as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. [♪] >> we are here today on sunset boulevard, which is a wonderful 2-mile stretch that runs through district four, and it is a place where people from all over the neighborhood, all over the city can come and use it for recreation, for exercise, for just enjoying nature, walking their dogs, and so we have been partnering with public works, as well as climate action now to

really spruce up sunset boulevard. >> taking it into the future where it is something the community can enjoy and really move it forward to restore it to first of all we need to restore it for a safe and clean standards. >> we are now looking at all 32 landscape mediums to figure out where we would plant new trees, where there would be a rain garden, bringing in new infrastructure. >> we are using this as an opportunity to reinvent the 21 st century boulevard. it is amazing to see the transformation in the beautiful landscape that we see today. >> in the fifties and sixties, there were eight gardeners that worked on sunset boulevard. it did look a lot more like a groomed park. >> it will be a very different type of boulevard. instead of just being grass and lawn, it will be native habitat as well. >> it connects with a park. it is not only the people that use it, but all the animals who

use it as a byway. [♪] >> for many years, it has been difficult to maintain the two-mile stretch due to the drought that happened several years ago. we have been trying to be more creative about how it is that we maintain landscaping in the city without utilizing too much of our drinking water. >> on 36th avenue, we actually have a grill line that will be recycled that we will be tapping into that to become the water supply for sunset boulevard. [♪] >> we have been planting -- the goal is about 300 trees this year, and so hopefully over time , we will see them grow and mature. >> we are looking at the health of existing trees and how we need to plan for succession. >> trees that we are planting out there will be the next generation shaping sunset boulevard. >> in the past year, our office has partnered with public works and neighbors to form the friends of sunset boulevard.

to get -- together we established three maintenance tool sheds and they can come and pick up litter or even weed along sunset boulevard at any given time period. >> bringing young people on board and engaging the local community, people feel empowered that they can make real transformative change in their own communities. >> now what we will do is start a new section. these are really special seeds that will grow flowers that are good for the bees and the butterflies and the birds, and they're all from this area. they are native plants. [♪] >> the reason why i like gardening is because it is fun, and we get to help clean up the boulevard. >> i personally find it hard to stay outside because of the things that affect us but now we are giving the place and time to work on gardening so that is a very good privilege.

>> it really belongs to the people. >> is this really -- it is this really amazing connective tissue for the city. >> it will continue to be a wonderful and magical place that it is. >> it is one of the greatest assets that this city has paired public works is very

♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to think about the challenges that

new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her

baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be

achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city?

>> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer

have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit

sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the celebration of life of our dear late mayor, edwin lee. may i present the mayor of the city and county of san francisco , london breed. >> thank you charlotte. good morning everyone. thank you all so much for coming here today. i also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge our former mayor and former mayor louis brown junior who will be speaking shortly.

this brings back hard memories for myself, and i definitely know for the family of mayor ed lee who is joining us here today over the past year, we have celebrated so many major accomplishments that mayor lee helped to initiate during his time in office. in fact, maybe a week after he passed away. we went and cut the ribbon on the auburn hotel. a place for formerly homeless veterans. seventeen formerly homeless veterans who now have an affordable place to call home. so many amazing things, including today, were through the small sites acquisition program that ed lee helped to start. we will be acquiring a site. an incredible site that is the

housing for seniors. when he served as an attorney for the asian law caucus during his time when he fought for public housing residents, this was one of the sites that he was able to help to secure way back then, and now we are going to be able to, through the help of the chinatown development, we will be able to purchase the property to protect those tenants, those seniors. [applause] >> today is a really hard day for so many of you are work side-by-side with mayor ed lee for so many years. whether it was his time as a director of the human rights commission, or his time as purchaser for the city and county of san francisco, or his time as director of the department of public works, his

time as city administrator, of so many you have fond memories and have developed incredible relationships with him. and now we are a testament to his legacy. the work that we will continue to do to honor many of the commitments that he has made to the residents of san francisco. his model, on a regular basis, let's get to work. that is exactly what we are going to continue to do the people of this city. we will continue to work even harder than ever. let me tell you. i have so many stories about him we all know he wasn't like other mayors. we wouldn't let anybody take the credit for our staff, did we quote. [laughter] >> i remember on many occasions, president cohen and i were always in his office, always asking for stuff, and saying

mayor, do you mind if we take the credit on this? and he would always say, go ahead to. no problem. that is the kind of person he was. he didn't want the credit. he just wanted the results. he just wanted san francisco to be a better place, and he and i bonded over the fact that we both grew up in public housing. when i came to him with my desire to change public housing and to really make sure that people don't have to live in the conditions like i have an like he had to grow up in in seattle where there was mould and busted pipes and roaches and all of the craziness that sadly still exists today, he rolled up his sleeves. we worked with them and we fought against a lot of people who oppose the program. and now we have already rehabilitated thousands of units

because he wouldn't say no. he said yes to opportunity. he said yes to changing the lives of those people living in those conditions. and i constantly run into some of those people today. most in tears. happy about the fact that their bathroom has a nice new floor and the towel rack is not falling down. some of the things that so many of us take for granted, because that is the kind of person that mayor ed lee was. looking out for each and every one of us, focusing on doing the work, fiercely loyal, and fiercely committed to serving the people of this great city. and it is really truly an honor to follow in his footsteps and to try and move so many of the projects that he cared so dearly about forward. and i am looking forward to

continuing to accomplish those goals with each and every one of you. we owe him that. we owe san francisco that, and he would be proud if we were able to deliver on that promise. so i want to thank every one of you for being here today and i especially want to thank his family. i want to thank anita and tonya and breanna who are constantly on the front line. every time they are invited to something, they are there. every time to make sure that they knew mayor lee would be there if he could, and they know that they are in need -- they are needed to be there. we know his spirit is with us here today. and with that, i would like to bring up someone who hired mayor lee for so many jobs, and many

of the jobs that i mentioned earlier today. the former mayor of the city and county of san francisco, he hired a lot of us here. i was his intern, naomi was working in neighborhood services , so many of us basically grew up in city hall together under this mayor, and now here he is, still kind of the mayor. mayor willie louis brown junior. [applause] >> mayor breed, mayor ed lee's family, especially anita, and all of anjali's great friends. you should know that ed lee

would have preferred to remain a lawyer, suing the city, and winning every lawsuit. but as was the case in the administration, he was always looking for a way to cut the cost to the city. he convinced anjali to lay down his shingle as a lawyer and come participate and execute in the power of the city. and lee never became comfortable doing that, and london, that is why he never wanted to take credit for anything that occurred under his watch. he understood ed lee did not want to take credit and loved it i loved it even more.

he was so modest. so well prepared and so unselfish in every way. he was, mayor breed, the only city official i know, who rode around with a broom and a shovel in the trunk of his car and at any point where there was something untoward on the streets, he got out and did the work that needed to be done. in many cases, people have no idea what his title was at that time. it was just he was an amazing human being, and it is with a great degree of pride that we, mayor breed, celebrate this man 's life. we do not mourn him. we celebrate his life and believe me, this city never

would be what it is without the standard established by anjali, who had as much pride as all of us collectively have in the city he had it and what he called his city. ladies and gentlemen, i am just delighted that he decided to work, not for me, he actually worked with me. he did so in the most generous, gratuitous way and believe me, every day of my life, when i think of our city and the resources of this city, i placed ed lee at the highest. [applause] >> thank you. i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge many of the elected officials who have joined us here today, including

our city attorney, dennis herrera, our supervisor, catherine stefani, hilary ronen, katy tang, and president of the board of supervisors, melia cohen. as well as community college board members. our public defender as well. thank you for joining us here today and as we acknowledge former mayors. [applause] >> she will be speaking. as i said to, the family of mayor lee is here today, including his wife and two doctors and other members of the family. at this time, i would like to invite his daughter who last week, when we were in san francisco sacramento and the

mayor was inducted into the california hall of fame, his daughter, breanna, gave an incredible tribute to her father at this time, i would like to ask her to come up and speak. [applause] >> thank you for holding this lovely remembrance for our father. thank you for those beautiful words. thank you to everybody else who came out today to honor his legacy and remember the man he was, and reflect on how much this city has always meant to him. i want to acknowledge our family members who are here today. my mother, and easily, my sister , my grandma is also here. my partner, my auntie, my other auntie and my cousin.

we all came from all over the country to be here to remember him today. we also cannot believe it has been a year since our dad passed away. of course, so many things about this past year have been so difficult for us. the pure shock of how suddenly he was gone, adjusting to all the sharp turns that our lives talk, and the strangeness of having such personal pain becomes a public. at the same time, the outpouring of support from our family members and our friends the community at large has been unforgettable pick a year ago, the front steps of city hall were lined with rows and rows of cards and flowers and photographs and messages thanking our dad for his service to the city. these are the things that we

have kept this very day. people have made really generous contributions to the community finds that our family set up so we can continue the spirit of service and the dedication to san francisco for as long as we can. the remembrances and the dedications on the honors that have been given to him posting this they have humbled our family so much. is a beautiful thing that we can all be here in city hall to remember him today, because it was a place that he poured so much blood and sweat and tears into for so many years and so much of it symbolizes everything that he loved about working for the city, and working with everybody to serve the people here. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you very much for those words, breanna. i also would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge our

police chief and our fire chief who both worked very closely with mayor lee and our former police chief. thank you so much for being here today. another person who has had an incredible relationship with mayor anjali, and of all the elected officials, she was definitely the favorite -- mayor ed lee beckoned all of the elected officials, she was definitely the favorite. carmen chu could do no wrong and she got everything she wanted to and he definitely had a special bond with her. they work very closely together. ladies and gentlemen, assessor recorder, carmen hsu. [applause] >> good morning.

a year ago we lost someone incredibly special to all of us. our city family lost a great public leader. someone who was a mentor to us. someone who i think put everything in his life before us in public service and to the lee family, you lost someone incredibly important to you. your husband, your son, your father, someone who left the family so dearly. so while a year ago we can all remember that time and place when we heard the news, because there are a few moments in time and a few moments in history where we can remember that so clearly, what i hope today you will walk away with is all of the memories that you individually had with him. today i was asked to speak alongside with our mayors and with the family, and i was wondering to myself, what is it about my particular memories that are more special than others to be worthy of being set out in public today because the truth is, it is not.

it is absolutely not more special than any of the memories you have all had with him. whether it was supervisor katy tang he was running in a race with him or him being part of the 100 person wedding, many years ago, or anjali working side-by-side with chief hayes white in the cases of emergencies, every single one of the memories that you made with the mayor, the conversation that you had with him, his hopes and aspirations for the city, the things that he talk to you about wanting to achieve, all of those memories tell the tale of who our mayor was in the truth was that he was an incredibly special person. he was someone who cared so deeply about the city, who made sure that he was humble. that he shared in all of the credit. someone who never forgot his roots, no matter what people said. today as we remember and as we

are here at this one-year anniversary, i hope that each of you take that memory that you share with someone else. because memories go away when you pass or when you stop talking about those individuals. but the way that we celebrate people as we talk about them. we talk about their accomplishments and what they meant to us and how they made us feel. i hope that you will take that with you today and share your own personal story of our mayor because he meant so much to me, and i know he meant very much to all of you. thank you. [applause] >> so many of you worked for mayor lee for so many years and i see so many department heads in the audience. of course, too many to name. but i also want to take the opportunity to acknowledge marilee's former chief of staff

who has joined us here today. and i also see incoming supervisor for district ten and school board members, thank you so much for being here today as well as other supervisors. so many of you worked for mayor lee and some of you were very close friends to him. the next person i will introduce was not only a close friend, but works with and for him for many years. that is naomi kelly. our city administrator. [applause] >> good morning. i can't say how a year ago today when my husband and i got the news, we were profoundly sad. not only because we lost the mayor, but because of this great city.

we lost a friend, a colleague and a mentor pick some of you may know that when harland decided to propose to me a few years back, it was ed lee and anita lee and walter wong who talked him into proposing to me in hong kong. and they organized all of the details and how he would propose to me. so that was the personal relationship that we had. but i would be remiss to say that not only from my career, when i was named the city purchaser, the first phone call i made was to ed lee. he took time. he was the director of public works and he took a lot of time to sit down with me and talk about my great responsibility as a city purchaser and to create an equal opportunity for all to compete in government, to prevent unjust favouritism and fraud and get the natural businesses -- benefits that come from the competitive process.

but what is your duty to the residents of san francisco quote what nonprofits are you getting engaged in. how are you helping the underserved community clot that was very important to him. not only in my time as purchaser , but when he came just became a city administrator. if you wanted to have a conversation, you had to meet him on a saturday at housing projects, sunnydale, bring your broom and your bag, and he would discuss whatever issue you have with him while you are cleaning up with him. and he would say that constantly that continued on to when he became mayor. his legacy is that he loved this city. he left public servants, and everything that we do for the city and county of san francisco he loved his staff and his staff loved him. but we also know that he left sport and he had a very good sense of humour. i will leave you with one story. a few years ago when the artist formerly known as prince passed

away, many of us at city hall which go back and forth and say mr mayor, can relate of the building purple? and he said know , i looked at the schedule today. the wires are playing today and as you know, most people who love sports are very superstitious. if i like light up the building blue and gold,, they will win in the playoffs. exit okay. but i think we should light to the building up. finally christine and i pestered him so much. you can light to the building up as soon as the game is over. i said oh, gosh. the game doesn't end until 1030 and by that time no one will see the building as purple. i make the executive decision and i know mayor breed has taken notes on this now, to when it gets to desk, he won't know. turned the building can't go from blue and gold, to purple. of such an awesome scene that day that it went from blue and

gold, to purple and it went viral around the entire world. it was on c.n.n. issue of the sydney opera house, san francisco city hall and the eiffel tower turning purple. that night, the warriors lost. [laughter] it just so happened my very first meeting at 8:00 am the morning, was with mayor lee. exit okay i will get there early he was always early. i get there at 755. he was sitting in his breakfast at the diner. arms folded. naomi, someone lied to me yesterday. >> the warriors lost. i was forgiven. i admitted, i did not follow his direction to the tea. he was so kind. i was not in the doghouse for

too long but just for a few minutes. that was the edge lee we all knew and loved. with that, i would ask everyone it is his legacy of public service, his legacy of loving the employees of the city and county of san francisco, his legacy of making sure that we do our best. thank you. [applause] >> you all know, i am not nice as ed lee. we would have fired her. thank you again for being here. i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge norman fong and the folks from chinatown community development to on monday held an incredible community celebration at portsmouth square. thank you so much for that great celebration. thank you to walter wong for the

dinner that your hosting for the family this evening. many great tributes to honor ed lee. but they all pale in comparison to the next folks that i will introduce. i remember many meetings with mayor lee, and we would have discussions about the fillmore heritage centre, and other venues and performance stores performance venues. that then you would say is what do you think? may be we can get preston turner to perform at the event. may be we can get him to perform he left preston turner and pure ecstasy was one of his favorite group. he would regularly go to the broad away grill. he was always so excited. he got excited about his corny jokes, but he got more excited about preston turner and pure ecstasy.

i will ask him to come and perform in his honor. [applause] >> good morning. thank you so much, mayor. ed lee was very special to us and we loved him. we put together a mentally of tunes. let's say let's talk about it. we will sing about it. we will sing about what he meant to us. [singing] ♪ unforgettable, that's what you are ♪ ♪ unforgettable, near or far

♪ it is incredible that someone so unforgettable ♪ ♪ thinks that i am unforgettable ♪ too. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow ♪ way up high ♪ there is a land that i've heard of ♪ ♪ once in a lullaby. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow

♪ skies are blue ♪ and the dreams that you dare to dream ♪ ♪ really do come true >> -- ♪ i see trees of green, red roses to ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ ♪ and i think to myself, what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ i see skies of blue cat clouds of white ♪ ♪ blight blessed days, dark sacred nights, and i think to myself, what a wonderful world

♪ ♪ the color of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky ♪ ♪ they are all on the faces of the people passing by ♪ ♪ i see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do ♪ ♪ but they are really saying something like, ed, we love you ♪ ♪ i'll be there, i'll be there ♪ ♪ just call my name, i'll be there ♪

♪ i'll be there, i'll be there ♪ ♪ just call my name, and i'll be there ♪ ♪ don't you know, baby, i'll be there ♪ ♪ i will be there ♪ just call my name, and i'll be there ♪ [applause] >> thank you so much. >> thank you.

[applause] >> let's hear it again for preston turner and pure ecstasy. >> this concludes our program for today. i want to thank all of you so much for coming up. i am really filled with hope, with excitement for the future. i know that we have a lot of challenges here in san francisco , and i know that many of the things that you all started with mayor ed lee, whether it is the increase in our shelter beds, the increase in a number of mental health stabilization beds, building housing, keeping the community safe, many of those goals that ed lee had are things that i plan to work with each and every one of you to carry on his

commitment to, his legacy, we honor that by working harder now , more than ever, to change what san francisco is now to something that we know he envisioned. clean streets. a safe affordable place for everyone to call home. a beautiful, vibrant testament to his legacy, and so anita, and the lee family, we are committed in our family, along with the many department heads and elected officials, and a lot of the commissioners and folks who are volunteers who appreciate the work of your husband, we will continue and honor his legacy to work harder now more than ever. and to remember how valuable he was to san francisco and work and do exactly what he would wanted us to do and i will take

the credit for that. with that, everyone, in the words of our mayor, ed lee, let's get to work. thank you all so much for coming [applause] >> this is one place you can always count on to give you

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

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

have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child

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

of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san

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

and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor.

>> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff.

at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪. >> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i

was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less

we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but

everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the

lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud

of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn

[ gavel ]. >> clerk: good evening and welcome to the december 12, 2018 meeting of the san francisco board of apaelz. vice president rick swig will be the presiding officer tonight. president frank fung will be absent tonight. to my left is deputy city attorney brad russey who will provide the board with any needed legal advice this evening. at the control is the board's legal assistant, gary