know eric rice is here from the school district. we're going to be working with commissioner walton and the district to think about how to be more intentional around this work, and that we want to have more opportunities for all young people, and we're really grateful that folks showed up here today, but the next thing is to actually make it happen. mayor breed has the vision, and she definitely has the will, but we need to get on board with that. hopefully this is inspiring everyone to engage and participate. i just want to say i did tell somebody that was going to happen, and they -- i won't call them out, but they know who they are. ye yeah. >> the hon. london breed: and i'll just end it -- i know it's hot in here.

illy skbrust end it by saying thank you for your dedication. i look out in the audience and i see so many people who are engaged in helping support community, helping in support young people, and it really does take a village, because believe it or not, i was a handful. i know you don't believe that, but i was a handful, and my teachers never gave up on me, my grandmother never gave up on me. people in this community didn't give up on me, and we are not going to give up on our young people, and it's going to take all of us to be actively engaged if we are going to change their lives and their future. i'm committed as your mayor to do just that. all of the people standing here are committed, so it is time to change the future of san francisco and it starts with the young people in this city. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause]

>> growing up in san francisco has been way safer than growing up other places we we have that bubble, and it's still that bubble that it's okay to be whatever you want to. you can let your free flag fry he -- fly here. as an adult with autism, i'm here to challenge people's idea of what autism is. my journey is not everyone's journey because every autistic child is different, but there's

hope. my background has heavy roots in the bay area. i was born in san diego and adopted out to san francisco when i was about 17 years old. i bounced around a little bit here in high school, but i've always been here in the bay. we are an inclusive preschool, which means that we cater to emp. we don't turn anyone away. we take every child regardless of race, creed, religious or ability. the most common thing i hear in my adult life is oh, you don't seem like you have autism. you seem so normal. yeah. that's 26 years of really, really, really hard work and i think thises that i still do. i was one of the first open adoptions for an lgbt couple. they split up when i was about four. one of them is partnered, and one of them is not, and then my

biological mother, who is also a lesbian. very queer family. growing up in the 90's with a queer family was odd, i had the bubble to protect me, and here, i felt safe. i was bullied relatively infrequently. but i never really felt isolated or alone. i have known for virtually my entire life i was not suspended, but kindly asked to not ever bring it up again in first grade, my desire to have a sex change. the school that i went to really had no idea how to handle one. one of my parents is a little bit gender nonconforming, so they know what it's about, but my parents wanted my life to be safe. when i have all the neurological issues to manage, that was just one more to add to it.

i was a weird kid. i had my core group of, like, very tight, like, three friends. when we look at autism, we characterize it by, like, lack of eye contact, what i do now is when i'm looking away from the camera, it's for my own comfort. faces are confusing. it's a lack of mirror neurons in your brain working properly to allow you to experience empathy, to realize where somebody is coming from, or to realize that body language means that. at its core, autism is a social disorder, it's a neurological disorder that people are born with, and it's a big, big spectrum. it wasn't until i was a teenager that i heard autism in relation to myself, and i rejected it. i was very loud, i took up a lot of space, and it was because mostly taking up space

let everybody else know where i existed in the world. i didn't like to talk to people really, and then, when i did, i overshared. i was very difficult to be around. but the friends that i have are very close. i click with our atypical kiddos than other people do. in experience, i remember when i was five years old and not wanting people to touch me because it hurt. i remember throwing chairs because i could not regulate my own emotions, and it did not mean that i was a bad kid, it meant that i couldn't cope. i grew up in a family of behavioral psychologists, and i got development cal -- developmental psychology from all sides. i recognize that my experience is just a very small picture of that, and not everybody's in a position to have a family that's as supportive, but

there's also a community that's incredible helpful and wonderful and open and there for you in your moments of need. it was like two or three years of conversations before i was like you know what? i'm just going to do this, and i went out and got my prescription for hormones and started transitioning medically, even though i had already been living as a male. i have a two-year-old. the person who i'm now married to is my husband for about two years, and then started gaining weight and wasn't sure, so i we went and talked with the doctor at my clinic, and he said well, testosterone is basically birth control, so there's no way you can be pregnant. i found out i was pregnant at 6.5 months. my whole mission is to kind of normalize adults like me. i think i've finally found my calling in early intervention, which is here, kind of what we

do. i think the access to irrelevant care for parents is intentionally confusing. when i did the procespective search for autism for my own child, it was confusing. we have a place where children can be children, but it's very confusing. i always out myself as an adult with autism. i think it's helpful when you know where can your child go. how i'm choosing to help is to give children that would normally not be allowed to have children in the same respect, kids that have three times as much work to do as their peers or kids who do odd things, like, beach therapy. how do -- speech therapy. how do you explain that to the rest of their class? i want that to be a normal

experience. i was working on a certificate and kind of getting think early childhood credits brefore i started working here, and we did a section on transgender inclusion, inclusion, which is a big issue here in san francisco because we attract lots of queer families, and the teacher approached me and said i don't really feel comfortable or qualified to talk about this from, like, a cisgendered straight person's perspective, would you mind talking a little bit with your own experience, and i'm like absolutely. so i'm now one of the guest speakers in that particular class at city college. i love growing up here. i love what san francisco represents. the idea of leaving has never occurred to me. but it's a place that i need to fight for to bring it back to what it used to be, to allow all of those little kids that come from really unsafe environments to move somewhere safe. what i've done with my life is work to make all of those

situations better, to bring a little bit of light to all those kind of issues that we're still having, hoping to expand into a little bit more of a resource center, and this resource center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. i would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. so many things that i would love to do that are all about changing people's minds about certain chunts, like the transgender community or the autistic community. i would like my daughter to know there's no wrong way to go through life. everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. >> good morning, everyone.

good morning. thank you all so much for being here today to announce the launching of the rising up campaign to reduce youth homelessness here in san francisco. as many of you know, every night, there's over 1200 young people in our city who are experiencing homelessness and our goal is to cut that number by at least 50% in the coming years, but to do that, we need pard partnerships from all levels of government, from the provide sector, from our nonprofits, and we're excited that so many people have come together to launch this initiative. most important for things like this to be successful, and we need leadership, leadership from city hall, and i'm so thankful that our mayor, london breed has taken up this issue of youth

homelessness. it's a great honor for me to introduce to you all our mayor, london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you all for being here today. many of you know that before i became an elected official i was the executive director of the african american art and culture complex where we work with so many young people. in fact, the phrase, tay, which is transitional age youth, young people between the ages of 18 and 24 came out of a lot of the work that the african american cultural complex did, along with mo magic and larkin street and the department of children and families in order to identify ways that we can do a better job of serving young people who unfortunately may not always have a support system. i remember when i was that age, struggling in college, trying to stay in college. the frustration, the expenses,

how much it cost for not just the dorms, but you know, even in a roommate situation, the food -- i mean, basic needs -- books and borrowing books, and just the challenges that exist sometimes for young people who sadly may not have the support they need, so i can't even imagine, when, you know, many of them don't even have a place to call home. and in san francisco, it is estimated that about 1255 young people that are tay youth actually live on our streets, and 49% are lgbt. we have to do a better job at addressing this issue, dealing with the challenges that exist take real, thoughtful solutions. things that are not just for today, but are sustainable, things that are going to matter and make a difference because what we want to do is make sure we break the cycle of homelessness. we want to take care of this young population so that they

don't continue to live in this kind of situation. and so today, we are proud to announce that the city is launching a new program that is a public private partnership, and this is absolutely going to be incredible. it's called the rising up campaign, because what we want to do is we want to lift young people up. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: you know, i just meet with two incredible young people who are going to be speaking here today. one, zach, who i already know, who served on the san francisco youth commission, an impressive individual who's been doing great things, and yesi, who is in college, where is she? right here. she's in college, and let me just put it out there, we need to keep her in college, so i'm going to be asking you all for some support to make sure that

her tuition is paid so that she can finish. so -- i'll just keep going. can you hear me? so this program, this campaign is possible because of a public private partnership, as i said, and san francisco is investi investinging $6 million in this campaign, and tipping point is here, and they've invested $3 million in making this possible. [applause] but we couldn't make this program work with just money. it's our nonprofit partners that help to make this program actually work effectively for young people, where the goal is to keep them housed and provide a subsidy and to make sure they get a good paying job and to make sure that we're supporting them through social services and other things to just really help

them become self-sufficient. and larkin street services, and cherylyn adams have been at the forefront to help people struggling with homelessness, but they have done incredible work with the tay population, so together, we are going to make sure that this program has the support it needs to that we can end youth homelessness in san francisco for good. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and let me tell you, it does take a village. it takes a village, along with wi the nonprofit support, and a number of partners, including the department of children, youth, and families, human services agency, the confidence of economic and workforce development, the department of public health, and the san francisco unified school district. and i want to also put out there

a call to the business community. we're going to still be looking for dollars to help with subsidies, we're still going to be looking for good jobs for young people, those internship opportunities that are paid for the purposes of helping to cultivate the next generation of leaders here in san francisco. so this is a campaign, this is a campaign to end youth homelessness, and i am looking forward to doing that with our incredible partners. and i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today. [applause] >> now it's my honor to introduce daniel murray, the c.e.o. of tipping point and one of our first donors to the -- private donors to the rising up campaign. >> thank you, jeff. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. we commend and appreciate your resolve to address our city's

homelessness crisis. we're proud to stand with the mayor and with jeff and the city to tackle this issue together. when tipping point announced our $100 million commitment to cut chronic homelessness in half by 2022, we knew we would have a long road ahead. this work does not happen over night. in order to achieve this goal, which is also the city's goal, we must do a better job of identifying and supporting vulnerable populations earlier in their lives. 50%, 50% of all chronic homeless individuals become homeless before their 25th birthday. these are our kids, the future of our city. what tipping point has learned over the course of 13 years is that when you support the right solutions, the right leaders,

the right partnerships, great out comes with possible. we've seen that with larkin street. we've been partnering with larkin for seven years now, and they know how to get results. over 80% of their clients have stable housing upon leaving their program. and we know that they can't do it alone, as the mayor just said. supporting the young people living on our streets required an all-hands-on-deck solution. this collaboration between the city, larkin street and private philanthropy is the only way we're going to see the change we all want for our community. we must all take responsibility and hold each other accountable. we've cut homelessness for transition aged youth by 2023. but even with the right metrics,

partners, and leaders, you need the right stroategy. that's what i love about rising up. it also builds in a housing subsidy, but build in for education and keeping a job. these are all the critical things that we needed when we were young, and that's what today is all about. it's about giving young people like zach and yesi an opportunity to change the course of their lives. this time in a young person's life should be about finding one's self, not finding a home. so thank you, thank you, mayor breed. we're incredibly honored to be partnering with you on this. [applause] >> right now, it's my pleasure

to introduce the director of one of our critical partners around addressing transition age youth homelessness, cherilyn adams, the director of larkin street. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. i -- this is such a monumentous day, and i am just so incredibly honored that the mayor has announced this, that the mayor is supporting this, and that your leadership is bringing this to happen. this is huge. and jeff, your leadership has been amazing. we have been fighting a long time for youth homelessness to be at the forefront of the conversation or a part of the conversation about homelessness. we have worked with daniel on this as a partner, and many of you in this room have made this happen. so this day, this campaign, about bringing together the city, city departments, a number

of departments, and philan tloepy to significantly reduce the numbers of young people sleeping on our streets is huge. we are excited to be the ang core or hub of this project, but we will not do this alone -- anchor or hub of this project, but it's going to take all of us -- new door ventures, so many of us that have been working so hard to make sure that as the mayor said, that t.a.y., that we know that t.a.y. are, that's a group of young people who if we do not intervene, young people that are experiencing homelessness, will be on the streets for a long, long time in our adult population, that they need housing, and education, and they need case managers to care about them, and they need everybody in the community to see them, and so by launching

this today, we say we see you, we're going to help you, and we're going to make sure that it is unacceptable to have young people sleeping on our streets in this city ever again. so thank you. [applause] >> one of the most -- or the most important partner in the rising up campaign are going to be young people themselves who are experiencing homelessness or struggling with housing instability, looking for pathways towards self-sufficiency, so we're very lucky and honored to today to have yesi, who's a larkin street client, to share some of her thoughts with us. yesi? [applause] >> hello. i'm a little nervous please .

please be patient with me. my name is yesi, and i'm 22 years old. i'm from e thiopia, and my family experienced poverty. because of that, i came here to get an education and better life. in ethiopia, women are not able to graduate college and go to school. conversation about sexuality and mental health are considered taboo. i thought living in america, everything would be magical and perfect, but it was not. our home, i didn't have to deal with racism, especially i didn't have to worry about being homeless. when i came to america, i experienced so much, including homelessness and racism. i was adopted by a family here

in the bay area, and i got kicked out. i didn't know where to go. i was lost and confused because i didn't know anyone. a friend recommended i go to larkin street, where i got a bed, and i got a case manager. that was 1.5 years ago. since then, i got housing, and i joined larkin street youth advisory board to help bring youth's voice to the table. also, larkin helped me prepare for college and navigate the system. because of my mental health, larkin street is patient with me. they're very assuring and that makes me feel comfortable in asking for help when i need it. i'm a sophomore in college now. i want to get my bachelor's degree, and with larkin street support, i will continue to achieve my goals.

thank you. [applause] >> when i finish school, i want to get a good school and help my family back home. i want to bring back what i learned in america about lgbtq issues, mental health, gender, and sexuality. in ethiopia, the media gives you a false perception of america. in america, everything is not perfect, and nothing is handed to you. thank you for providing morrissey roerss to help young people. i know this campaign will help many more young people like me, and if i can do it, they can, too. thank you. [applause] . >> thank you, yesi.

now we're going to hear a few words from our friend and colleague, zach. >> good morning. my name zach frenette, and for the next 45 days, i will be a larkin street client. as i'm beginning to age out, there's been a lot of reflection on growth, on what's succeeded, on what hasn't. i'd like to begin today just by thanking everyone for being here, for thanking the leadership of our civic leaders, mayor breed who has known me and supported me for over two years, someone who gave me a shot before i had earned it. and i think that's what we're here to talk about. so often, the young people who end up experiencing homelessness on our streets, really, all they need is that shot, that chance, that opportunity, that moment. and for me, that moment has happened, and it's happened

through the support of the city, it's happened through the support of this phenomenal organization. i can't say enough good things about cherilyn and her leadership over many, many years on the issue of homelessness. and it happens with the support of our peers. some of relationships that i've built in the past few years have stemmed out of this organization, both from the support of some of their staff, my case manager, keisha, i'm going to put you on blast. everyone give her a round of applause. [applause] >> and last, but certainly not least, the incredible individuals who walk-through these doors. yesi is someone i've known for over two years. we've been partners in our work on the youth advisory board, and for the better part of 18 months, next-door neighbors, as well.

and that's really what we're trying to build out here. i think we all know the stats, we see it efrd. -- every day. we know that if there's one young person on the street, it is it's far -- street, it's far too many. we need more resources. ending youth homelessness is something that we can do, but it will take all of us. so thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you very much, zach, and thanks all of you for being here today. we now have to begin the hard work of helping prevent homelessness for 500 youth and helping 500 youth who are

currently struggling with homelessness find housing and to find jobs, and to do that we're going to need all your help, so before we close it out, i just want to make a call to the community. we are currently looking for 500 jobs for young people. we currently have our friends from the golden gate restaurant council, from the hotel council, they have committed to help finding jobs for young people in the hospitality sector. our friends from rediff are here to -- to help get folks into jobs in the -- in social enterprises. we have a lot of support from our friends at tipping point, providing financial assistance, but we are also -- if you have an employer or work for a foundation or are interested in contributing, we would greatly

appreciate that. we have some private citizens, volunteers here, brenda and miriam. we also have rabbi brian mauer, and lastly, if you own an apartment, or you know somebody who owns an apartment or works for a real estate company, we need housing for these young folks. they'll pay their rent, we're going to help them pay their rent, we're going to help them be responsible and good tenants, if you know anyone who can provide assistance in finding housing in san francisco and give young people a chance, we would love to hear from you. we need jobs, funding, housing, we're looking to all of you for assistance, and all of our city partners and all the young people to make this program work. thank you very much for being here today. we appreciate your support and we look forward to reporting

back to you in a couple of months when we start placing our first young folks into housing. thank you.

>> hi everybody, we down here at the /ep is a center which is our pop up space down here in san francisco where we operate a store front to educate the policy from the home owner who has center which is our pop up space down here in san francisco where we operate a store front to educate the policy from the home owner who has never done anything in the house to the most advanced structure engineers we have working around here. we we're going to here from kelly to talk a little bit about san francisco. how are you doing kelly? >> very well, thank you for having us here. >> in front of us, we have a typical soft story building. when i see this, i think this is some of the most beautiful architecture our city has. a lot of people don't know these are problematic buildings. why don't you tell us about some of the risks he we have in these buildings?

>> soft stories are vulnerable in past earthquakes and the northridge earthquake to this type of building and character of building. when we talk about the soft story, what we're talking about is generally a ground story that has less wall or other /pwraeugs to resist the lateral forces that might be imposed by the earthquake. so we're looking for something that is particularly weak or soft in this ground story. now, this is a wonderful example of what some of the residential buildings that are soft stories in san francisco look like. and the 1 thing that i would point out here is that the upper force of this building have residential units. they have not only a fair amount of wall around the exterior of the building but they also have very extensive walls in the interior and bathrooms and bedrooms and corridors and everything that has a

certificate amount of brazing yea it's significantly less country /srabl in those stories. now very often, we get even a garage or storage or sometimes commercial occupancy in this ground story. that very often not only has a whole lot less perimeter wall but it often has little or no wall on the interior. that wall is the earthquake bracing and so he see very significant bracing in the top floor and very little on the bottom. when the earthquake comes and hits, it tries to push that ground floor over and there's very little that keeps it from moving and degrading and eventually /paoerblly keeping it from a collapse occurring. so we know they're vulnerable because of this ground story collapsing >> is this only a problem we see in sentence france? san

francisco? >> no, this is certainly a national problem. more acute in western but more up to california, washington, moving out into other states. this kind of building exist and this kind of building is vulnerable. >> when you're involved with the community safety, this is a different way of thinking about these types of things. we had a community group of over 100 people involved and upper 1 of them. tell us about * how that conversation went. why did we decide as a city or a community to start fixing these types of buildings? >> there were a lot of aspects that were considered well beyond just the engineering answer that these are vulnerable. and that effort brought in a lot of people from different aspects of the community that looked at the importance of these buildings to the housing stock and the possible ramifications of losing this /houbgs in the case of an earthquake. the

financial implications, the historic preserve vacation s implication as you mentioned, these are very handsome looking buildings that are importance to the tourist city ask which make san francisco something that people are interested from outside in coming and visiting. >> it's such animation story when you think about the 10 years that the community spent talking about this /seurb but we actually did something about it. now we have an order unanimouses put in place to protect 100,000 residents in san francisco and retrospective in 2020. so on behalf of residents and employees in san francisco, we want to say thank you for the work you've done in pushing this forward and making people more aware of these issues. >> and it was a fantastic community effort. >> so in an earth quake, what happens in these kinds of buildings? >> what happens when an earthquake comes along is it moves the

ground both horizontally and vertically. it's mostly the horizontal that we're worried about. it starts moving the building back and forth and pushing on it. when you see i'm pushing on it, the upper stiff of the wall stay straight up but the lower floors, they actually collapse just like i did there. >> luckily, we can put this building right back up where it came from so it's a lot easier. now kelly, obviously these aren't real frame walls here but when you talk about buildings, what makes the property for stiff? >> the easiest and most cost-effective type of bracing you can put in is either put in a brand new wall or to potentially go in and strengthen a wall that's already there where you don't need to have an opening is where you maybe have a

garage door or access to commercial space, you might go to a steel frame or other types of bracing systems that provides the strength and stiff if necessary but at the same time, allows continued use of that area. but some combination of walls or frames or other tools that are in the tool kit that can bring the building up to the strength that's required in order to remove the vulnerability from the building so that when ground shaking comes, it in fact is a whole lot more resistant and less vulnerable. ideally, this story down here would be made as strong and stiff as the floors above. >> if i'm a property owner, what is the first thing i should do? >> the first thing you should do is find professional that can come in and help you evaluate your building in order to, 1, figure out that indeed it does need to be retro fitted

and 2, give you some idea of what that retro fit might look like. and third, evaluation and design to help you determine the retro fit requirement. >> well kelly, i can't thank you enough for being here today. thank you so much for your wealth of information on how we can take care of our soft story problem in san francisco. and you the viewer, if you have any questions, please feel free to visit our website >> what are the three things that we need? we drop, cover, and -- yes, so we did a good job okay. we have third grade coming in, second grade. thank you so much. so our practice went pretty well, and we have so many

special guest that came today to practice with us, okay? so i'm hoping that this is not -- [inaudible] >> so i'm going to introduce first dr. matthews, our superintendent, is here, and he was practicing with, us, so drth matthews. >> good morning, boys and girls. buenos dias. so first, i want to tell you how proud i am of you. you did a great job. it is so important that we keep you safe during an earthquake, and today, you have the opportunity to practice during that earthquake. it's important, when you feel the ground shaking, that you drop, that you cover, and that you hold on. so we're very proud of the job that you did today. all throughout california during the month of october, and

especially on this day, young people like you and older people, like me, are practicing what we want to do during an earthquake. you want to make sure, also, that you have supplies at your house, flashlight lights, radio, food, enough that's going -- you are going to be able to fed -- sustain yourself for a period of time. so that's very important. today, we have a number of people who are, as i said, here to keep you safe, and they're very proud to be here this morning. we have our mayor, we have the chief of police, we have the chief of our fire department, and we have our deputy director of emergency management. so give them a big round of applause. [applause] >> so it is my pleasure to introduce to you, bryant bears,

our wonderful city of san francisco, mayor london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, dr. matthews. good morning, bryant elementary school bears. it is so exciting to be with you all today, and i've got to tell you, i was alive during the 1989 earthquake. now, i know i don't look old enough to be alive during that time, but i was. and i remember that the earthquake lasted for only seconds, but afterwards, the power was out, there were a lot of challenges, and the reason why we have in san francisco sf72.org, so make sure you go home and tell your parents -- repeat after me, sf72.org, there are a list of things that you should make sure that are in your home so that after an earthquake hits, you and your

families can be prepared and you can be safe. is that a deal? thank you. i appreciate that. so today, we were practicing, but as dr. matthews has said, what you want to do, as soon as you hear or feel the ground shake, you want to do what? drop, cover, hold on, and you did a wonderful job today, so continue to make sure that you listen to your teachers, you listen to your parents, you get good grades, and when that time comes here in san francisco, you will be prepared. thank you, everyone, for being here today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and with that, i want to turn it over to the deputy director of the deputy of emergency management, mike dayton. >> thank you, mayor.

good morning. i am so excited to be here. i've got to tell you, the kids at my table did such a tremendous, johnny, aunel, jade, you guys did such a good job of identifying what you need to have at home for preparedness kit, but they were good at knowing what numbers to call, if you need help. what number do you call if you need help? awesome. awesome. we've got so many dedicated dispatchers that are ready to get you help, and ready to get you help when you need it. again, you did such a tremendous job. and thank you for being here. with that, let me introduce our police chief, william scott.

>> thank you. good morning, bryant bears. so you guys have already passed all the tests. i was going to give you one, but you already know all the answers. so you did great this morning. as mike said, if you are in trouble or if you feel like you need assistance, call 911, and you can let like myself, a police chief, or firefighters to help you. i want you to know we are here to help you. we have a great city. you guys are prepared -- i learn i a lot -- i learned a lot from my table. and i will tell you a test. what are the three things you need to remember? all right. you aced it. you aced it.

congratulations. next, i want to introduce my partner of public safety, our fire chief joanne hayes-white. >> good morning. first of all, i want to say you did an amazing job. i've been doing this for years, and i want to say you did top notch. thank you, mayor breed and superintendent matthews for art prioritizing public safety and today's particular message about preparedness. boys and girls, i'm going to give a shout out to my table. i had anthony, jace, and tiandre. i wouldn't be working as fire chief today unless i had

wonderful teachers. we get a lot of credit, scott and i, in our deputy because we're heros, but teachers are heros, too, so please give your teachers and faculty and staff a round of plauz. [applause] >> boys and girls, it's a pleasure to work with my colleagues, and the message that i would like to reinforce when you go home to your moms, your dads, your grandparents your brothers, your sisters, teach them the importance of stop, drop, and hold. taechl them the importance of having a kit so you will be prepared in the event of a large scale emergency. all the school districts are doing something similar so we can be as san franciscans prepared. so thank you, have a wonderful day, and keep up the great work. back to principle laura. >> thank you. good job, bryant bears.

-- back to principal lawyer. >> thank you. good job, bryant bears. >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo.

>> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use

it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food and dry food for your pet. and disposable food container. and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal

control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can

fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and bringing oreo today. and i am go >> president cohen: good afternoon. garn good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. madam clerk, will you please call the roll for attendance. >>clerk: thank you. [roll