since march, there are 95 unique clients. the committees and taskforces, as i mentioned to encourage them. to do business with the city, legacy businesses must be suppliers with the city in the county of san francisco. they have access to one-on-one consulting. assistance with the registry applications. technical assistance. and workshops offered around the san francisco small business development sector at no cost. the topics are marketing, manage, books, training, access to capital and technology. providing assistance to legacy businesses impacted by the construction project.

from april to september, the semi-annual period. recorded in the previous quarterly report. and additional from july to september are shown here. and square footage of the replications were about 2600 square feet. there reporting period, we have the legacy business plan. now, the press articles, the legacy businesses and the legacy business program for the quarter between july and september, including specs. the legacy businesses.

and victoria bakery which is a legacy business, the legacy business program was also mentioned in the article. legacy businesses are featured in articles. and new additions to the registry were featured in a news article. two additional articles were featured this semi-annual period. the legacy program between july and september, to august and september. october and beyond, include

working with a creative group from the legacy business program including marketing and improvements. we are in the business of for applications. and creating an application for fiscal year 2020. creating a tool kit how to do business with the city and county of san francisco. creating a tool kit for legacy businesses on purchasing commercial property. investigating, providing legacy businesses to purchase the business from which they operate, and the assistance grant and developing protocols to address the growing demand for the grants. thank you. that includes my presentation. i am happy to answer questions you have. >> you had a very productive year and you have done a great

job of managing the program. i have to say your tweet frequency is sub-standard. >> going forward i will tweet more. >> you have done a great job. it is really great. i am looking forward. >> commissioner? >> i would like to say you have done an awesome job with this. each of the programs. you really put it in the forefront of the community. when i am out in the community, you help me. but, you have done -- you have really taken this program with

the office of small business. i am so proud of you. you have done a great job. so thank you. >> thank you. >> a great job. >> are there members of the public who would like to talk about item number 6? seeing none. all right. item 7. >> okay. anybody, any questions on item number 7? >> no. >> would members of the public like to make comment on the draft minutes of november 26th? seeing none. closed. we move to approve as submitted. >> second. >> all in favour?

>> approved. so motion passes. 5-0. okay. >> item 8, directors report. updated report on the small business sector. the department programs. policy. announcements from the mayor and announcements with regards to small business. discussion items. >> commissioner, before i get into my report, this is the time to do the official welcome for dominica donovan. so, it is -- we want to welcome her. and she comes to us via boston

but worked in d.c. she spent time with the peace corp. worked with the department of education. really, i appreciate her government experience background that she is going to be able to apply to this position. do you want to say a couple of words? >> sorry. i didn't hear you. i will keep it brief. i am honoured to be here and be part of the office of small business. and to really help small business associates. thank you. >> thank you. welcome. >> so moving on to the report, we highlighted some of the information regarding the accessible business entrance program. i do want to say i am

appreciative of the department and the inspection and overseeing the program. they have been a tremendous partner. and really collaborative and working through some of the issues to help us figure out how best to solve some of the small business issues. i do extend my appreciation there. with the small business program, we will meet with the mayor's budget office to review the preservation grants. taking a look at the budget that we presented to you at the last meeting, and the retail vacancys, the mayor made an announcement, i would like to turn it over now to the president of the commission to elaborate on the mayor's announcements around the vacancy retail as the president was very involved in working on. >> it was introduced through the

mayor and the supervisor brown. and a lot of it has to do with streamlining the inventory issues of getting into small, especially small business retail space. and a lot of the now -- the commissioners talked about having to move a store and talked about the licenses involved. a lot of this will be taken care of and streamlined. and allow pop-up stores to come into neighbourhoods without going through the rigamarole. a lot of businesses it takes from 6 months to 3 years to open. and that is unacceptable. and the mayor has realized that. you know, they want to support a

broader range of space issues, create solutions to activate store fronts, including the combined uses within one location. allowing temporary pop-ups and promoting. and streamlining the progress review process, to opening a expanding and operating small businesses and making it as simple and efficient as possible. and supporting temporary activation development sites. i invited them to come speak in fron front of the commission. i think it is a win-win situation for the landlord and for the city. >> and the legislation is yet to be introduced, once it is, then, it will definitely be before you

to review. >> so thank you president adams for that. and the legislation and policy, i will highlight some of the items that you have heard. items that are before the board tomorrow is the last, well, technically was going to be the last board meeting of the calendar year. but they are arguing a special board meeting to hear one particular item that doesn't have to do with small business. so the board meeting is the 10th, it should say the 12th. it will be the second reading of the refuge ordinants. i highlighted some of the key changes, the three key changes that really pertain to the issues that are a concern of our small businesses. as i noted last time, they

changed the definition of a large refuge generators to 40 cubic yards. that did take out a good number of small businesses but not all. also, under the definition of audit, they added the language which may be conducted to analysis of representative samples. that is important, especially for businesses that are going to be audited, the refuge is corrected, curb sites. and then, the first hearing, they are extending out -- spending time for affordable housing and the non-profits, there will be an additional 360 days to engage with the facilitateors. this allows them time to short

of remediate the situation before they need to engage with the zero waste facilitateors. we did that for the small businesses. but they will have time to rectify the situation before hiring a zero waste facilitate or. there will be a report on finding the recommendations. after three and a half years. and then, for the programs for candidates. so the director spoke of, those were included. so the agreement was decoupled from the apprenticeship requirement. on your recommendation. i am highlighting the section that was -- the requirement --

the recommendation which you adopted, the full commission adopted that under the subsection operates in partnership with one or more community based organizations. we are -- ask it to be amended to say san francisco. the community based organizations. i will see if it is specific to the commissioner's recommendation which you have adopted. and we will see if that gets in the final legislation. the director is working on that. we are yet to see. and then, the regulations that you did here with nicole, the director nicole elliott. those have been amended at different times. i have not been able to really go through and things have been added and changed. so it has its second reading

tomorrow. so after it is finally passed, i will do a briefing on what was in the final legislation because the legislation that you heard and provided comment on was the first draft. so there -- and quite a few amendments and changes. and i just wanted to highlight for you that supervisor cohen is creating an african-american arts and cultural district in the bayview point. just to let you know that it is -- the city departments are to submit written reports and recommendations describing the culture objectives of the district and proposing strategies to acknowledge and to preserve the cultural legacy of that district. so it is working to establish

the formation of it. it is not the final legislation that says this is what the historical district is. the project agreement, the informational presentation was given at the last meeting. last thursday's government audits committee. amendments were presented. and i was not able to be at that meeting. and watch the meeting. so i just pulled out a couple of things from the legislation that i think -- that i think will be of interest to you. so that contractors will

position engagement of each contractor on the subcontractor's agreeing to comply with the terms of the project labour agreement and unless the subcontractor is a local business enterprise that has not received over 5 million uncovered projects -- over the entire duration of the poa. so i have not been able to check in. you know that is -- it looks like that was one of the amendments toward trying to make things a little more beneficial. lbes are allowed two core employees per cover project. the first time, no employees were allowed. lbes were trying to push for more. they have two.

and then the final, the final thing that i think is going to be very important is that within one year after the city administration executes the poa, the controler shall conduct annual reviews to evaluate whether there is completion of the project. the cost to covered the project and the impact on the lbes and local work workforce. there is that ability to track the implications of the ordinants. the temporary -- the regional vacancies, it highlights what is in the ordinance. this is a very simple find. and again, it is district 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 who are -- have --

who are amending the zoning codes to allow for the temporary pop-ups, the flexible retail, and also activity on ground floor. and then to highlight -- to highlight some interesting items through -- that have come into the office as well. we are receiving calls from small businesses wanting verification of the legitimacy of waivers, the landlords are requesting them to sign, due to the june proxy, the additional tax on commercial rents, mostly child care and education. which has been interesting. there is not an official form that i am aware of yet that the city has created. one business i contacted is in a

large sort of manufacturing space. and his business -- his business is in the space, but his business does not fit sort of the traditional manufacturing definition of the property owner. he was confused as to whether he could sign this. the one thing that we need to clarify for our office and i have asked support for this is that if a business is signing this waiver saying i certify that i am a business that -- that basically accepts my property owner from paying the additional tax because they get an exclusion under the proxy, if for any reason that is not quite accurate, who is liable? we need to dive into that a

little bit more how we advise businesses. and on the radar, there will be a presentation early -- or sometime within the first half of next year. the retirement program, it is for businesses that have five or more employees that they are required to offer this retirement for the program. if they do not have their own workplace retirement program. and so it is a business's responsibility making sure that the employees know about the program and have the opportunity to be able to sign up for the program. there is no employer contribution, but there is an obligation on the employer to make sure that the employee is aware of it. so i will be reaching out to

them. i want to know what the outreach strategy is, according to the california employers association, any business with under 50 employees do not have in house hr, so between the 5 and 50, what will be the outreach to ensure that businesses are aware of this. and of course, we will continue to do outreach and make sure people are aware of that. and then lastly, advice for 2019. i have highlighted some of the meeting dates here in the report. may 29th is -- we have rescheduled to may 29th, in may, because of the memorial day holiday. is it a monday or a tuesday?

>> 27th is memorial day. >> so this is a tuesday. and then -- so the may 29th, and november 12th are -- the may 29th is a wednesday, not a tuesday. and then the november 12th is a tuesday, and these are the only alternative dates that i could find for this meeting room for any meeting room, hearing room to be able to have a second meeting in the month. we of course, can cancel it if we don't need it. but i wanted to make sure that we will a second meeting scheduled. so concludes my report. one last thing president adams, if we could close the meeting

in -- wednesday is the anniversary of his passing. >> okay. any questions for the director? any members of the public who would like to comment on the director's report? seeing none, public questioning is closed. any questions for the director? next item, please. >> item 9. the commissioners reports. (reading item 9) >> i have one thing, i want to say thank you to the supervisor vanderman, the office of economic development.

i want to say thank you. the announcement on the storefront vacancy strategy. >> commissioners? >> i attended the city hall, small business pop-up last week. and it was well attended and i want to give a shout out to the city for continuing to support the annual benefit. it is a great opportunity to showcase what the small business businesses. >> any other commissioners? seeing none. members of the public who would like to comment on the commissioner report? seeing none. next item. >> item 10

(reading item 10... >> anything else, commissioners? members of the public who would like to comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> each small business commission meeting, small business is the only place to start a new business in san francisco. the san francisco small business commission is the official area

to voice your concerns. next item. >> i would like to adjourn tonight's meeting and honour our member who passed away a year ago. it is hard to believe it has been a year. >> second. >> i have a motion by the commissioner and seconded. all in favour? opposed? motion passes. 5-0. with two absent. and the meeting is adjourned at 7:00. thank you, everybody. >> thank you.

>> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk

around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it

on the streets you like. >> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering

food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food.

and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an

educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things

and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings

me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food.

it's so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out

our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪

>> you guys ready to light a tree? it's that time. all right. so good evening, everyone. my name's phil ginsburg. i'm the executive director of your san francisco rec and parks department, and i want to welcome you to the 89th, let me repeat that, 89th annual tree lighting right here at mclaren lodge. so let's start with a big round of applause for the young teen people musical company, and its director, on their recent first place win at san francisco's youth arts summit. they are an amazing, amazing organization, and i'm particularly grateful for the hanukkah song. so i'm so honored to be joined tonight by our amazing mayor,

london breed. [applause] >> and our rec and park commission president, mark buell. [applause] >> and so i want to start by acknowledging all of the special people who are here with us tonight. these are folks that make this event happen that makes your parks the best park system in the united states, so they deserve some acknowledgement. let me start with senator -- state senator scott wiener, who's here. state assembly man phil ting. city college -- they're on their way. if not, they should be behind me. city board of trusties, john rizzo, chanel.

on their way are trent rohrer, and the department of environment deputy chief jennifer katz, and a very special shoutout to a person who's come to every tree lighting since i've been general manager, but this is her last tree lighting at our fire chief, a big, big, big round of applause for our fire chief, joanne hayes-white. [applause] >> our amazing rec and park commission. i mentioned our president, mark buell. also here are commissioner cat anderson, gloria bonilla, tom anderson, eric mcdonald, and commissioner larry mazzola. i want to thank them. they -- the citizen members of the park recreation open space advisory committee.

they help you make our park special. our president, stephen franz is here. i want to thank our amazing partners who make this possible. supporting us today is kaiser permanently, illuminate, our conservatory of flowers. all right. let tease talk about the tree we're supposed to light. mayor, we've been liethsing tre -- lighting trees around the city, but this is our official industry. this is a cypress that's over 131 years old, and despite losing a limb or two over the years, it stands super tall and super strong, and tonight, it's

supporting over 550 lights. let's give it up for uncle john's tree. [applause] >> and then a few special people. i want to welcome the boys and girls for hamilton recreation center, who are here. let's give it up for hamilton rec. [applause] >> and none of this would be possibly without the hardest group of city employees. all my respect to our amazing department heads. madam mayor, your san francisco rec and parks department putting this on and they're amazing. i also want to give a big shout out to our tree toppers, all of our struck ral staff and deputy maintenance staff who make this possible. let's give it up for the rec

and parks staff. [applause] >> we have the holiday train that is just over to my right that has been painted every year for decades and decades, and the last several decades, by our painting supervisor, joe padilla. the theme of tonight's event is world peace. may tonight's tree lighting shine a bright light in all corners of the world and provide peace to those in need. and speaking of peace, leading the way and bringing peace to our amazing city, please give a warm welcome to our mayor, who's going to light tonight's tree, mayor london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, phil ginsburg, and the folks at the rec and parks department for keeping our

parks green and beautiful. thank you all so much for being here tonight. when i was a kid, i would get my toys from station five, the firefighters. thank you, chief hayes-white and the firefighters spags tiev fire department. i used to go down to the emporium cat well. you remember the emporium cat well? tonight, as we light this tree, we are creating memories for the next generation of young people growing up in san francisco. it's something that i'm so excited about, and in fact, at city hall, in our front yard at civic center, we have an ice skating rink. we have incredible, beautiful playgrounds and activities and things for kids to do during the holiday season. this sunday, i hope you consider joining me in city hall. we'll have santa and face

painters and hot chocolate and cookies, things that help create tomorrow's memories. so i want to thank all of you for being here tonight, and i want to ask for some assistance in lighting this tree. you guys want to help me out? come on over. come on, help me out. all right. you guys excited? you want to count with me? going to hold the switch? all right. here we go. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: magic! thank you, ladies and gentlemen and happy holidays. [cheers and

>> this has been a dream in the making, especially for our general manager, for many, many years, to be able to allow residents of the tenderloin and western addition to be able to walk and skate at civic center plaza and experience a little slice of an east coast winter. >> it truly was a one-of-a-kind collaboration between willie b. productions and the city departments. he said i want to challenge you to come up with something bigger and more fun, and something in such a historic

location right here, right in front of city hall. this is amazing. >> we starting off by leveling the entire plaza. it was about a two-week process to get the area brought up to a dead level because the ice risk itself is not tolerant of any change in slope, because the water would build up at one end. then, we brought in these refrigeration panels that we can circulate a brine solution in to bring the solution down to colder than 32°, and then, start spraying water on it, which, for the last two days, nature has taken care of that for us. and then freeze it, and it becomes ice that you can skate it. >> as you can see, the ice is

about an inch thick, and it'll get up to 1.5 inches thick. with that, we can control the ice. most people that do outdoor skating rinks make a big sand box, and they lay these tubes in it, cover it with sand, and then, the ice gets to be about 6 inches thick or 8 inches thick. well, with that thick, you're not going to control the surface. it gets wet with the sun. that makes it unique with our 1.5 inch thick ice, with the panels. >> this year, we're bringing a unique feature to san francisco. it's a skate track that runs down through the trees. it's over 400 feet of track. this is sort of models after -- modelled after the city hall in

austria. you can make a narrow skating path and get that experience. >> what we are doing is working with the san francisco unified school district to bring any kids who go to school in the tenderloin to skate here for free. the operators have been wonderful in making that possible, and we have been -- we, the recreation and parks department, have been the people connecting schools to this ice rink. >> there has to be well over 100 people that have either been married or proposed to on the ice. in fact, they have this club that gets together once a year, and they go down to john's grill, and they celebrate and drink and eat and dine, sometimes before, sometimes after skating. they go to union square, and they relive those magical moments all once again. so who knows, with city hall being right here, we could see an increase in proposal and marriages on the ice. i don't know, but i've been on it.

it's not just about you coming and getting on the ice, it's about you coming and skating successfully, skating safely, and creating those holiday magical >> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public

sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that

you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually

had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time

around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm

sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong

people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

>> supervisor kim: good morning and welcome to the board meeting of the treasure island mobility management agency, the last one of the year. i want to thank the members of the public for your patience. we did have a press conference at 11:00 a.m. with the entire board. congratulations, supervisor yee, for introducing this very important resolution commending the 75 years of the end of the chinese exclusion act here