creates pictures with meaning within them and then some of the portraits feel awkward some of them feel welcoming and the person that mime making the picture is really comfortable and other ones feel awkward and weigh i didn't and tense that sensation is counter to what we feel like makes a successful portrait that sensation makes that work it is hard to be an artist in a city is 100 percent focused an business the cost of living is expensive and to value your success not scribble on financial return creates a conflict between the paramount egos in san francisco today.

>> you see a lot of artists leaving for that reason because you need space to make work my ultimate goal to make work that firms people firms this gift and just the experience of life and of their worst and of the amazement the wonderment of everything around us >> welcome. my name is caroline, i am the director of community real estate at mission economic development agency. happy new year, welcome to 25 sanchez who have not been here before.

i returned to the -- as we turn the calendar to 2019, it is a perfect time to reflect on new beginnings, and that is definitely the case. looking around at this refurbished property, i'm delighted to see a prime example of collective impact. it was four and a half years ago when taking on the city's call for nonprofits to take on the rental assistance demonstration, rad for short, it seems like a daunting process for us. after all, this was a brand-new process for us. that is why the support of many partners was enlisted. it meant city officials, funders , community members, and the residents of 25 sanchez itself, and to you, i now offer thanks for the key role you all played in making today a reality please give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] >> it should be noted that when taking a difficult project and

putting all the pieces together, such as 25 sanchez, it takes a trusted partner, and/or codeveloper co. developer, bridge housing, has been that trusted partner. thank you bridge. we could not have undertaken this work without such an experienced player in the fields [applause] >> it is interesting to note that the last two mayors of san francisco grew up in public housing. the late mayor ed lee championed the rehabbing of public housing and his beloved san francisco, having grown up in seattle public housing, and our new mayor, mayor london breed, is furthering that dynamic vision. we are honored she is with us today to cut the ribbon. [applause] >> what was our vision for the r.a.d. properties, it was to create functional, quality homes for senior and disabled residents, welcoming community spaces, and community ownership

of those spaces. redefining public housing was our goal, and i'm proud to say that that goal has been met. twenty-five sanchez is just one of five r.a.d. properties we have now successfully rehabbed. all part of the mission castro clustered that totals 349 homes pervert -- preserved for seniors and disabled san franciscans. we sincerely think their residence -- we thank the residents for letting us become part of their lives. your input was vital, and engagement was high, as evidenced by how interactive this building was during our teatime community meeting when we translated in our multiple different languages and in our many one-on-one conversations. additionally, throughout construction, we learned lessons based on your feedback. during the last three construction phases, you shared with us how we could consolidate our construction and then you worked together to prepare yourself for the changes as neighbors and as roommates.

thank you for all that you have done. thank you also for your community input on these beautiful murals, on the plans and the plants in the garden, choosing paint colors, and basically making this warm your home, which it already has been. thank you so much for making yourselves part of this. you epitomize what it means to be a community. you entrusted us as stewards of your longtime home, and that was a true gift. today we rededicate this building which represents the beginning of a bright future for this community. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to introduce cynthia parker, president and c.e.o. of bridge housing. [applause] >> thank you caroline. we were talking earlier about when we first met, i guess it

was almost five years ago, to talk about our partnership and how we might approach the potential of becoming partners and rehabilitating some of the public housing under the r.a.d. program. i'm very pleased to say that it has been a great success, and i thank you for your partnership, and i thank the city also for their incredible dedication to making this happen. this kind of public housing facility, which was originally built in 1972 really, due to a lack -- lots of factors had fallen behind, and really needed to have someone from the city and the housing authority champion it and say we are going to make a difference, we are going to put money into these projects, we are going to seek out federal funds, we will do what we need to do in order to make this place the kind of home that people believe in, and that will help them succeed in life,

and unfortunately, i love that dog. [laughter] >> i wish i had mine here. the kind of home that people have is the type of place that they need to be able to age in place in. this building had fallen behind, and now i think it is significantly better. i think with our partners, and our partners at bank of america who helped finance, we were all able to make incredible improvements to people's lives and improvements in this community room, and i think that with that, everyone can call this a place that they are proud of, and one they can call home. with that, i just said i would make a few comments on the kind of dedication it takes for this type of rehab of a public housing facility.

the city of san francisco is just an incredible safety, and it is supportive housing. i wanted to make a comment about that because we do have a mayor in london breed who is a champion. as with ed to lead, but certainly she is taking that mantle further, and also knows from personal experience how important a home is for someone. with that, i wanted to thank the office of housing, bank of america, our partner, and mayor breed, you really have made a difference in people his' lives, and i know you will continue to do so as mayor. i would like to introduce mayor london breed today. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. is that morning still? good morning everyone. i am so excited to be here today every time we do a dedication or rededication ceremony in one of

our public housing developments where we are rehabbing them all over the city, 3900 units, i get really excited, but i also think about mayor lee because when i first started on the board of supervisors, and he and i sat down and talked about what my priorities would be as a member of the board of supervisors, i made it clear that my top three priorities was public housing. because i lived in public housing, as was stated to, for more than 20 years of my life. we never had a shower, we had a lot of challenges with our bathroom and mould, we had a lot of issues with the plumbing in general, we had roaches, we had stuff that really, when you have to live like that for so long in your life, you never forget it. it becomes a part of who you are , so when you are in a position where you can change that for someone else who sadly is still living in a really terrible conditions, there is nothing you wouldn't do to fight

for the people that you know deserve better, and i am so proud and honored to now be a mayor who is continuing that fight for so many of our residents throughout san francisco who need us to be champions, who need us to focus on changing the lives of people who we know need for us to invest and improve the conditions of many of our public housing developments in our city so that people don't feel as though they are not part of san francisco, because as i said, growing up, i did not always feel like i belonged in san francisco, or didn't feel like i was part of the city, and i want residents of the city, no matter where you live, to feel like yes , you are part of san francisco, and today's investment is just one step in making sure that the seniors and the folks with disabilities who live in this community can live in place indignity, and know

that we are here to support you with the many great services and things that we will continue to do. this community here will not be forgotten. i want to thank so many amazing people who made that possible. starting with bridge and their partner. they really worked with the community and the people who live here to really ensure the residence that we are not trying to displace you, we are trying to work with you to make this community a better one, and i think, again back to my childhood, and when the property that i lived at just over the hill, 300 units of public housing. we were told they were going to be completely torn down and rebuilt, and only 200 units were being rebuilt, and that clearly meant that some people weren't coming back. it was important to us to make sure that we worked with a partner that would work with the

residents to ensure people that the whole point of this is to make sure that you have a place to live and that this place is taken care of and i know this community had a lot of inputs in the rehabilitation process, including developing this amazing community room, which is absolutely incredible, and also double pane windows, which i actually don't have myself. so i am just so happy about the little things that will make a huge difference in the quality of life for the residents here and i want to thank bank of america for your sponsorship and your investment and what we know has really made a difference. i saw all the work that was happening, and the scaffolding that was up, and even some of the folks who grew up in this neighborhood who worked on this project, it was really a team effort of so many amazing people , amazing city departments , and i'm really grateful to all of you he played a role in helping to not only

get this project going, but get it going and moving it in a very fast pace, in comparison to how projects take place in san francisco, we know they can take years, and here we are, not too long ago, we are at a place where this, along with so many other places throughout san francisco, where we are making the investments, making the properties that are, so i want to thank the residents does the residents for their patients, and i'm excited about the future at this location and so many other places in san francisco where we are committed to making these properties sustainable for years to come. thank you all so much. [applause] >> hey, everybody. i'm the district eight supervisor. welcome to district eight. i did nothing on this project.

so it is an absolute delight to be able to land here. i'm sure i will in the future. i have some friends who work here, and live here, but i just want to say how this is such a wonderful occasion, and how grateful i am to be part of it. one of the first jobs i had as a lawyer, two decades ago, was doing a finance project, representing local governments and housing authorities around the bay area. i am painfully familiar with how hard it is, how impossibly complex it is to put together the various funding sources to make 90 affordable -- to rehabilitate 90 affordable units , and to all the people at bridge and focus with the city and the mayor's office of housing and the housing authority, the investors, the other public partners around this, thank you so much for the hours of phone calls and document review and planning, and looking at spreadsheets, and

all the work you did just to get us these 90 units. i do also want to say how pleased i am and grateful on behalf of my district that these 400 plus units are being rehabilitated around district eight, and that there are thousands more around the city. we have received, from the middle of the last century, a precious legacy, which is these units that were given to us for folks who were not going to be able to afford housing on the market, in the first task has been and is to make those units rehabilitated and make sure they are available and that seniors and disabled folks are getting the best that our next london breed, that our next ed lee is growing up in a decent home, with a shower, and a bathtub that works, that we do not lose the cure for cancer or the solution to global warming that is happening that we might lose if that kid doesn't have a chance. so safeguarding that legacy and

rehabilitating those units and bringing them into the 21st century is so important. but we all know that this city is so much less affordable than it was in the 1970s when this building was given to us. so the work of bringing on the tens of thousands of additional units of subsidized housing that we must develop over the next year is critically important, and i'm so happy that i have a mayor who believes in that, who is pressing forward and prioritizing affordable housing, and i know will be relentless along with the rest of us and in looking for additional sources of funds for housing for middle-class and low income people, who must stay in san francisco if this is to be a healthy, dynamic, diverse city. i am grateful for what everyone has done here, and i'm eager for so much more in my district, and throughout the city. with that, i will introduce barbara smith, the acting executive director of the san

francisco housing authority. [applause] >> good morning everyone. so i want to say that we at the housing authority are thrilled that 25 sanchez and other public high-rise buildings could get the improvements they needed to provide and preserve this wonderful housing for our residents. before this, i would get into bed and pray that none of our senior disabled residents in the high-rise buildings would be out without elevator service, or worse yet, be stuck in an elevator. all too often, i would get a call during the night and scramble to get emergency service from our elevator repair company and send our duty officer take to help residents get to and from there departments and retrieve any essentials that they needed. i know how stressful this situation was for our residents, but with declining federal dollars, the housing authority was not able to do critical elevator and other modernization work at buildings like 25

sanchez. this enormous conversion effort to, over $2.2 billion in financing, for over $750 million of construction improvements required the brilliant dedication and support from an incredible team, beginning with mayor ed lee, and now our new mayor london breed, including the mayor's office of housing and community development, bridge, bank of america, h.u.d., i wish you were here. the federal home loan bank of san francisco, freddie mac multifamily, our commissioners, our s.f. ha staff who worked very hard with this transition as well, the board of supervisors, the architects, fine line construction and others. thank you to all of you who made this possible for 25 sanchez and our other public housing residents.

the results are beautiful, and a special thanks to the 25 sanchez street residents who had faith in the process through temporary relocation, and living in a construction zone. at last, you have decent state housing with community-based management and connection to services. congratulations to all of you. thank you. [applause] and now i would like to introduce liz minnick from bank of america. it certainly couldn't have happened without you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. i don't know how to make this taller. thank you all for having us today. it is thrilling to be here at 25 sanchez to see the rehabilitation of these 90 units in this beautiful community room , and see the light pouring in from the garden. i will continue to think.

thank you again, mayor breed, for your commitment to housing, supervisor mandelman, our amazing partners, you are just really a pleasure with whom to work, and of course, the san francisco's mayor his office of housing and community development. this is found in 115 years ago in 1904 and one of the first things we have the ability to do was, followed the earthquake, help get people back in their homes. housing is of key importance to us, and when the r.a.d. opportunity came to us, we were thrilled to be able to support the $2.2 billion in our level of financing here. that is the largest project in the united states, absolutely the largest project by far from a bank of america standpoint. we are so pleased to be able to do so in the city in which we are founded. thank you for having us today. congratulations on this amazing amazing space, and all the best part of the program, let me

please introduce a resident here who will sing. [applause] >> good morning everybody. good morning neighbors and distinguished guests. is a pleasure to be here this morning. i am a resident of 25 sanchez street and i am also serving on the tenant association during the time of the renovation. it is a pleasure for me to be here today to thank all the partners, mayor breed calculates mayor ed lee, and also as a resident -- and the former president of the tenant association, i would like to say that the renovation was a very trying at times, but we worked very closely with bridge housing , also the northern california presbytery and

housing services, it is also an integral partner in the development. we were very successful, and we collaborated very closely. i am very happy to say that as a resident, and on behalf of my neighbors, i would like to say that it is a pleasure to be living in this wonderful location, we are all grateful that the renovation took place because we now have even more beautiful dwellings and homes, and that is all i would like to say. thank you so much for being here and for the celebration today. thank you. [applause] >> hi everyone. i had the pleasure of working on this really briefly with a large number -- large team of city staff and a number of you. thank you for serving for so long and listening to all of the gratitude that everyone is expressing. i will have an opportunity to

thank a lot of specific people and i on a want for you to hear not just their names, the feel how many people really did come together to make this project happen, to make this building a place where we are. thank you all for their your patients and they are snacks waiting so i promised to go fast first, fine line construction. and then our architect, wayne and melody tam, and tank design group, construction management, bridge housing, a huge team. and thank you to another few

folks. i wanted to thank elaine g. -- elaine heat for starting off the project and others. they all helped the project management and the changes in this building. augustus was also help of purging the neighbors move. the construction manager who works with the bank of america team, mo hcd, and of course, kate hartley for being amazing in helping us through this process. bank of america, we would like to thank you as well for all of your work in investing and believing in the financing of this building. thank you to our lawyers, and c.h.p. see, the people who helped us with putting together the numbers on this building. from our services team, we want

to deeply thank you for helping to make sure that our residents continue to have a strong community. john mcdonald, molly marriner, and cynthia rodriguez. >> she gave me all the challenging parts. this is the rapidfire round of all the vendors that we brought on. i may say them wrong, and you might not have any idea what they're doing, but is a big list good job to the brothers. put my moving. mhc engineering, acg engineering , tipping structural, rcl communications communications, already hsl, red cloud, watchtower security, and others. last, of course, is our funders,

you really came together and helped us figure out the pile of matrixes and paperwork that make this real, the mayor's office of housing, the housing authority, bank of america, a lot of this was mentioned before. merrill lynch, the tax credit allocation committee, freddie mac, enterprise community partners, and the u.s. bank. generally, thank you so much. please enjoy the snacks. we are really happy to have you here. [applause] >> i think we are going out front to do the ribbon-cutting now. >> here we go. >> five, four, three, two, one chair -- [cheering] [applause]

[♪] we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪ 1951, 60 years ago, our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing.

by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center, is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport, and the call of duty was to alert american airlines

that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of it. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come

here and join them >> we will begin a musical performance. we will let you start us off. [♪]

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>> i want to welcome everyone to the swearing in ceremony for jeff adachi to a fifth term here congratulations. it is quite a accomplishment. [applause] >> we are honored to have maryland and breed in attendance pack and she will be making some remarks and swearing jeff in shortly. i also want to recognize in attendance, the former elected public defender who is here. [applause] jeff served in that capacity for 22 years, and also the longest serving chief attorney in office 's history. [applause]

>> perhaps our most important, i guess we could say criminal justice partner is in attendance district attorney george gus kony is here. [applause] >> thank you for always taking our phone calls. [laughter] >> let's see, we have our judicial officer, judge roger chan here. [applause] , and i know shamann walton is here who will be sworn in for district ten supervisor. it is an honor to have you here. [♪] >> i'm looking around to see if i'm missing any of the government officials. if i have missed anyone, i'm sure mayor breed, or jeff will introduce them. let me just say, for those who don't know, the public defender was founded in 1921.

it is unique in california and that it is an elected position. the public defender is. most counties elected district attorney but the public defender his district osha's attempt is appointed. we have found in san francisco that this independence is critical to allowing us to vigourously represent our clients without any kind of interference. each year, our office represents 20,000 next-door individuals who cannot otherwise hire their own attorneys. we do this work now with just over 100 attorneys, and over 80 support staff. mayor breed is a longtime ally of our office. she is a native of san francisco , and grew up in plaza east in the western edition. she understands the important role that the public defender plays, and offering a

much-needed balance to our criminal justice system. as mayor, she has embarked upon, i think it could be called a very ambitious program to try and get city services and departments to address some of the most intractable problems in some of our more neglected communities. and the public defender is in attendance. they know these issues pick these issues like homelessness, mental health, substance abuse. and of course, we wish her success in addressing these issues with compassion. mayor breed and jeff have known one another for a long time. for those of you who were at the swearing in four years ago, you know that the then supervisor came to swear jeff and, or to speak at that swearing in. she was in a contest at the time , angling to be the board president, and she was able to do that successfully later that day.

shamann walton -- [laughter] we have a good track record now if you can come through. we are very grateful for the support that she has given your office, and please welcome her as well. [applause] >> thank you. i'm really excited to be here today because i have known jeff for a really long time. i was just a kid and he was already an adult. [laughter] >> but as matt said, i used to live in plaza east public housing, also known as a projects, out -- also known as out-of-control projects. some of you remember peter and jeff and they remember back in the day some of the clients that you all represented which included many of my friends and

family numbers. plaza east was out of place you would not walk through, especially someone who is not african-american. the thing is, he spent a lot of time there, because many of his clients were there. he was always allowed and he was always allowed -- some of you remember the tunnel. they say oh, yeah, who are you looking for quiet do you remember those conversations, and he wasn't afraid to come into the community, work with the community, and figure out ways not only to represent his clients, but come up with creative solutions to prevent them from even interacting with the criminal justice system in the first place. when i was serving as executive director of the african-american art and culture complex, jeff, along with a few others came up with this amazing idea of magic. the magic program. and mobilizing adolescents, youth and our community.

we created more magic in the fillmore and the be magic for bayview magic. a program that helps to work with young people at an early age, to open the doors to opportunity and make sure that they never, never engage with the criminal justice system in the first place. it has changed so many lives. the program that he has helped to implement, the program that we help to fight for when there were threats to cut funding, and didn't understand why the public defender's office was hosting a social service program. and they had a vision. they had a vision to change lives. he had a vision to really push forward and reform our criminal justice system. it was definitely an honor. when i became a member of the board of supervisors, to work with him on so many reforms, but especially our most recent -- recent initiative between the legislation that he helped us spearhead, and we got it through

the board of supervisors, and now it is a national model that people are looking at all over the country, and the way that we address what we know is a clear inequity in our criminal justice system, which crippled so many people who have served their debt to society, and deserve a second chance, and then they get out only to find out out that all of a sudden, they have to pay these ridiculous fees and fines that they had no idea existed. this is an injustice that jeff has worked his entire life to try and protect. he has done so many incredible things. including hiring some of the best attorneys anywhere. sorry, george, with his attorneys are kicking but in the courts, and i am just really so excited. i am really so excited that this city embraces him and continues to support him because he is an

incredible leader. he is a great inspiration. he is a great partier and dancer as she would attest to, he is just wonderful, and we really appreciate his leadership, has guidance, and i am looking forward to working with him on some additional reforms that i know are going to hopefully put all public defenders out of business. that is my goal. [applause] don't worry, i can hire some of you at the mayor's office. and with that, i want to ask our public defender, jeff adachi to come forward so i can administer the oath of office. do you want to do it up here? [laughter] >> okay. i will try to be allowed. okay. please raise your right hand,

and repeat after me with your name. i do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states,. >> with my staff. >> on the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies, foreign and domestic that i bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states, on the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations,. >> or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter, and during such time as i hold the office of, public defender

of the city and county of san francisco. [laughter] >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i'm speechless, which i never am i want to thank mayor breed for being here. i can't express how much it means, not only to me, and my wife and my family, but to everyone here to have a mayor of san francisco in the house. [applause]

>> and to have a mayor who deeply understands the struggle of our clients and their family, because she herself has experienced it, particularly at this time in history, with black lives matter, and criminal justice reform that is on the forefront, it is so critical. thank you. it is hard to believe that i was just reflecting this morning that it was 33 years ago this month i got a call from peter kane. he called at seven in the morning. he was out partying the night before or something. so are you ready to come work for us? and the amazing thing is i had just gotten out of law school and just past the bar and i sat there with a couple of

interviews, but they didn't know me from anyone. i had never worked in a public defender's office. i could not afford to because back then, i couldn't -- i had to work for free. i was working for private attorneys, and rating motions, but they took a chance on me, and gave me a chance to work here in the office, and you might not even have realized how much of an impact that decision had on my life. who knows where i would be right now had you not given me that chance. i want to thank you both, and it was a different office then. i always struggled for resources , and the thing that jeff and peter taught us, it was taught while things. how to fight to, how to be trial lawyers, and that as public

defenders, we have an obligation to constantly fight for justice at whatever cost for our clients and our families, and the second thing they did is they got us this building, and it took a lot of political running. i won't go into how it happened, but we were moved out. we were moved out of the hall of justice to have our own space here. it was so important to the dignity of our clients and their families that we were right down away from the police department. and we had our own private space here. again, that is why we have names this room after you. i'm so proud of what the office has achieved over the past 16 years since i've been fortunate enough to hold this position. i think, with a strong foundation that jeff and peter gave us, our challenge is to

really provide the supports, not only in the courtroom, providing representation every day for people who rely upon it, and it is a very simple philosophy that we would treat our clients and their families just like we would want to be treated, are just like our brother or sister or cousin would want to be treated if they were accused of a crime, and to advocate for more resources, and it has taken a while to get here, and we still need more resources, but we can truly say that we provide the top representation, and it is because of each one of you, so i want to thank all the staff here, the attorneys, the investigators, social workers, paralegals, the support staff, clerical staff, who work every day to make a difference, and

i'm so proud of the representation that we have provided. it is not perfect, issues come up, we get complaints sometimes, but we deal with it, and we make sure that people know that they have a lawyer and support staff in their corner that will fight for them, and that is really what it's all about. i'm very excited that in two years we are going to be celebrating our 100th anniversary. 1921 was the year that our office was formed. we were in the second public defender's office in the state. as you may know, the first female attorney in california spent 22 years trying to pass a bill to support public defenders , and it finally passed in 1921 at her office was formed in the next year. will have a big celebration in a couple of years and we are looking forward to that. but looking towards the future,

really there is two things that i want to emphasize. one is that we will continue to provide the highest level of representation, but not only that, we are going to ensure that the problems -- the problems that we are facing, that we have created, even years ago, will continue to serve the communities that need the supports. i think what is important is when we stick to it, when we started with the clean slate program back in 1998, we said that we were going to provide services so people can clear their records and lead productive lives. sixteen years later, 20 years later, we are still clearing over 2,000 records a year. as was being sung earlier, a child is born with a heart of gold, the way of the world makes

this heart so cold and we need to change that and a big part of that is ensuring that our kids have the opportunities. my friend is here from juvenile probation. he has worked for many years. i want to acknowledge the great work of the juvenile division under patty lee,. [applause] and providing that full level of representation to young people, whether it is educational, advocacy, whether it is ensuring people get good outcomes in cases that they don't wind up with a conviction on the record, is absolutely key, but as mayor breed said, we have to go beyond that. that is a reason why we started the magic program. we wanted to be able to provide

support for young people. this is something that mayor breed understands. one of the most important initiatives that she announced in addition to addressing homelessness and mental health treatment, and housing, is to find jobs for youth. she is really pushing ahead to ensure that every young person in this city has an opportunity for a job. they say nothing stops a bullet more than a job, and it is providing a young person with an opportunity. i know for me when i was growing up, i grew up on the other side of the tracks, but having a job, i worked at a chinese restaurant and i got a dollar ten in our, but to me, that was honest money that i was making for a change,

and it really turned my life around to be able to do that. so we have to work with the mayor and her administration to reach out to the private sector, to the nonprofit sector, to government agencies, to ensure that we are able to provide those opportunities for young people. i'm so proud of the work that we have done in our immigration unit. they have been doing tremendous work in providing representation to detain immigrants. thank you to the board of supervisors and mayor breed. and i can't say enough about looking forward and working with shamann walton, our new supervisor who will be sworn in today. and the residence of district ten. many our clients and families who come from the district. will be working very closely with you, also with vallie brown in district five, and matt haney who was recently elected, and

all the supervisors. looking forward, also, i want to say that we will continue to be one of the most diverse offices in the country. every year we put out an annual report, and this year we celebrate women defenders. our office has over half of our leadership and half of our staff are women. forty% are people of color. about 20% are lgbtq. i am so proud of the diversity. y.? because we also represent the population that we serve and that is absolutely critical going forward and it makes me very proud that we are one of the most diverse offices in the country. before i sit down, i do want to thank three people who happened to be women, and presents them

with some flowers. first i would like to thank my wife, who has been great support [applause] >> when i was running for office , she used to get in fights with people on the street about who to vote for. [laughter] >> that's why i got elected. next i would like to thank mayor breed. [applause] >> she has a lot on her plate, and we will be there to support her all the way. finally, i would like to thank angela, my assistant. [cheers and applause]

when i was a line attorney, we became friends, and when i became public defender, we had lunch, and i said, hey, i need you to be my confidential assistant, and she agreed, i couldn't imagine being on this journey without her. thank you, angela. it is so good to see all of you. thank you so much for being here and being part of this celebration. i am going to ask you to come up again and rock out one more song here to put some justice in our souls as we go to court this morning. [applause] >> you have to get up now.

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>> good morning. my name is sophia, i am a founding chair of women's rights san francisco. [applause] this is the first time i am the emcee, and the first time i am at an inauguration. it is the best one. it is my distinct honor to be the m.c. of the inauguration of san francisco's assessor recorder, carmen chu. loblaws. we have many distinguished guests in attendance today who had like to acknowledge. welcome to mayor london breed. [applause]

former mayor, willie brown. [applause] >> mayor act no -- agno. [applause] >> mayor frank jordan. [applause] >> mayor jordan's wife, windy baskin jordan, and the wife of the late mayor ed lee, and anita lee. [applause] >> the controller. [applause] >> on behalf of our u.s. senator , dianne feinstein, jim lazarus.

[applause] on behalf of u.s. senator kamala harris, daniel chan. [applause] >> state assembly member david chiu. [applause] >> on behalf of state assembly member evan lowe, patrick aarons [applause] >> san francisco board of supervisors peskin, tang, brown, he, mandelman, and walton. [applause] the treasurer. the city attorney