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

with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you

have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful. >> 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, dennis herrera, district attorney georgia gas stone, and his wife

-- george gus cohen -- george gascone, and his wife fabiola. the former assessor, mabel tang. [applause] >> city college board members, rizzo, randolph, selby, and lee. [applause] >> bart board director, janice lee. [applause] >> honorable judges, tang and lee. [applause] >> former california state senator, art torres.

[applause] former district supervisor, bevan duffy. [applause] >> as well as the many commissioners, department heads, and community leaders who have joined us this morning. [applause] to begin this morning's ceremony i would like to introduce the lincoln high school jrotc drum corps. [applause]

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we definitely did not need a wake-up call. that woke me up for sure. i did not have coffee this morning, i am awake now, we are good. thank you, carmen. i first connected with carmen when her team e-mailed to me prior to the first women's march , with a simple ask of what can we do to help? the first thing i did before i replied was google, what is an assessor recorder? [laughter] >> i'm sorry, carmen. once i educated myself on the recorder's role, i connected with carmen. i never have really known any politicians before, and it was very refreshing meeting carmen. she was authentic from the beginning, very passionate, driven, and she had some of the best work ethic i've ever seen.

we have a lot -- we have some similarities. we both grew up as daughters of immigrants, and we are most the -- both the first in our families to go to college. she is truly about inclusion and intersection analogy. she supports and mentors women, especially women of color to be leaders. she is a mentor to me, and she mentored me today by making me face my fear of public speaking. thank you, carmen. as our city's assessor, carmen's work generates revenue that supports vital city services, and public education. during her time in office, she has let her department to excel beyond businesses usual. under her leadership, the office

has vastly surpassed revenue expectations, bringing almost half a billion additional dollars into city budgets. this funding goes to support our city and facing some of our toughest challenges. carmen is active in the community, host educational forums for san francisco families, seniors, and first-time homeowners to help them understand property taxes, and a state -- estate planning. at a time when we have so much divide, and we need people to become more civic lee engaged, as she started the w. challenge, a nonpartisan effort to encourage women to register to vote. i know her best as a supporting force for women's march san francisco from the beginning. she was a true embodiment of women empowerment, and what we

need to see of all over. it is now my pleasure to introduce our state controller, betty he -- yee, a lifelong california in the group in san francisco, she has over 35 years of experience in public service. specializing in state and local finance and tax policy. she was elected to this job in 2014 after two terms on the state board of equalization. she was reelected last november. she is the tenth woman to be elected to statewide office in california history. [applause] >> she will now share some remarks and lead us in our pledge of allegiance.

[applause] >> good morning. i am really thrilled to be here, and i was just thinking as we are all gathered here to celebrate the accomplishments and to support the continued work of our accessory -- accessory recorder, how i can actually speak about carmen as someone who knew her when. i first met her when she was a student at the golden public policy school. i was a member of the state board of equalization at the time, and was invited to guest lecture one of her classes. and as classes would go, there were lots of questions about what i did as a member of the board, lots of questions about politics, lots of questions about what some good career choices might be, and i remember carmen asking specifically about

my own journey and giving her advice that whatever you do in public service, and particularly in serving in any kind of public sector role with any municipality, the state, federal government, get some finance and fiscal experience under your belt. i never thought anything of that conversation after that. [laughter] >> and she actually did it. we meet so many young people who have aspirations to serve in public service, and so many young people are afraid of numbers. i actually find them fascinating , as carmen does, but she really has excelled in her discipline. and as someone who serves with the highest degree of excellence , but more importantly , the highest degree of integrity. i think we are all here because we are celebrating just what a stellar public servant we have in our accessory recorder here, but more importantly, her role in continuing to mentor others,

and mentor others to come into this discipline because we know that something -- some of the more important decisions that we make as a matter of public policy, have to do with the allocation of resources, and how we maintain the integrity of our regular -- revenue systems. fast forward to now, being the accessory recorder, i enjoyed a working relationship with carmen was still at the board of equalization to really partner with her on a number of initiatives, and to be able to say to her, we are a true partner is administering the property tax for the state of california. what a tremendous job she has done. i also have tapped into carmen's strengths. she has served on my committee on county tax collecting procedures, and nobody likes to talk about taxes. does anyone here like to talk about taxes? what would you like to do is make the experience of our systems more pleasant.

more recently, and this year again, i will partner with carmen to make sure that those who are eligible to apply to the property tax postponement program so we know that those who are not able to fulfil their property tax obligations are not kicked out of their homes. that they can really look at how to postpone that payment until -- at a later date, and stay within the comfort of their homes. thank you for being a great partner and a great public servants, but more importantly, being a great leader for the city and county of san francisco [applause] >> at this point, i would invite you to pleas stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, with liberty and

justice for all. thank you. >> thank you, controller he --. yee. >> our next speaker is the first san franciscan and african-american mayor in the city's history. her priorities advantage as mayor include tackling the city 's homelessness crisis, adding new shelter beds citywide , expanding mental health and substance use programs, creating more housing for all san franciscans, and keeping the city's streets clean and safe. please join me in welcoming the 45th mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayer

london breed. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. it is really exciting to be here today, and it is truly an honor to serve and swear and a person who i have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for. when i first started on the board of supervisors, carmen chu was still on the board of supervisors, at i thought, oh, my goodness, i will get to work with her. especially because one of the reasons why i decided to run for the board of supervisors in the first place had everything to do with the budget and ensuring that we were allocating resources to the things that i especially cared about in our community, and as soon as i got on the board of supervisors, you are off to become the next assessor, because ed lee had

appointed you to be the assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco, and in some ways, i thought, that makes sense, carmen his incredible. she's good with numbers. she understands the budget to, she is fair, she is balanced, and she is also tough. this woman has done an incredible job with this office. she is squeezing every dime out of every body so that we have sufficient resources to allocate this money for the purposes that we know are important to citizens in the city. so we owe carmen a debt of gratitude for her hard work, and especially for the windfall we all continue to hear about. the 400 and 15 million dollars. and carmen doesn't ask for much, she just wants to make sure she has sufficient staff to do her job, and she is also leading

this office into the 21st century by making sure that a new system is developed that is going to not only make it easier to collect taxes, but more importantly, to make it easier for the public to have a better experience with the assessor recorder's office. i appreciate the fact that not only is she doing an amazing job with this office, but she is making it more efficient, she is of course, trying to do it in a way that saves a lot more money, and also, i think what's important to note is as she works hard for our city to generate the much-needed revenues to address many of the priorities that i have as mayor, and the priorities that we all share, we should remember how hard this office works to do just that, and what an incredible leader, not just for the assessor recorder's office, before the city and county of san francisco, as was mentioned earlier, her work on the w.

challenge to encourage more women to register to vote in san francisco, her work around mentoring young women on a regular basis, including supervisor katy tang who took her place on the board of supervisors and so many other women, i want to thank carmen for always being there for people in the community throughout san francisco. when she is asked to participate in any effort to, whether it is the retirement board, and the work she is doing their, or just sitting on committee to address some of the challenges that we face, she always says yes, and rises to the occasion, and brings with her and incredible knowledge and understanding of the city, knowledge and understanding of what we need to do to address these challenges, and so it is truly an honor to be here today to swear in the assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco, ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome, carmen chu. [cheers and applause] >> all right. okay. are we ready? let's go. please raise your right hand and state your name after me. >> by, carmen chu, do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend, the constitution of the united states, and 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 reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as a hold the office of assessor recorder for the city and county of san francisco. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, carmen chu, the assessor recorder of the city and county of san francisco. >> thank you. [applause]

>> thank you so much for being here today. you know, i first started working for the city when i was 26 years old. the golden years. [laughter] >> as my husband would say, it took the best years of my life. [laughter] >> it first came about because a good friend of mine told me about a job that they were looking to hire. i can still remember it. i don't know if you are here in the room, she gave me my first informational interview. i think she was at a bus stop waiting to go home. i still remember that. in my first official interview, i was hired despite having a big wad of blue gum in my mouth. thank you, ben rosenfield, i know is in the room who hired me , and overlooked that. if someone told me at that time that i would be a supervisor, or

that i would be assessor, or i would ever have to run for office or speak in front of people like a crowd this large, i would say absolutely no way, and i think as my own family knows, i was actually quite a shy kid when i was growing up. but here we are today, as i a start my second term in office. first of all, i know taxes and talking about taxes in the morning is a sure way to get you all to wake up, but try running for office while you are talking about taxes. it is even worse. it is true. but, you know, my husband says, what do i say this morning? and he says why don't you start off with a joke. people take me too seriously. it never works. i did ask a good friend about what i should do and he said, maybe you should say something like a plan. so when no good jokes arise, maybe a good plan -- upon is

something that would be sufficient. i really did have to assess this past term and record our successes. but i do have to speak a little bit about the work of my office because i do want to take the opportunity in front of you to tell you how much i value, and value the work of my office pick the men and women who work day in and day out to do all of the work that i think betty, and london spoke about, our mayor spoke about. they are the auditors, the appraisers, the analysts, the managers, the public service -- servants who work tirelessly every day. their work is unseen. you don't see them on the streets, but their work has an outside impact. it is outside in the resources that we have to help the people who are most in need. they are the people who brought in half a billion dollars over expectations in revenue. they are the people who grew san francisco's total property tax roll in two years in a fair way.

not squeezing every dollar out. it is fair. who worked to drive the 415 million-dollar windfall that we are seeing. i say good luck to those on the second floor. with what you will do with that hot potato. who are on track to eliminate a backlog that we hadn't closed in over 25 years, and who in the next few years, will completely overhaul an outdated property tax system and deliver a better service for san francisco. most times, we all stand here when we are elected and we tell you about how we will change things and what our vision is. and we do change things. we make our mark on our public city and our city. but i also want you to know today how much each and every one of you actually changes all of us. and public service, it is a people you meet, the experiences that you share, the struggle that you share with us, the people who challenge you, those who stick with you, who shape

who you become, and there are many people in this room who have been with me from the very beginning. people in my old neighborhood, i still live there, but in the district that i represented who have come today, folks in the merchant corey doris, folks on the boys and girls club who make very little go very far. people continue to fight for justice no matter where and when that happens to be upon us. there is a story present or variance that i admired day today, the league of women voters, the chinese chambers, my family association -- [speaking foreign language] -- and all of the family associations who are here. thank you so much for being here the bar association, i have to thank all of you for helping out with the family wealth forms we have put in helping a thousand people to get access to financial care. this is something that matters to people's day-to-day lives.

the armenian national committee, all of the folks who have helped the united educators, the labourers, the firefighters, the folks who have helped to fight for fair taxes in the state with me. i thank you for all of your work , and making sure i remember why it is that we do our public service. thank you so much. [applause] >> but you don't stay in public office for a decade now without also losing some very good friends, and today i really want to make sure i recognize some of the folks in the chinese community who we have lost. some titans in the community we have lost. it is a community that is incredibly important to san francisco and our history here, and also to me personally. ed lee, as you know, is someone i am certain, if you were with us today, he would definitely be here. you would definitely have a good joke to share, and have personal

memories to also be able to relate to you. he was someone who never forgot his roots. someone who cared about making sure our public housing was fixed and we paid for affordable housing. someone who cared deeply in public education because he understood that at the end of the day, no matter where you are , who you are, where you came from, education was the way up, a way out, and that is something that i always, always remember. i do miss him and i know many of us do. i want to thank anita for being here today. [applause] >> you know, there are other titans that we have lost also. controversial figure,, for someone who meant a lot to me as well, rose pack, dave, as you know, when he first was appointed to be supervisor, way back in the day when i had absolutely no idea what i was walking into, by then gavin

newsom, no governor newsom, she was one of the first people who came out to support me without really knowing who i was, and she did that because she had the strong belief in the idea of representation, and the need to make sure that the people who represent us in government, the people who work in government really should also not only look like us, but also have the same experiences and share those struggles that we have had, because that makes a difference in terms of what you see on the streets, she has left a hole in our city that has yet to be filled, and i miss her as well. i thanked rose for everything that she has done. [applause] >> that's why i think today when we think about san francisco and what this means, we have a lot of swearing ends in a lot of states swearing ends. just yesterday, we would have a

number of people who will get sworn in today to take on the home and leave this great city. why san francisco is so important, and more important than ever is because we still lead with our values, and with our hearts. because as sons and daughters of immigrants, we know what our immigrant community means to our city, to our nation, and we reject all of the things that would try to vilify, and divide us. because when we hear those kinds of comments, it only makes us work harder, and makes us work longer and stronger. to say that is not a country that we came and that we are part of. we are a country of inclusion that understands that our diversity is what makes a strong i diversity is what makes our country unique. and because san francisco still represents that, with all of the beautiful people that i see here today, and the leadership that is here today, i have a lot of hope and optimism of what we will see in the next few years. [applause]

so i am going to close because there is refreshments, and you have been standing around for a while back but i do have to thank a few people who are in the room, and bear with me. it will go pretty quickly. to my family back who is here, i love you all, my own parents couldn't make it today, unfortunately, this is my adopted family. the family i married into, and they make being part of the family so easy, in fact,, we go on vacation every christmas in one big band. a 15 person van, to las vegas. [laughter] oh, yeah. grandma, grandpa, young people, we are all in it together. if they weren't so wonderful, it would not be possible. so i want to say thank you for loving me, and for accepting me into the family, and of course, for my husband, scott, who i forgot to mention in my first swearing in. [laughter]

>> he is really amazing. [laughter] yes, yes. [applause] of course, to all of our mayors, elected officials are here today , i want to thank you for coming here and honouring me with your presence. i know your time is precious. to my own office staff, i want to thank you. my deputies. to my front office team, i couldn't ask for a better front office team. they are an amazing group of young women and men in the past. nicole, vivian, michelle, isabella, eddie, i want to say thank you. thank you to make campaign team.

and of course, my last shout out has to be one of my favorite supervisors. katy tang. [applause] >> today is her first day of freedom. but i would just want to say, it has been an amazing journey to see someone grow, and i just hope that all of us in our own capacity can do the same for other people. when you see talent and you see such wonderful potential and great people, let's help them be successful. let's help them to lead san francisco. because we need more people like her to help the city. thank you very much for coming, and i am ready to get back to work. [applause] [♪] women's network for a

sustainable future . >> san francisco streets and puffs make up 25 percent of cities e city's land area more than all the parks combined they're far two wide and have large flight area the pavement to parks is to test the variants by ininexpensive changing did new open spaces the city made up of streets in you think about the potential of

having this space for a purpose it is demands for the best for bikes and families to gather. >> through a collaborative effort with the department we the public works and the municipal transportation agency pavement to parks is bringing initiative ideas to our streets. >> so the face of the street is the core of our program we have in the public right-of-way meaning streets that can have areas perpetrated for something else. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable

space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone.

>> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers. >> with the help of community pavement to parks is reimagining the potential of our student streets if you want more information visit them as the pavement to parks or contact

pavement to parks at sfgovtv.org you. >> well to the epic center are you ready for the next earthquake did you know if you're a renter you can get earthquake shushes we'll take to the earthquake authorities hi welcome to another episode i'm the chief resilience officer for san francisco i'm joined by my good friends for the earthquake authority we're at the el cap center for the city and county of san francisco started in 2013 to get the

community and talk about the risk we think about earthquake if usual great city you'll see one of the demonstrates we've built the model home and i encourage other episodes we'll be retroactively retrofitting and showing you as property owners to employ you work for the california earthquake authority talk about your role and earthquake shirnls up think the viewers want to know if you're a renter or property owner how the insurance issues. >> i'm the chief mitigation officer or c e a a property line funded pubically managed entity that provides earthquake shiners for one to four units and mobile owners to come down and renters throughout the state of california. >> what make the c e a deft. >> we work with 19

participates the insurer that sells you, your homeowner policy you're not obligated to buy it but you can buy a policy. >> am i covered with homeowners insurance. >> no california homeowners understand their homeowners insurance doesn't cover earthquake they need a separate policy if you're an shiners you can get the earthquake insurance policy. >> so explain why it is for the c e a is deft if a traditional insurance agency. >> irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the

insurance policies for earthquakes they wanted to stop a serious insurance policy. >> we're talking about the homeownership's buying the earthquake shiners but 70 percent are renters what's my opposite. >> the option for renter the earthquake be insurance company is affordable i think people don't realize just exactly what it covers it covers damaged property but loss of use if you have to be under a building they have a quarter main that was broken as well as emergency repair if interests glass breaks in the carpet you need to be in our unit that's whether earthquake is important. >> you're title you're the excessive mitigation officer for the state of california when i think of insurance i don't think about mitigation. >> so as part of public safety mission the c e a started to put

aside mitigation loss fund 5 percent of invested income and when i joined the company 34 years ago we had $45 million to make a difference for moving and incentivizing and mitigation for california homeowners to structure engineering a unique opportunity to cervical homeowners to help them to mitigate the equivalent. >> whether an owner or renter i want to find more information about earthquake insurance where should i go. >> earthquake authority.com not only information about insurance but a calculated figures and as of january lots of deductible and 25 percent if a homeowner mitigate their hope up to 20 percent off their premium as an incentive for the work. >> what does mitigate the home

mean. >> strengthen, renovate, retrofit through a home particularly older to earlier codes and you put in adding streamlining maybe collar bolts to tie to the foundation or to the wall so it is braced to earthquake can be very, very affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk about

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well.

we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your

hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. >> i came to san francisco in. 1969. i fell in love with this city

and and this is where i raised my family at. my name is bobbie cochran. i've been a holly court resident for 32 years. i wouldn't give up this neighborhood for nothing. i moved into this apartment one year ago. my favorite thing is my kitchen. i love these clean walls. before the remodeling came along, the condition of these apartments had gotten pretty bad, you know, with all the mildew, the repairs. i mean you haven't seen the apartment for the program come along. you wouldn't have believed it. so i appreciate everything they did. i was here at one point.

i was. because i didn't know what the outcome of holly court was going to be. you know, it really got -- was it going to get to the point where we have to be displaced because they would have to demolish this place? if they had, we wouldn't have been brought back. we wouldn't have been able to live in burn. by the program coming along, i welcome it. they had to hire a company and they came in and cleaned up all the walls. they didn't paint the whole apartment, they just cleaned up the mildew part, cleaned up and straighted it and primed it. that is impressive. i was a house painter. i used to go and paint other people's apartments and then come back home to mine and i would say why couldn't i live in a place like that. and now i do.