day. the process you created was to transparent. and i was really worried when we went to the process and wondering how that was going to work, but it was smooth and transparent and i think people really appreciated that. i know that i did. i hope we continue with your example. also, you're not afraid to be who you are. and i have admire thad. you know this last year with running, you know, for me, being, oh my gosh, if i say the wrong thing it's going to be bad, but it was so refreshing to sit next to someone who is not afraid to be who she is and say what is on her mind. i admire that in you. i hope now, that i'm not going to be afraid to say what i want to say either. also, too, the fact that we've been on the different sides of things. just this year. and i went up to you, especially after hearings on the police commissioners and i really wanted to learn from you. and i went up to you and i asked

you, i want to know where you're coming from, i want to know what your experience is, what motivates you, because i want to learn from you. as i said before, we really learn more from people we disagree with on things, thank you for the market cafe and the great conversation, i think we learned a great deal about each other. i really appreciate you, you know, not shunning me and not saying she has a different opinion from me so i'm not going to talk to her about this. but you shared how you felt about something and it informed how i go forward on certain subjects. i thank you for that. i want to thank you for your guidance constant support this past year. it's been a crazy year for me and the fact that you were there, always, i could talk to you about how i was feeling and you always propped me up and

made me feel better. i am grateful to that. your commitment to empowering women and uplifting them through the support, and amazing staff, who i have been so grateful to work with. i another you're moving on to sacramento. they're so lucky to have you. i want to congratulate you on the race, i see you going further as well. as you told me over and over again, i know you're going to do this, just remember to soar with the eagles. >> supervisor safai: oh. where do i begin? if katy is my b.f.f., malia is truly my sister. we go back 15 years. i remember the first day i met you, sitting in that room, talking about a guy that wanted to be mayor at 36 years old. we've been in the trenches

together. we ended up working in that administration for a few years. and we went on to be delegates to the state convention together. so much of what our careers have done, have been very much in parallel. you came on this board before me. showed me the way. when i got here, right away, you showed me the ropes and you welcomed me and i'll never forget that. and i'm trying my best not to get emotional, but i have to say, it's been a lot of fun. and i know it will continue. this is not the end. this is just the next chapter in our friendship. and i know i drive you crazy. that's why i say, like a sister, i know i drive you crazy. and you have done your best to keep me in line like nobody has. even more than ms. london breed, our mayor. and one time, when we were -- people think when we argue or fight, we're really fighting, but we're not. it's just our relationship. i got a text message from the

deputy city attorney, when we were going at it, and he said, oh, boy, remember last week when you said you guys were like brother and sister, is this one of those moments? i said, it is really one of those moments. we will hug and make up and we sure did. you have helped me be better on this board. as much as i tried to get you to show me favoritism, you have been balanced to everybody. i want to say, there are two things i want to highlight in particular. they are such -- so many what katy has done with home s.f., what jane has done with free city college and inclusionary and all those things. truly, one of the things from my heart is soda tax and the tobacco tax because these are when you dig into those issues, those issues are about -- in a

very, very pernicious way, targeting in particular african-americans and low-income people in a way that people don't even see. and that is courageousness to take on multibillion dollar industries in that regard. and be successful. and not be about politics, but be about the issue and be about what that means for your community, and everyone's community and everyone's health. that was such a phenomenal thing to see you lead on. we have talked about your ability to be a leader is so important, not just for your community, but for women and so many people. so it has been wonderful to be on this board with you. you are a tough negotiator. the energy you bring, even when people are still sleepy in the morning on ride to work day [laughter], the whole mood changes when you get on the mic.

so i will miss you serving on this board with you. and hopefully someone will try to replace you and keep me in line. i truly enjoyed our time together. >> thank you. so i think -- oh. >> president cohen: no, we're done. it's your turn. thank you, they're beautiful.

>> clerk: madame president. earlier this evening, assessor carmen chu came by and wanted me to make sure that supervisor tang, supervisor kim and you, madame president, receive her flowers and card. and then next i want to just present to you, from the department of the board of supervisors, the board president plaque. it has the gavel on it and the seal of the city and count. thank you so much for your leadership in this department. running the department with me. of course, you're doing the larger dimension of the work, the policy, the work between the departments and the other departments. the legislative process, i appreciate how you got your hands involved with the committee work and where we were moving items to. i appreciate your leadership

there. and the policy -- the policy that supervisor kim and supervisor tang and you, madame president, made will be codified in the administrative codes forever and i'm hoping those will not be changed, but some of the politics will just fade to the wayside. and i hope that the three of you take with you -- you know, this will always be your home. we'll always miss you. and i very much appreciated working with you. i know our staff, some of which are still in the audience, often times, when you come to the office and you have visited us many times, supervisor tang, and madame president, i know staff actually said, wow, those are really wonderful people to come down here and ask for that themselves. so i will say this to say to you, supervisor kim, i

appreciated sparring with you on the board rules. early on, you taught me a lot, the mentorship around having me look at rules differently and i appreciated getting to do that with you. here, i'll present the board president plaque to the president of the board. [applause] >> president cohen: oooh, that's heavy. thank you very much. now it is a moment for us to give the microphone and the platform to supervisor tang so that she can share her parting remarks. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. that was very difficult to sit through. i'll try to keep it short because i know we're supposed to have drinks in supervisor kim's office. don't want to keep us late.

i think it's a wonderful moment that i stand here at my last board meeting actually feeling sad to leave, because i actually do enjoy my job. i know that many have probably thought that because i'm terminating my term early, and decided not to seek reelection, that i hate this job. that is very far from the truth. i actually really love what i do every single day. but i am very excited also about trying out new things in life, because i think life is too short and we need to challenge ourselves and grow in different ways. i started here, hired, not even counting internship, but hired in 2006. and so i think it's time for me to move on and to see what else is out there in this big world. of course, i'm going to start off by thanking my incredible staff. i normally don't even read talking points, but today i typed something up myself because i didn't want to forget anyone that i wanted to thank.

so of course, we wouldn't be anywhere without our incredible staff. so i want to thank ashley summers, deanna, ray, meta, jason, carole, kenny. picking each one of my aides was like picking a member of my family. we see each other more than many of our loved ones. sometimes we spend seven days a week together and we still like each other. they have helped me do so much. i asked them to help me write a blueprint. i said i didn't want to hire consultants to do the work, so i had them assigned to write a chapter. i wrote the land use one, but they wrote the others. they came to countless landscaping events, where they were planting trees or plants,

that's what they spent saturdays doing. they organized and staffed events each month so we could highlight and build community around what wonderful resources we have in our district because so many people said, there is not a whole lot going on in the sunset, it's a sleepy district. they produce a news letter every month. they sat through nert training with me. that was sitting through hours, getting trained with other residents. and they wrote talking point for me that i never read. all of that they did without ever complaining. so i mean this is just a small snapshot of my gratitude to each and every one of you, past and present, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. we accomplished a lot of policy work together. i created a pdf, its' on the

website, but i'll say a couple of things that i felt proud to work on. again it was because of my aides. lactation policy, the strongest in the country and it's still the strongest because jerry brown decided to veto it at the state level, but still it's the strongest in the country. and what it meant to help support moms going back to work, normalizing that conversation in the workplace about supporting moms and all the physical needs they have for them and their babies. a lot of people cite sf but that's probably not the proudest. the housing, people wanted to recall me for that, but fast forward to 2018, it's something that we all talk about needing here in san francisco. providing small business

support. that is something we love doing. whether it was for reducine permitting barriers, challenging norms. i think it's been fun and amazing. we pushed the envelope on the environment. i know we talked about the plastic straw ban. pushing for adoption of zero emission vehicles and charging infrastructure in the city. i have tasked supervisor peskin with that work and i think supervisor yee is going to work on coffee cups, right? one of the biggest things i'll miss is having the resources to help our community, whether it's legislative or other things, such as each year we provided grants to provide funding to our nine public schools and districts for education. and that has been so incredibly valuable. all the schools have shared with us, created things like podcasting clubs, robotics clubs

for girls. i encourage all of you to think about doing that. i would like to thank angela and the clerk office. always so professional. you treat all of us fairly, i can't tell who your favorite is, but each and every one of us think we're your favorite because you treat this job with such professionalism. thank you to you and every single person on your team, and especially the i.t. staff when i deleted files. i want to thank jon givner and everybody at the city attorney's office. i know it's complicated. we can't tell if you like what we're doing, but you do what we ask you to do. and john is able to answer every question that comes up here on the board or in committee. and just a joy to work with. i just want to thank you so

much, john. all the interns in the office who have come and gone. we have had over 100. all we are able to offer them are free water and snacks. but you all come and show up and again, we can't do our work without you either, our aides especially. thank you so much. our intern wes is still here. our district council members, our community partners, whether they're residents, business owners, school members, pta presidents, they've been so much fun to work with. i want to thank our department staff because again, we cannot do our work without them, whether it's public works, recreation and parks, mta, you name it. i want to thank all the department staff that have worked with us. ben rosenfield, in particular, never hides information from any one of us. he's our secret weapon. i want to thank harvey in the budget analyst office. my previous colleagues who are

elected members of the board today. whether they're from the board of supervisors or the mayor's office, it's been an incredible journey. i feel like we grew up here in city hall. i want to thank my other team. my client team and campaign -- compliance team and campaign team. they make sure i don't go to jail, jessie, patricia, maggie, maureen, mar john and kevin. i want to thank them so much. i want to thank carmen chiu. when i went to work in her office, i never followed a single board meeting and had no idea what any one of these people did here. i thought, well, i grew up in the neighborhood, i'll do my best and at that time we had two aides, so we had to work extra hard, but she set the example for me. we would go out into communities and do cleanup activities, whatever it was, and she picked

up the broom and was sweeping. she put on the jumpsuit to paint the public bathroom. she got on her knees and planted plants with the neighbors and that set an example for me as to what a supervisor should be doing, which is being right there alongside your community members to serve them. it's not just what goes on here in the chambers. i remember her taking votes and 1 in the 10-1 vote for 2 in the 9-2 vote. recognizing that if we don't take those difficult votes, we should not always agree. we're not doing our jobs representing our districts if we don't do that. so i thank her for believing in me, giving me the courage to be where i am today. and for, i suppose, suggesting to mayor lee back then, to take a chance on this 29-year-old who never aspired to be in politics.

it's surreal, i'm here at my last board meeting and i didn't think i wouldn't be able to thank him in person, so i wanted to thank mayor lee for giving me that chance on the eve of the anniversary of his passing for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to serve this community. i want to thank family and friends, but i hope to spend more time with them in the future. so, with that said, i didn't have a chance to say anything about my colleagues that are outgoing. supervisor kim and president cohen. i'm going to refrain from speaking about all 11 of you, because i'm very old-fashioned, trapped in a -- old person trapped in a young person's body. so i'll be writing you all notes, i have a gift for you, i'll give it to the by the end of the week, but it is very sad is that the three people who are

leaving are women of color on this board. and i think that it has been incredible to be able to serve on a board that had majority women. and that has been absolutely amazing and fun to be able to experience and hopefully, not historic am. it makes me proud to see that photo that we took on the 100th varian anniversary. look at the one from 100 years ago and look at today. we're a reflection of diversity, not just ethnicity, but also thought. supervisor kim, i know we recently were able to hang out together for fun and not talk about work in district 4. and it was just really, really fun. i wish we had done that more on the board together, but we've always been so busy. and i just always tell people, even if we disagree, i

appreciate how smart you are, how thorough, how prepared and i know that every time we're talking about something it's about the substance of a policy and we never take anything personally. and you have wonderful staff over the years as well, so thank you. president cohen, yes, i know we share a lot in common in terms of growing up here in san francisco, attending public schools. however, you were the student body president at lowell. i know a lot of people have said a lot of good things about you, which i absolutely agree with. i'm going to add one more thing. i think you're the most gorgeous member of the board of supervisors, because only a woman can tell you that, none of the male colleagues can a say that. i think you're amazing. i i love seeing you in this role as board president and i look forward to everything you will do at state level. i am going to call out just two

colleagues. supervisor peskin, one of my favorite people to work with on the board of supervisors. when you first were deciding to run again, i thought, oh, my gosh, why. i didn't hate you, but i thought why come back? i really didn't. no, i enjoyed working with you and your staff. i was campaigning for one of your competitors and i remember when you won, i thought, oh, god, this is terrible. i don't know what issue it was, i think it was home sf. i don't know what it was, but i remember starting to work with you on a whole bunch of different things, which you listed as well, whether it was safe throughout the school, budget, fiscal responsibility, leading to prop e, preserving art funding for the future, failed day planning that didn't go anywhere. so many different things and i've just grown to love working

with you so, so much. you were the one person who made me cry that day when i decided i wasn't running for office. many more things i could say about you, but i love you, supervisor peskin. supervisor fewer. [laughter] okay. so one of my dear friends, it was very obvious i was campaigning for her in the richmond district. i remember there was this lottery or something for picking board seats. and i thought, oh, too bad she is not sitting next to me. i thought, oh, no, sandy is sitting next to me. but it was a blessing in disguise. truly. because we sat next to each other this whole time. i got to chat with you the whole time and got to know you better. you are just the sweetest most thoughtful person. again, i'm so grateful we ended up sitting next to each other.

she brings me dog treats for my family dogs. and she knew i was having a bad day and she brought me even more. so all that to say, i only share those two examples because a lot of times we come into these board chambers thinking that things are a certain way and i'm not going to get along with this person, or this is going to be difficult, or this person is going to be my bff forever, that's not always the case. be open to surprises and things kind of going a different way. building those relationships. one of the things i do, he does come in the office and talk to directly. keep the lines of communication open because they do wonders. i want to say i'm grateful to have worked with you, colleagues, past and present. i wish you all the best. good luck with the board

presidency. it's important, but not that important. remember it's important what is happening out on the street. thank you, and good luck to everyone. [applause] it almost feels unreal. having witnessed several last meetings of board of supervisors who have come before me. to really be here today. but i think in some ways it's apropos, although i'm sad it's three women leaving the board, i started in politics with three women of color in 2006. it's the first time three women of color won the board of education. and i'm so proud to depart in my service on the board of supervisors with the two of you. although they're not here today, some are, i should take a moment first to thank my constituents for giving me this honor to

serve over the last eight years. when i was in my early 30s, supervisor cohen, i'm not really sure i knew what to expect. and i really grew up here. i spent my 30s here in san francisco city hall. and i'll just say a couple of things. i mean, one, i think i'm surprised that i've come out of this process stronger. and actually, stronger in my space, that change is possible and stronger in values and principles. i always thought as activist, organizer, always resisted electoral politics and never trusted politicians. i thought that politics would somehow magically change you and you'd come out this worse human being, but i hope, or at least in my heart i feel that i've only grown stronger in my work. it's large part been because of the constituents i serve.

and many of you got to see them here today. i work with the best community leaders and people with generosity and heart and they're the ones that inspired me and my staff to work even harder. i want to thank my colleagues who i've had an opportunity to serve with over the last, actually 12 years, if i include supervisor yee and fewer. i'll start with the folks on the end. supervisor stefani and brown, you were both here as legislative aides. you hold the distinct honor of serving more than one supervisor before being appointed to your seats. and you know, catherine, i know you were always known for attending all the neighborhood meetings, for being able to work with so many of the legislative aides. you had so many fans before you got appointed. and also your passion around ending gun violence which is so important in this country.

and we're so lucky here in san francisco that violent crime is one of the lowest per capita of any major city in the nation, although that was not always the case. supervisor brown, you are legendary in this hall. i think if there is a hall of fame, angela calvillo would be at the front and center, you would be alongside her as well. you've worked with some difficult -- causes and have fared so well and had the respect and admiration of both of them and all your community residents in district 5. supervisor safai, you were one of the first to support me when i ran. and i remember your daughter coming out and she had a knack for shoes even then. and i disagree with supervisor tang about how he comes into your office. he finds you in the hallway.

he roams the hallway and waits for us to come out. and corners us on the ordinance of the amendment, or the nomination that he wants to lobby or vote on. and you know, i just have to say for you and supervisor mandelman, wow. you reason. you waited eight years. okay supervisor mandel man waited seven and you ran again. you came onto the board of supervisors. and most people don't do that. in fact, hundreds of people don't do that. and i just don't, you know, really understand the tenacity -- [laughter] -- that it takes to run and lose and to wait and come back again. and you know, i really admire that about both of you. and it demonstrates how passionate you are about serving

our city. and supervisor mandelman, who i have known for a long time, before i joined the board of trustees, we share a best friend and a law school. i'm glad you're here on this board. and already in such a short period of time, i can tell you're going to be policy leader and you're going to have to take on a lot of land use issues along with supervisor peskin. i look forward to what you do on homelessness and i was moved by your thoughtful facebook post. i know i said that to you in committee. but the vulnerability and honesty with which you approach your constituents, i wish had that when i first began on the board of supervisors. supervisor ronen, we really bonded over health care. and i wasn't sure if i was going to support supervisor on closing

the loophole, but i sat down with you, i sat down with all of our workers and i mean, over time, it just became clear this was the only right answer. i remember, you served for two years, but you really served so many more years before that, leading legislation. and many people have talked about our staff and i'm going to get to them last. but a supervisor is only as good as their team is. i know you're a big part of what made that office effective. and it takes a lot of courage to step up from that position and say you're willing to run after you see what your boss has gone through for eight years. supervisors fewer and yee. i know you both claim parenthood. i always joke, though, that sandy is really my teenage

mother, because she's not really old enough to be my mother. as well as supervisor yee. sandy, we all met in 2004 when i ran for school board. i know you were skeptical of me as a use organizer, but you took me under your wing. and you supported me and you campaigned for me. and then when which were on the school board together, i remember the first time i went into negotiating room with you around a very controversial program. and sandy just walked in there and she, as an asian american woman by the way, because we don't see this enough, she walked in, confident, owned the room and told them exactly what was going to happen. and she negotiated fearlessly. and i'd never seen that before. i was scared. and i remember viewing you as a role model, but then you give me romance and other advice.

we'll leave it at that. [laughter]. all kinds of advice throughout my life. and supervisor yee, i grew up watching as an organizer in chinatown. he headed the youth children services and was an icon. i worked for -- i wouldn't call him his rival, but the other norman. both of you grew up in the neighborhood together. you grew up serving the community your entire careers and had so much respect. and you know, running in 2004, the race that i lost, but supervisor yee won. in fact, he was the only non-incumbent that won despite four incumbents running that year. really showed what it meant to work hard. i mean he was at the meeting stations every day. that's how i learned to work harder in 2006 when i ran again. i want to thank you both of so much for taking care of me over

the past 12 years in politics. you mentored me, fed me, donated to every one of my campaigns. and you really have shown me what it means to be a progressive civil rights leader as asian american and i can't tell you how important that is. because we often think we're not a part of this movement and struggle. we're stereotyped at not being leaders, as not fighters, public servants, and you were that role model for all of us. i know this is a huge sacrifice for both of you. you could be spending time with your family, husband, wife, grandchildren, but you're here fighting for the city instead. it was really honor to fight with you supervisor yee to make universal childcare a reality. thank you for allowing me to work with you on this. i'm excited about what you'll accomplish as you implement the

proxy next year. supervisor peskin, he kind of told our whole story [laughter]. although, he doesn't know this, but as a young organizer in chinatown, i used to see aaron stroll in every friday afternoon and check on how everyone was doing, before he went to his next stop. he's really the supervisor. when you walk through chinatown and north beach, everybody knows him. i saw that when i campaigned for him in 2015 with sunny and, aaron, you're a model legislator, leader. you served as board president for four years. you know every board rule. you like to cite codes and sections and numbers. you're intimidating. but i liked giving you a hard time anyway. and i have really enjoyed

serving, representing district 36/63. our districts are so tied and their fate around development. we have the fewest and smallest parks, the highest rate of pedestrian collisions, so much that we share. and having a partner in crime and land use partner and housing partner has been extraordinary. i'm thankful you decided to run again. and you don't have to miss me, because i'll be very close by. to my two colleagues who are also departing. supervisor cohen, i remember when we first had lunch after we both won and everyone told us we had to stick together. i remember three weeks ago when you held my hand, you told me that we stick together. so over this last year, eight a years, you were the only person consistently here every single day with me. and it has really been a pleasure to grow with you.

to grow up here on the board of supervisors. we've been through so much. and you know, grand ma hewitt told us we had to work together and represent our communities and she really mentored us and taught us against what it means to be a fierce woman of color leader. she really gave her body to the city and the community. and i knew that because she supported you, that you were absolutely someone that i had to figure out how to work with. and i am going to really look forward to seeing you lead in our state. and to supervisor tang, actually our two san francisco natives and lowell grads, i've enjoyed working with you on the land use committee. i still remember after you got appointed in 2013, you got appointed to a rules committee meeting i was attending. and you got appointed 45 minutes

before the committee meeting started. and i walk in and you're on page 81. i think of the western soma plan that i had introduced. you're like, on page 53, can you explain what happened? i remember being stunned, not only had you just started, but you read what was on the agenda, the ordinances on the committee that you'd only been assigned to 45 minutes ago. i knew this was the katy tang i would be working with over the next five years. i just have to say, many folks have said it, i don't know anyone that has decided not to continue their entire time that they can serve on this board of supervisors. and so many people have come up to me to ask me, why no one ever thinks you hate this job, because i think people can tell you love it. but just that it takes a tremendous amount of boldness to make that decision.

and to do something completely different from what is within your comfort zone. i look forward to lawyering with you. maybe down the road, we can start a law firm together [laughter]. i look forward to many more dinners. i also want to experience the legendary drinking that is supervisor katy tang. i heard she can drink everyone in the room under the table and more. i'm not looking at supervisor safai or talking about a trip in a foreign country, but i've heard the power that is supervisor tang and i look forward to seeing it one day. i want to end of course by thanking my team. and i know that ivy and april couldn't stay all the way until 8 p.m., because they have children, although, bobby does, too. mika thank you.

you know, it says a lot that so many members of this board and almost every single member of our public comments acknowledged you and thanked you when they talked about my work. i don't think i have words to really explain what it means to walk in every single day, into your job, and to your best friends. we're really best friends. and we fought and things were difficult at times, but we really loved each other. and i am not sure i was really prepared for what these eight years would bring. i've never experienced so many lows, but also so many highs. it's a real roller-coaster here on the board of supervisors. and the one thing i will say i've learned how to do, i've learned how to lose. i think that's one of the most important lessons we can learn

in life and politics. learning how to lose. and then getting up again the next day and being completely scared and fearless at the same time. i remember a couple of weeks ago, someone asked me about this job and i said i learned to be fearless. i actually thought about it again, i'm scared all the time. i'm scared every time there is something bigger than i feel i can handle, but i've learned to be fearless and scared at the same time and learned how to do that with these grown intelligent passionate women, ivy, sunny, bobby, all of you had children while i was here. it was amazing to work with mothers. and let me tell you, it was very challenging for me to have a parent-friendly office. i did not like it at first. i did not like it when people told me they had to go home at 5:00 p.m. they couldn't go to weekend

events. i remember sunny's mouth dropping when i said we had to change how we worked. but we learned how to work. and the one thing i learned -- this is a lesson -- if you want to get something done, you given it to the busiest person. and who is busier than women of color, working mothers. you guys were behind every trademark legislation that our office is known for. it wasn't me, it was all of the work that you guys did to make all of the legislation happen that we talked about here today. but actually some of the work that i'm most proud of is the work that we didn't talk about, like bringing full-time nurses to every adult homeless shelter in san francisco and expanding our medical shelter in 2015. and the pit stops, bringing portable toilets to the tenderloin, which our neighborhood had fought for so many years. and making our parks a better place. protected bike lanes.

you did this with so much love, passion, tenacity. there was a team bigger than you and i want to acknowledge matisse, noel, yata, dobbie, clare, and to my final team, that is closing out the board of supervisors with me, sean, kitty and edward. you guys stepped into big shoes. i set a very ambitious agenda for our last six months anyway. the month of july. and i didn't think we would accomplish it, but i decided not to say anything and push youniway anyway. and we passed the largest area plan in san francisco's history, central soma. we brought forward a charter amendment and passed it, thank

you jon givner. and protected bike lanes. we were very busy in the last six months. i want to appreciate you for working on both of my campaigns and i'm taking the hard and audacious step of working in this office and taking the heat. you took a lot of heat, worked under fire and i'm so impressed. i want to recognize some other legislative aides that i had apart from their upbringing. sorry my speech is so long. jen lowe, supervisor yee's office who worked on my 2010 campaign. tim and supervisor safai's office, angelina and kelvin in supervisor peskin's office. i've had the honor of knowing them since they were 14, 15 years old and it great to see

the next generation of youth leaders that are serving you all so well. they don't do anything for me. i'm just recognizing them. they work really hard for their bosses, but i'm super proud of them. i want to thank my campaign team. it's too countless to name owl of them, but kayla who is the audience, jeffrey, brandon, who was here earlier and spoke at public comment. to store front who led my last two campaigns. you are all part of my major family. and it is only with every campaign that i have grown and my friends and family and strength because all of you -- and really my campaign team gives me so much hope for the future. there are just amazing young leaders that are going take over san francisco. and i feel so good about the future and i feel so good departing knowing that all of you are doing this incredible work for our city. finally, to folks that are not

part of the staff that are here with us. every single day. to our clerk. to your team. thank you so much. i don't know how you serve all 11 of us. so deftly, but we all feel like we're your number one supervisor and that is a skillset to do in the crazy world of city hall, but you and your staff are extraordinary and you serve us so well and diligently. nothing falls through the cracks. that's not because of us, but because of the clerk's office and amazing office and team that you run. thank you for taking care of us and taking care of my team. i was not one of the folks that walked into the clerk's office, it was my team, but the office always took care of us. i appreciate you taking on the role of supporting women that want to do this work. to our city attorney, jon

givner, i want to thank you for your incredible work. i don't know how many ordinances and charter amendments and other laws you've written for our office. i know there have been countless times i've sat with you about the number of things i'm allowed to introduce at a time. although you got rid of that rule, thank you [laughter], when you billed us hours. and just always giving us the best advice and, again, somehow serving 11 different members of the board with completely different agendas and serving us so well and never at any point did i lose faith or trust that you weren't always looking out for my best interests. i don't know how you were able to accomplish that, but you worked with such dedication and high level ethics. and i appreciate everything you've done to serve our city. ben rosenfield, harvey rose, and severin rose, i want to thank

them for keeping us on budget and task. so i did not do a good job of getting drinks in the office. but i'm pleased to come over. we will not discuss any business of the public, madame clerk, while he have drinks, but i would love to see everyone before we depart. thank you. [applause] >> president cohen: good evening. well at the top of my list are my mother and father. they have been here in the chamber, in city hall since 12:30 i want to acknowledge them. they've been here through all this. and i want you to know all the nice things you said, my mother never heard. she's only going to hear that

i'm mean [laughter]. and i can only imagine what we will be discussing. thank you, supervisor fewer. but i want to present some flowers to my mother. she is just incredible. and i love her. i don't know. it can happen. and please just recognize this woman. she is so thoughtful and has given so much of herself. [applause] my mother. and always right behindmy mother is my strong sturdy father. go ahead, dad. [laughter] strong sturdy father. good praying father that has always been the head of our house. so i'm grateful for what they have done more myself and my sisters. you all know i have four younger sisters and they have been with us, my parents, every step of

the way. gymnastics, recital, track tournaments, ballet, tap, you name it. they've been just a courageous team. they've done a tremendous job. they're great role models and i want to recognize my husband. he was here earlier this afternoon for a reception. you all know none of this is possible without a committed partner and loving spouse. and warren doesn't get thanked enough, but he's been a rock, sometimes during tumultuous times and i could thank you many of you for those tumultuous, trying times. we sit around here, having a nice time, but let's be honest, it's been a joyful pain. i'm so proud of what we've accomplished. we are putting -- san francisco has been on the mark, but we're continually doing our best and bettering ourselves. with that i want to say thank you to the ancestors who have

brought us to where we are. i want to recognize the ancestors, yes. i want to recognize those that have started this journey with me. first you mentioned sharon hewitt, she is on my list. ed lee, doris pack, ward, willie, there are many people who shoulders i stand on and want to recognize. i want to recognize all of the people who have had impact on my experience. and my growth as servant. i think one of the most valuable lessons i've learned is how to disagree without being disagreeable. sandy fewer may say i have more lessons to learn, and perhaps i do, sandy. but when i make a mistake, you know i will correct and apologize for it. those are important quality to have when you think about leadership qualities. and i just want to say, i don't

always have the answers, although i think i do, every now and then, you all have shown me, some of you agree -- gleefully, the error of my ways. supervisor yee, you taught me how to be humble. i'm still learning, but i want to say thank you, because i think you are the embodiment of a beautiful humble being that is very, very thoughtful. and very smart. and i'm grateful for the community that i served and hopefully, it will, thankfully, continue to serve. you saw some of them in committee. you've seen them on various issues. we've passed incredible landmark legislation today with the african-american arts and culture historic district. that is a very big deal. people are celebrating on facebook right now. i want to say thank you. department heads and the staff and the clerk and her staff.

you have been tremendous in growing us up. you're like the keepers of knowledge. there is institutional knowledge that gets passed on through department heads and staffers. and i want to recognize you for your hard work. those late nights you're here with us. at this moment i want to recognize linda wong who has grown and matured with the rest of us here at the board of supervisors. i remember when she came to the board, i think she was clerking rules. i was on rules, not happy and i shared my unhappiness with angela. and now, look, she's beautiful. she's like a beautiful butterfulbutte butterfulbutterfl butterfly. linda, i don't know if you're here or listening, but thank you. lisa, we acknowledged you already on the board, but i want to speak to your diligence. this chamber is in fantastic

hands. you stepped up and stepped in for angela when she was on jury duty. serving her city on a -- i forget, it was a murder trial? something, are anyway. angela, this is the keeper of knowledge, wisdom and decorum and style. and she has taught me how to control my voice. and how you can draw people in with a low tone and a certain level of seriousness. and, angela, you should know we make fun of you in my office about it, but we do it out of love. and these are valuable lessons to learn, the power of our voices. it's not about yelling, hooping, hollering and yelling. sometimes it's just about being still and quiet. and being listening. and supervisor tang, you also have a command performance in

this area. being able to be measured and you never get off your center. and that is also a lesson i'm working on. i want to recognize the cbo, the nonprofit partners. it's a love-hate relationship. i'm sure you can all agree. they make us and break us sometimes. and it's just a delightful to serve san francisco. one thing we all have in common is the desire to ensure that our city is serving everyone and i want to acknowledge those partners. i want to recognize jon givner, who has been outstanding. i have a little something for you. it's under $25, thank you, supervisor tang. jon givner, a little something to lift your spirits. thank you, you've given me great advice. in the event i have disagreed with the advice you've given me,

i have found advice somewhere else and you have not held it against me. thank you. your phenomenal city attorney and although ben is not here, harvey, those two gentlemen are also institutions that have served san francisco for a long time. i think ben said 25 years, 20 years, a very long time. started as a young, young man, now he's just a young man. and harvey rose. i love this man. he is so funny and witty and charming and i love the fact that when it comes to controversial issues it's always a policy matter for the board decide. one thing that i can always, always count on is that he will give you real information. he will do the work. he will find the numbers. and he will present them in a very fair and balanced way. as a budget legislative analyst, you could not ask for something more. colleagues that are going to be

staying on in this body cherish harvey as well as severin. the entire team. they're a very important jewel that we have at our disposal. i want to recognize the budget director kelly and melissa, who i've had the opportunity to serve with. i enjoyed working and most importantly learning about the budget. i'm grateful. i want to recognize the legislative aides that have been fun and exciting to make fun of. and also fun and exciting to laugh with and sometimes cry when things don't go our way in the chamber. jason, nickie, andres, k.k. you all have provided a great service to san francisco and it's really a difficult space that you occupy. and of course, i would remiss if we did not recognize our beloved ed lee. oh, man, what a man.

what a gem. i'm so sad he's not here to see us today. because he certainly has had a hand on my life in helping me mature into a good person. and with that, i think i will also say mayor breed has had a wonderful impact on my life. a sister and a friend, and i'm delighted to seeing her serve as the mayor of our city. i want to recognize and uplift the city administrator, who sometimes we give a lot of voice and acknowledgment to, but really don't appreciate how hard her job is, and how many employees she manages and the vast -- she's an omni presence in san francisco. if it's not the mayor or the board of supervisors, it's the city administrator. naomi, doan in your listening -- i don't know if you're

listening, but thank you. the public finance team, thank you for your work and leadership and helping us to steady this $11 billion budget which is might add is growing. it is growing. i look forward to observing the fight in january and february on the dollars. i hope "the chronicle" will report fairly and balanced so i can get a good level of understanding. i hope the "examiner" will be fair and balanced as well. between the two we should get the truth. i want to recognize the chiefs. fire chief and police chief. we've had tumultuous times. i think chief scott is doing a fantastic job. i haven't eaten all day. my apologies. i love you, chief. where is the camera? i want to say thank you to the teams that have done a good job, but you talk about the reform. it's nothing if no one is there

to implement. if there is no one that believes with you. this is a chief that brought down officer involved shootings, our homicide level and keeping it low. thank you to the department of police accountability. it was a figment of my imagination that manifested. to his staff and to the police commissioners that i put my heart and soul in. i was adjunct member of the rules committee. you're welcome, asha. you are welcome. and i hope you paid attention on how to ask questions. we have a lot of lawyers on this body, but sometimes we have to pull back and get to the nitty gritty to get to the crux of what we're trying to solve here. if we want to keep reform in the front of mind, we have to have people in all stations and levels. i want to recognize our