the director of the department of human resources, and our budget analyst, who is still here, harvey rose. all right. there's also, from the department of emergency services , there is mary ellen carroll. okay. i wanted to recognize them for spending the time to be here with us today. let me say a few words. what i would like to do is invite the new members,, the honorable members of the board of supervisors to make some comments, in the first person i would like to invite is supervisor haney. >> all right.

i will be brief because i know that many of the family members who have been here, including my own, and just as they, thank you so much to the people of district six for electing me, as i said in my prior comments, i am just so honored and excited to be here. it is a long process with all of the people who have run for office. is a little surreal to be sitting in this chair. it is surreal to have my grandmother in front of me the entire time. i want to thank my family who are here, my grandparents who have lived in san francisco as long as i've been alive, and constituents of yours, president yee. they really taught me a lot about this city. a belief in what is capable in san francisco, and also a commitment for public services. speaking of strong women, we

have my grandma here, i also want to thank my mom who is here , who raised me mostly on her own, as well as my little brother who is here, my sister is here and took as much as she could, and my little brother josh a girlfriend is here as well. for me, as it is for me and a lot of the folks who are here, family is a huge part of why i do this work, why i have spent my career in public service, and why i am sitting here in this seat. i want to thank and congratulate president yee. i'm looking forward to working closely with you, and i know you will be a tremendous board president. thank you for stepping up to serve. i spoke about how excited i am to work with all the folks on

this board. i think that we have a huge opportunity here. a mandate to address some of the huge crises that our city is facing. the mayor spoke about it, and i'm looking forward to working with her and her staff as well. affordable housing, homelessness homelessness, public safety, clean streets, these are things, that for my district and district six and south of market and mission bay, the tenderloin, treasure island, there is a feeling that been the place where a lot of our challenges are concentrated, and we are not getting the support and the resources and the attention to address those challenges. my commitment to them and my warning to my colleagues is that that will be my focus, is making sure that we move away from any sort of strategy that involves indifference, or containment, and looking the other way, but rather actually being focused

and bold and visionary enough to address these challenges head-on so that is what i am looking forward to doing. i will do it with you all. i have worked for many of you, and been looking forward to working with all of you, i want to thank all of the staff, and everyone who is here who makes this place function, because i know that it doesn't happen with just those of us sitting appear on the board. this is a part of a broader system of democracy that we certainly step into with a lot of humility, and great honor, so i am just grateful to be here on behalf of the people of district six, and honored to have such extraordinary colleagues, and a lot of work to do a lot of work to do. thank you. i appreciate it. [applause]

>> thank you supervisor haney for representing district six. now i would like to ask the person who will be representing district two, catherine stefani, if you would like to make a few words. >> thank you. colleagues, friends, family, and fellow san franciscans, i stand before you in all of the enormous opportunity i have been given to be of service to the residents of district two, and to the city i love. when thinking about my remarks today, the only thing i can really think about over and over again is absolute gratitude. this opportunity -- we have services only -- that are only possible for the love of support of many other people. first and foremost, to the voters of district two, thank you for placing your trust in me

this office belongs to you, not me, and i will work tirelessly on your behalf every day to live up to the confidence you have placed in me to be your voice at city hall. i'm here to work for you, not the people outside the building, and you can be sure when i am making decisions, and when i am casting votes, i am doing it and speaking only about what is in the best interest of my constituents. to the supervisor who hired me in january 2007 to be her age and fulfilled a dream of mine to work on behalf of my community in this beautiful building in city hall, thank you, and thank you for your friendship and being an ardent supporter of mine. to supervisor mark farrell who kept me on his staff when he won , and when he become mayor, appointed me to the district two supervisor seat to finish out his term. i know you are not here, but i can't thank you enough for this

opportunity, mayor farrell, and thank you the parents of mine. i also would like to thank our city administrator who is no longer here, naomi kelley, for asking me in january 2016 to become the county clerk. running a city department, and being a department head for two years was invaluable experience that has helped me to become an even better supervisor. i would like to thank my staff at the county clerk's office who taught me that you can lead with kindness, and from expectations and get so much out of people and build a family so you will know an issue on the first floor for all of us who endorse my campaign, some of the greatest moments of me is at the march rally when senator feinstein, one of my heroes, came up to me, held my hand, and she said, thank you for all of your work on gun violence but does prevention, i am happy you are my supervisor. i support you and you have my endorsements.

for me, that was such a huge moment and i was describing it to my daughter and i said, imagine if you are at a taylor swift concert and taylor swift bends down to you and says, you are such a good singer, and i am happy you are one of my backup dancers. [laughter] so i want to thank senator feinstein for her early endorsement of my campaign. i admired her work for decades. especially her courage and boldness on gun violence prevention. knowing she was -- once held this office, fills me with a sense of pride and purpose to live up to her example. i want to thank all of the elected officials who endorse me , and supported my campaign. including all the supervisors who i have served with this past year. also to the community leaders, labor organizations, into the democratic party for believing me and endorsing my campaign, and a special thank you to pat anderson. i don't know if she is here before. we had a lot of discussions that

were extremely hard for her. i thank you for your friendship and on behalf of our parks. we often said throughout my campaign that this was a people powered campaign. i did not have a lot of money. gives a people powered campaign. built on volunteers who came out on weekends to knock on doors and phone banks with campaign headquarters, window signs and banners over district to, who opened up their homes for house parties and fundraisers. i want to thank all those volunteers who dedicated their time and energy into this campaign, because we could not have done it without them. at the end of the year, my daughter asked me, mom, will you miss 2018? and forcefully and emphatically i said no way. and she said, mom, i am, and i said why, she said because we built an entire family. and she is right. the team we had in place, and those who showed up for me became family.

i want to start with my campaign team. john whitehurst, best campaign team ever. i can't thank you enough for your work for knowing how to win when we are being outspent 2-1. i want to thank you for not knowing how to win, but knowing how to take care of me, and that campaign meetings, telling me, you need to go home and take a nap and work out the next day, rather than continue to work. they cared for me through the campaign, and i cannot thank them enough. we had many inside jokes, and i will never forget mark being an aquatic park in his crocs in the cold water, forcing me to swim back and forth to get the perfect video. i want to thank people on my campaign team who have been invaluable to me, and who opened up their offices, and give me sound advice, i want to thank jess, margo and knish, my colleagues who i love, where there for me, and my campaign manager, also known as the catherine whisper. nobody gives bad news better

than daniel kirstein, and i have to thank you so much for being patient with me, seeing every emotion, emotions i didn't even know i had, and being there for me every step of the way. you are amazing, and i'm so excited to be working with you from here on out. to my fields director, thank you for laughing at all my one-liners, and adopting and rescuing our campaign dog, who i know pulled in many votes for us and all the volunteers and interns, susan, who is in my office, was so vital to me, and i wanted to make sure she got a special shout out. by legislative aides, starting with sharon and deanna, who helped me get my office up and running in january and i became supervisor in one moment. to ellie, wyatt, jack, you have seen so much, you are family to me, forever i love you beyond comprehension, i can't thank you enough for what you do for me, and for how you helped me carry

this vision forwards. i'm so excited to get to work. thank you, thank you, thank you so much for everything you do. everyone needs a mother, on my mother as far away, but i had two on this campaign. i cannot thank you enough for everything that you did for me. you are strong women who i look up to, you were there for me, you convince people to vote for me, and i cannot thank you enough for everything you did. might emerge sisters, you know who i -- you know who you are. thank you so much for all your help. so many close friends. italian-american community. and to my family, my in-laws, and my brother-in-law, thank you for your unconditional love, support and encouragement, and for understanding why i miss so many family gatherings. i don't know if you are here, but i have father michael here

who has been here for me. he was here for me and i knew him before he knew them after my friend from my college -- my friend from college passed away. he did their funeral, and he did my wedding and now he is here for me today. thank you. my husband, if you think it is difficult being the candidate running for candidate, try being the spouse of the candidate, especially when they i called him mr stefani all the time. [laughter] thank you for being there for her family and picking up the slack and knocking on doors and standing outside of supermarkets , and of course, for delivering window signs, and even falling down a flight of stairs and breaking your leg while delivering those signs. [laughter] >> he was in surgery while i was in a debate, and it made for a very interesting campaign. i love you, thank you. my children. dominic and gianna. i have a stock of kleenex because i knew this would happen i want you to know right now in front of everyone that my most

important job in this world is being your mother, and it is the best thing i get to do. i look at you just sitting here through all of this and not even making a noise and not even complaining. i have the best kids. i am so lucky. thank you dominic for doing your homework without me having to tell you, i cannot believe you are just motivated, anywhere in eighth grade, during high school applications. i can't believe how incredible you are. i'm so lucky to be your mom. ntg girl, thank you for just being such a fun and such a delight to, and all your r.p.g. quotes. i adore you. thank you so much for making my life so incredible because you are in it and i get to be your mom. to my dad, it is a dream come true, really, to be able, in this public forum, to thank you for everything you have done for me. thank you for believing in my dreams, you did all of that.

i swear. [laughter] >> i want to thank you for believing in my dreams and potential, and doing everything you could to support me. at 16, when i wanted to spend a summer by myself in washington, d.c. interning for my congressman, you said yes, even though you are terrified to leave me there. what you might not know is how profoundly i was affected when we visited the vietnam memorial. my dad was a lieutenant in the army --dash army. i realized in that moment, as i watch your reaction unfold at what service to one's country looks like, what affects the decisions of people in our government can have on individuals, and how important it is to honor the sacrifice. even when i was appointed last january after health issues, you

said it probably wouldn't be able to come home every month to see you and you said to me, you have to take this job. this is what you have worked so hard for, and this is why i have worked so hard for you. perseverance is the price of greatness. my dad goes around saying that all the time. i will never forget it. [laughter] >> of course, plan,, focus, executes. as i said on election night to my team, and all my volunteers, we planned, we focused, we executed, and because of that, we won. that is right. [laughter] >> as i begin my first for four your turn as district 1212 supervisor, i will plan, focus, and execute, and i will do so from a place of love, in a deep desire to better the lives of those around me. i come from a place of empathy and connection to others, a sense of responsibility, an obligation to be in service to others, and most of all, from an

urgent need to act on serious issues that are facing my district, our city, and our nation as a whole. i will continue to make certain we are properly investing in public safety resources, to not only affect the property crime epidemic, but right a sense of security and safety that every single san franciscan, and every person who visits our city deserves. i want to thank captain engler who i saw her earlier today for working with me on police issues day in and day out. i will be laser focused on making sure we are addressing what i see is a public health crisis on the streets, with the right resources to help those who are suffering from mental illness and addiction. i will do everything i can to do stigmatize addiction, and help those who suffer from this disease to get the services they need without enabling them to their death, which is what happens when we allow them to live and die on our streets. i will make sure we are taking care of the basics in the neighborhood is like keeping streets clean, and safe, and i

will continue to work with merchants and small business owners to ensure we have thriving merchant corridors in district two. i will never, ever stop fighting to keep all of us say from the threat of gun violence in this country. [applause] >> and if you think -- as i said to one person who criticized me for doing so, if you think i can't do all of this at the same time, all i have to say to that is watch me. eight years ago today, congresswoman gabby giffords was shot in the head, six people were killed. and 15 were injured when a gunman opened fire while she was hosting a constituent event called congress on your corner in the parking lot of the safeway store. a 9-year-old girl was killed. my daughter is nine. today, in washington, d.c., thanks to nancy pelosi and all those who helped her in the

house, h.r. eight is being introduced in the house of representatives. a bipartisan bill that will require background checks on all gun sales. we know that these save lives, and 97 of americans agree. it is about time congress do something about it. in my last year a supervisor, i stood up on this body to mourn the deaths death of those killed in mass shootings. i will continue to relentlessly work to make sure that the children in my district, and in your districts, aren't growing up in a world where it is routine to hide in closets while you practice lockdown drills to prepare yourselves for the next mass shooter. i will be committed to that every day for the rest of my life. i want to think every town for gun safety for induced darting my campaign as a gun champion.

i will keep going with you as we work to break the pattern of gun violence in our country. san francisco is a special place the place i was born, and where i am lucky enough to be raising my children, and raising them in the home where my mother-in-law grew up. the pride i feel when i tell people i am from san francisco is based not only on its physical beauty, but on the inner beauty of its people. a place where people who may feel different or unaccepted elsewhere can come here and feel at home, because of an abundance of love built on decades of service by many incredible public servants who have gone before me, and with whom i am serving now. to my colleagues, it is my pledge to you that i will seek to find common ground, and will focus on what unites us, but it will have an open mind, and it will seek to learn from your experiences and opinions. i will conduct myself with integrity and honesty, and when

i am wrong, i will promptly amend it. i am promptly to sir with all of you, and i look forward to getting to work. to the voters of district two, thank you for allowing me to be your voice. i embrace this job with compassion, hope, love, and a commitment to act, and as we said on the campaign trail, quoting president obama, i am fired up, and ready to go. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> representing district four is gordon marr. [applause] >> i'm so honored to join this board and this collection of brilliant, committed, -- characters, but more importantly , to represent the sunset district. my neighborhood, my community,

as a son of immigrants, as a father, and as a lifeline community and labor organizer, i will represent the values of working people and families every day. i want to start by thanking the many people that allowed me to move into this seat or this chair, and this new phase and chapter of my journey as an organizer and an advocate in the city. first of all, my family, who has been with me, not just every day through the campaign, with every day of my life. my wife, cecelia, and my daughter leanne, my sisters, candy and ricky, my brother-in-law, ricky, my brother ryan, and of course, my brother. and i also want to thank and acknowledge the campaign team that really put together such an incredible campaign that allowed

me to be here. we had a lots -- we had a large and incredible campaign team. edward wright, daisy quan, mitch eppinger. joyce lam, dominic chan, in county four to name a few. [applause] >> yeah,. thanks to the hundreds of my friends and supporters. they volunteered on my campaign. they did all the hard work, with doorknocking, phone call and, and everything else that is needed for a successful campaign thanks to the many groups and organizations and leaders here in the city. many of whom i am joining on the board. they actively supported me. during my campaign, we had a

slogan that connected to my star wars nerdiness. district four awakens. i feel like we ran a great campaign, and we lived up to that theme. we really ran the strongest grassroots people powered campaign ever in district four, and we, i think through our work together collectively, we started to chart a new direction for our neighborhood that will have a big impact on the whole city. thank you everybody that was part of our campaign. of course, thank you for the district four voters. and in electing me to be the representative. i will work hard and commit to representing your interests first. i wanted to make a few broader points that i reflected on, as i

was getting ready to step into this role today. first of all, i stand on the shoulders of the progressive asian-american movement that has spearheaded change in the city. asian-american leaders who are have been a part of the labor movement, the rainbow coalition, the lgbtq rights movement, of so many other important movements and campaigns in the city. we, the chinese american community in san francisco have been at the forefront fighting for workers' rights, tenants rights, and for the dignity of every person. i'm so proud of my history, end of our history, i'm proud to continue this legacy of progress in san francisco, particularly along with my asian-american colleagues here, supervisor fewer, and board president yee. i do know the challenges that are in front of us, homelessness , housing affordability, improving public transportation and safety services, and the continuing displacement of san francisco working and middle-class families among many others.

i am committed to working with my colleagues to address these challenges head-on. and i am entering the year and this new role very hopeful and excited. we know when we come together, when we work on differences there is much we can accomplish, and there is much we must accomplish here today in san francisco. we can make san francisco more responsive to the needs of its residents, more just, a more equitable. we can protect affordable housing, and build more of it. we can house homeless, clean streets, support residents, and make our city a place that works for everyone, not just the wealthy or the well-connected. i am committed to spending every day in this office, working my asked off on behalf of the people i serve and represent. thank you. [applause]

>> now i would like to invite the person representing district eight, rafael mandelman. plus plus. >> thank you. legs the mothers of my colleagues, i was one of the people in 2010 who did not support you, and how wrong i was , and how delighted i am to have been proven wrong over this time. i have seen you show tremendous courage, and in your quiet way, taco some of the most important issues facing our city from early childhood education, to the needs of senior folks. i am looking forward to working with you, and i congratulate you it seems like i was just doing this a few months ago, because i was just doing this a few months ago pick as many of you know, i am in the unusual position of being elected in june, and sworn

in and july, and reelected in november, so i will do my best to be brief, but i do have some thank you his i want to give to folks. happily, my november campaign was a quiet and intimate affair, but i did have a team that got me through. scott carlson was an amazing intern in the june campaign, and they got a battlefield promotion to be campaign manager for november. he did a great job. he is now in d.c., and i wish him well. nate i'll be, my consultants for june, and my consultants for november, frequently -- we frustrate each other extraordinarily, but he is one of the most talented political minds of his generation. i was talking to a political consultant in the city who were marked at the calibre of

organizers on campaigns and the city has been transformed. if you look at the room of the folks who were elected in november, many of us benefited from the work that he has done with so many folks, and those folks are in campaigns throughout the city. many of them are coming into city hall to work here. many of them are going to run for office themselves. that is a gift that will pay dividends for san francisco for decades. i want to thank the folks at stacy owens and co. and keeping me out of trouble. and as always, i want to thank bernie and eleanor burke. they didn't quite make it, which is probably good for me, because when they are here injured not just july the being in a place that they needed to be with one. i will always be so grateful to have them in my life.

also here earlier was my aunt carol who was also always there for me. -- to get through the last six months to joe atkins and stephanie rodriguez and jeff steinberger and nancy young and diane sidd-champion and berdy

bruhard and mitch ensinger. and jesse anacoa, and diane surf and beth ross. and i want to thank the voters. like any decent supervisor i'm convinced that my district is the best in san francisco from glen canyon to mission delores to diamond heights, where harvey milk made civil rights history and the neighborhood that gave proposition c more votes than any other district in san francisco. [applause] my people, my voters, are liberal and they are very liberal, in fact, but they're relentlessly pragmatic and they're my north star. it's an honor to represent them. thank you to each of my colleagues on the board, the board that i joined back in july and the mayor. everyone has been so -- was so incredibly gracious to us.

clerk calvillo, you and your team are a gift to the city. [applause] yeah. john givner, you are amazing and the folks from the city attorney's office do great work for the city as well. [applause] our sheriffs keep us safe, thank you. and harvey rose and severn and the folks with the budget analysts that help us to make sense of this complicated job that we have. and all of those folks in so many departments which i cannot name all of them, my staff warned me against that, but we have been a pain in the neck over the last six months and meeting with everyone and trying to understand what works with the city and what these departments need to do with their job and to serve the residents of san francisco better. and so thank you for your patience with us. i believe so strongly in district elections and that belief is reconfirmed each time

that we go through -- we have gone through one of these cycles. but it's been really reconfirmed with this class that we have here. as i look at my colleagues in the class of 2019, my confidence is stronger than ever and cathy and stephanie you had a challenger with seemingly endless resources that was infinite, but you had a district who knew you and your history and tenacity and your intelligence and your passion. and you had gigi and dominic and thank you all for giving us this extraordinary colleague. gord an marr, you are decades in the trenches leading social and economic justice fights from living wage to budget crisis and to free city college made you the only choice in your district. thank you for running. and matt haney, you have been a superstar the entire time that i have known you. and you inhabit your own skin with ease and confidence but

that does not stop you from recognizing the injustices that affect our world and that cause pain all around us and do not stop you from your relentless desire and intent to root out injustice and to make this a fairer world. i'm looking forward to serving with you. and shaman walton in a political environment that has small differences, you brought everyone across the city together. you have a track record of community involvement and service to our schools and our city and you're going to do great things under this dome and i'm very excited to work with you. and so i do -- i really believe in district elections, but as my other colleagues have said we have tremendous challenges in this city and they transcend district or neighborhood or tribe. we all know that we live in a city of glaring inquality, a city that is not yet figured out how to channel the extraordinary private wealth that's being accumulated and to channel that to create and to make sure that we deliver effective and

efficient and robust public services for all and establish a safety net that can be the model for the rest of the country. i believe that we can do it, i believe that we must do it. there are going to be moments along the way where we feel some frustration perhaps with each other, but i believe that this group, in this group that i believe that we can transcend that. i believe in our mayor and the folks who work with her as well. i do not love the phrase "city family," i think that it's a little creepy, but i do love this city and i believe in the city. i have faith in all of you. and i have even more faith in the neighborhoods and the communities that we represent. we are the resistance and now let's show the rest of america how it can be done. [applause] >> now representing district 10, simon walton. >> are we on?

[applause] well, first of all, thank you so much, and congratulations on being elected to represent us as board president. i think that you'll do knowa amazing job and i'm looking forward to working with you in that role. supervisor fewer gave us some good advice last night when we were recognized by the community in chinatown at an amazing event. and she said "never promise your significant other that you will be home in time for dinner. ". and i think that today's meeting is a -- [laughter]. is a testament to that. and you let us know and you made that true right away. so it's always good to have that on your first meeting, a reality check. i gave a three-part speech earlier today at our community swearing-in so i won't be long but i want to say thank you so much to the entire district 10

community. we have strong resilient community, strong resilient neighborhoods in our district that worked very hard for us to get elected. so i want to thank all of them. and i want to thank our campaign consultant team, 50 plus one, for their amazing work and for their professionalism through this campaign. and making sure that they worked hard for us to run a professional campaign that turned into a victory. of course, i want to thank our campaign team and my legislative aides and our district 10 dream team. if you have not met them yet, they will be the people that you will see... [applause] also i just want to finish that out to gloria barry and chandler who ran in the race in district 10. thank you for stepping up. i know how hard it is to run in a district race and i appreciate all of you pushing us to do better in the race. so thank you for being here as

well this afternoon. to my family who was here, since 10:30, and stuck around for a while for the meeting, i wanted to just say thank you to them for being with me not only through the campaign but also for being with me throughout the years and all of our roles and all of our work throughout the community. when you work as hard as we do in the community you cannot do this without understanding family. you cannot do this without a family that has been an example of how to be a vessel to your community. and like supervisor stephanie said earlier, this is not about me, this is not about me as a district supervisor. it's really about the district that we serve and the people that we serve within the district. and i am here to serve you and work as that vessel. and i just want to say a couple more things as we close, but a lot of times we're focused on the differences here in this city.

and, by the way, there are some folks across this country, some folks in other cities, in the state of california who really have true differences they need to work through. but we need to focus on the commonalities that exist between us. and i'm talking about all 11 of us and i'm talking about with our mayor and our executive leadership, and i'm talking about with the communities that we serve. we have more in common in this city, we have more in common as leadership in the things that we want to accomplish. we all want to fight homelessness, fight affordability, and to make sure that people can live here in san francisco, first and foremost. we all want safe communities and we want to improve our schools and to address the gaps that exist in achievement. we all want equitable transportation and we want to make sure that san francisco is the best place and the best city for everyone. and so as we work together, the one thing -- and i said this earlier that i know that i can guarantee that we are going to all disagree at some point in time. we're going to all disagree at

some point in time and that's the only thing that i can promise. but how we work together and how we get over those disagreements and how we work with those differences is the most important and i'm excited about working with each and every one of you. i'm excited about -- and congratulations to all of my new colleagues who were elected with me in november. some of us twice last year. but thank you so much for all of your hard work. i want to thank all of my colleagues. id could not have been here -- i could not have been here without the support of the board of supervisors and like supervisor mendalmen pointed out, i tried to work to bring people together and to focus on those commonalities. because those differences are minor. if we can move together and get over a disagreement to get back out and fight for the next thing we'll do amazing work. i'm excited about that. thank you for being here today and thank you to the voters of district 10 and thank you to the leaders of this city. we have work to do. it's game-time. thank you.

[applause] >> so thank you for your comments. new colleagues and colleagues that were just here for a little while and came back. and right now before i make my closing remarks i would like to invite any other supervisors who would like to make some last comments, short last comments, if you would like to just put your name on the roster. i don't see any. so thank you very much. i think that everybody has had an opportunity to make some comments today. so this is a good thing. you know, i'm going to make my remarks now and you are going to hear how much we have in common. the thing is that people have been saying is that it's a common theme here -- we all want to work together. so that's what you are going to hear me talk about. and here i go, because, you know, again, i want to thank my

colleagues for the great honor and for allowing the opportunity for me to serve as the board president as i enter my seventh year of service on this board. and my 15th year of service as an elected public servant. i want to take this moment once again to really thank the three new people that just came in because i think you're going to make a wealth of difference on this board. i can see the potential there. and i want to be sure that you actualize your potential. the current president -- and this has been said already -- but the current president of a country spews the division and hate and trying to pit us against each other, fellow american to american and fellow human beings to human beings, but here in san francisco we have stood up and rejected these tactics. we will not stop. san francisco will continue to stand for justice, compassion and tolerance. we will resist the dark cloud

spewing from the white house that threatens our nation. we will resist the notion that kindness should be interpreted as weakness. instead we will move san francisco forward to show the nation and the world that what a 21st century city can be, both innovative in our ideas and progressive in our values. our city has many challenging issues to grapple with. too many of our residents are struggling. we have the largest income gap that continues to grow. we have families who are working one, two, and multiple jobs just to live hand-to-mouth. we have an unacceptable number of people that have nowhere to sleep at night except on the streets. we have immigrant communities who live with constant uncertainty and terror. while we have our differences, even here in this chamber, those

differences begin to look smaller against the backdrop of the polarization that we're seeing nationally. i believe that here in san francisco that there's more to bring us together than to tear us apart. we can find common ground, even across diverse perspectives, to address the problems of today and to ensure that we are better prepared for tomorrow. the people of san francisco are demanding action. and i know that with my 10 intelligent, dedicated colleagues that there are policy solutions that we can agree on without sacrificing any of our integrity as individuals. my whole life i have been dedicated to making the lives of children, youth and families better here in san francisco. my passion to build a better city, especially for the most vulnerable communities, started

long, long ago. even before my life as an elected official. i spent over 35 years working with the inner communities to strengthen and to expand not only child care but other children services and family services. that resulted in the operation of numerous civic organizations and initiatives. what led me to this work is perhaps the fact that i grew up in chinatown helping out in my family's small grocery store, back when business owners sold food on credit for customers who needed to eat before their next paycheck. i struggled in school, but all of that time i spent in my family's store made adding number comes easier to me than spouting poetry. and as a student working my way through city college it never occurred to me to reach for more until a counselor suggested that maybe i should study engineering at cal.

and that i did and so i finished my degree. after a few months working as an engineer i realized that it was not my calling. while i was in school i also had been working as a youth director at the chinatown ywca. that no longer exists now, but it was there. and as an educator for the north beach family planning organization. my passion and my life's work really is serving children and families of san francisco. i left the engineering field and never looked back. that was nearly 50 years ago. the role of president humbles me and it feels like -- i mean, it feels a little surreal to me, honestly. my career has never been an executed plot to obtain a specific title. instead, i focused on how i have impact and how i can best serve

my community. each time i take on a new role, or start a new initiative, it's because i see an opportunity to have a greater impact, to benefit vulnerable communities and families. during the 1980s and 1990s i grew a small non-profit organization with children's services and guiding it into a multimillion dollar organization that is now the city's largest early historic provider. i led coalitions to advocate for programs that today serve tens of thousands of san franciscoians and low-income san franciscoians and their families every single year. from the san francisco headstart program, the aging parent education network, to san francisco child care providers' association, and to chinatown beacon center and a well-known city-run preschool program, these wins have never been about

me, but always about the community. by fou 200 had i 2004 i found mo make more policy. and as a parent of public school kids, i ran and served two terms on the board of education. i am proud of the policies that were passed during my tenure, but i am perhaps most proud that i played a part in shifting the dynamics of the board from one of acrimony and politics to one of civility and student-centered policy discussions. this is going to be my seventh year as a supervisor. i am honored to serve my city and my district 7 neighbors. it is my privilege to be in a position that has the potential to lift up voices and to bring people together to support san francisco's children and

families. stepping into the presidency is another chance to have even greater impact. this is how i will approach the role to focus on collective, yes, collective impact over personal differences. i have been doing this work for a long time and i feel an urgency to respond to the crisis facing our city in a time of population growth and rising inequities. and i have an urgency to make as much impact as i can in my last two years as supervisor so i can make a difference in the lives of my children, of my grandchildren, and families throughout the city. colleagues, i know that every member of this board shares my urgency for action and i know that drawing upon our individual strengths will lead to a greater impact as a whole. take my colleague valle brown,

who spent years before joining the board, to work with residents to make the neighborhoods more safe and planting frees and making connections all along the business corridors and residential areas in the western addition. or sandy fewer, who dedicated hundreds -- hundreds of hours -- not hours -- hundreds of days and hundreds of months -- formally as a family advocate and organizer. and now as a relentless fighter on the board to build and preserve diverse communities in richmond and beyond, she will always fight to ensure that regardless of culture and language that residents will have their voices heard with respect and dignity. and my new colleague matt haney who has spent the last few years advocating for changes to the

criminal justice system, and to end mass imprisonment. and rafael mandelman who has brought his own experience to pushing for stronger policies to expand mental health policies and residential care facilities to those who need it most. aaron peskin, a life-long environmentalist who has never been afraid to challenge corporations who are unwilling to do their part in this climate change crisis. and hillary ronen, who in only her second year successfully fought for one of the most significant issues facing households today -- the minimum compensation ordinance, and continues to be a champion for all workers and immigrants. asha safai, who has made sure that we never forget about the needs of our moderate and

middle-income families. whether it comes to open space or affordable housing policies. and catherine stephanie, the first as you already heard, is the first and the loudest to ensure that our children are safe from gun violence. and walton, who is coming from a youth work development organization but who even before that as one of his first jobs after graduating college was already serving children and families with his work at the boys and girls club. colleagues, i believe that my job as your board president is to help amplify your work, to help to bridge differences and misunderstandings when needed. and to help each one of my

fellow public servants to be the most effective leader for your district and together for our entire city. i want to thank all of the workers out there who have built and continue to build our city. you will make san francisco what it is and you are not appreciated enough. i also want to thank all of my community leaders i have worked with and learned from. i want to thank my past legislative staff, olivia scanlon and martinez ramino. and i want to dance -- dance? dance is on my mind -- i want to thank my current staff who has been with me for several years and have been the backbone that has made me successful in bringing policies and changes to san francisco. they are jen lowe, and eric

loebaum. and, yeah, i -- [applause] i have it down here and most importantly, yes, i'll keep it there -- and most importantly to my family, my wife who is sitting in front here for several hours waiting for me to say something. my wife kathy. and my daughter shaundra and her husband james and my younger daughter carissa and her husband, dan. and to my baby granddaughter nyla and my baby grandson jamieson, they're both 2, and they remind me every day of why i do what i do. so in conclusion, i see kindness to others not as weakness, but instead as our strength. so thank you, thank you, thank you. now let's all work together to

make this a better city for all of our residents by together taking bold action. thank you. [applause] madam clerk do we have anything else on the agenda? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> this is what you have been waiting for. meeting adjourned. [applause]

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would

pay taxes starting at that new higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office. now you may ask, is there a cap how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this

exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens hwhen the totl value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property? this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in

your cap is $100,000. when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%. this means 50% of the property will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also available for prepping transfers fl interest r from grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website

or >> welcome everyone. my name is david cook. i am the president of the board of the directors of the episcopal community services. is my privilege to thank you all for being here on this wet but very important day as we inaugurate the bryant street navigation center. i wanted to take a minute to give a special welcome to our distinguished roster of guest speakers will be hearing from in a few minutes. the mayor is here, filled tagging tag tony tried various, and rebecca from google. i would also like to welcome leaders and staff of the department of homelessness and supportive housing, here. i would alik