would pick that up. we lost that, so they have been going to the dump, and that is where the majority of those entries were. the front end loaders was the front end loaders actually -- we keep the sweepers from going everywhere so the front end loaders have designated areas where the sweepers dump, and the front end loader loads it up and they take it to the dump. they are responsible for least two or three routes that they will pick up, and that is for efficiency's sake because we cannot have a sweeper going all the way to the dump and coming back. the 42 tracks, that was the total number of tracks that we found overweight out of the 29,053. nothing to be said about that. they were overloaded. some by a couple hundred, and some by as much as eight or 900 pounds.

there were four that we found errors, so we needed to check with recology, and we are double checking data because we know entries were definitely errors that those trucks were not capable of carrying the wait that was reported, they just wouldn't have moved. so we have a problem with that. i gave you, in the presentation, the total percentage of tracks that were overweight was 35,000, 1%, and the overloaded sleepers was 16,000 of 1%, and the overloaded trucks was 14,000 of 1%, and the load was 3,000 of 1% the description of the trucks, so the two tracks here are called litter patrol trucks. they are -- they do a lot of the

work for the department. we have a total of 77 of the 250 , in 91 of the 350 variety tracks, and they pick up the bulk of the debris. and then we have 16 of what are the flatbed trucks. we use that a lot for homeless debris because if you look at the size of the pickup versus the size of this, we are able to load a lot more debris into it. the air sweepers are the mechanical sweepers. they do the bulk of the mechanical sweeping work along the city streets, and then the other mechanical sweeper we used to pick up heavier debris, such as sand and other materials because the air sweeper doesn't work as well. last, the front end loader, which i talked about, which does all of the loading for the

sweepers so they are not going back and forth. they will pick up their loads, usually the last load of the day , the sweepers will go to the dump, but they may dump two or three times during the course of the day. in relationship to this out -- citation, we were cited for not having a procedure in place under the injury and illness prevention program for overweight vehicles. that was the main bulk of the citation. they did have another one, but we were in the process of fixing that related to -- they did not cite as for overweight vehicles, but the fact that we did not have a policy in place to address it, so the code of safe practices that you are provided in the package took that into account, and we took the steps that we did to make sure that all employees were trained in that we also have that change in place. there's been no follow-up from

them since. we satisfied what they did, and they reduced the fine. i think that's pretty much what i have if you have any questions >> all right. before i ask you questions, would you like to address the question about new regulations coming down the pipe and what kind of policy we have? >> yes. deputy city attorney. as you know, our office represents and advises all city departments something in the range of 55 or 60 different departments that have, that are very diverse, some very large with a lot of responsibilities like d.p.w., some very small with minimal responsibilities, in all sorts of different state

and federal regulatory overlays. generally, how much we, my office chocks state and federal law changes for a department varies and it depends on the department's needs. so an attorney representing a department or advising a department should be working with that department head or department reps to figure out a division of responsibility. it is about what we are tracking , what they are tracking some departments putting many of the departments in and they have staff who specifically spend a lot of time tracking changes in state law. based on in terms of the departments i work with, for example, if there is a change to public meetings or public record laws, i am responsible for informing the clerk and tracking

that. i also work with the department of elections downstairs. they have staff who regularly, all the time, are tracking changes in state law regarding their operations. we do that, too, but it tends to be their primary responsibility, and that is just something we worked out between our office and the department client based on their individual needs. with d.p.w., i believe there is a mix. d.p.w. does also is of things. for example, they are on telecom and utility matters. we still have an attorney who closely tracks all changes in the regulatory structure under state and federal law and informs d.p.w. on other matters, d.p.w. staff may take the lead on that kind of tracking. >> thank you for the explanation basically, you're saying there is no one-size-fits-all? >> exactly.

in regards to the trucks we are talking about, the issue that we are talking about, i don't know if there is a whole lot in the regulations. certainly things like overweight , covering the bed when the debris is over a certain height, or putting a flag on something when it is sticking out, those things to me are not a big deal. when i used to do handyman type of work in my younger days, i had a track, and they knew all that stuff. so i don't know what new regulations might come up, but if there are some new regulations regarding this operation, how do you guys handle that? >> we would hopefully be briefed by somebody that there was a change being made to the law. >> hopefully from what? from whom would you hopefully -- >> either shops or the city attorney. if there is a change.

>> is there some person in the department itself, is there a mechanism, is there somebody that would monitor things that might impact your operations? >> no, not currently, there is not. >> okay. that is probably something that you might want to talk to mohammed about, because i think everybody should be paying attention to if there's something new that will impact your operations. i don't think there is going to be a whole lot for this. in your presentation, one of the things that the investigative report talked about was the covering. you didn't mention anything about that. >> two things, i think this

predates me what they were doing it has been going on for a long time. in reading the language of the vehicle code, i can only assume that there was an assumption that the highway they thought of as a freeway. there has been forever a rule that stands for that bureau that loaded or unloaded that they are not to go on the freeway at all. i'm assuming because it was in place before i came that the reason was they were looking at this language and determining that highway or freeway, and not considering a city street. but upon further investigation, we found out the highway also includes the city street, but if you read the language and you think highway or freeway, i don't know if that was the issue , but we learned learn something with that. that is -- there is another section that goes beyond it. it says the subdivision be that says it does not prohibit the vehicle from being without cover

while in the process of acquiring its load. if no law requires that it be covered in those circumstances. these trucks are rolling up and down the street all day long, and i think if they read these two, they may have not considered the streets as being a highway, two because they are loading the tracks continuously until they get full, and then they go to the dump. they may stop along the way. i think those demand interpretations as to why they weren't doing it. i can't state that because when i came, that was the practice. i have been in the department now for 14 years. >> i guess the question is, are we changing that practice? >> yes, we are. >> and how have you communicated that? >> what we have done is we have trained them right now to not load above the sidewalks of the truck, and make sure the load is

carrying heavy materials. we have done a quote and looked at getting a system. we have concerns about employees climbing up into the truck as it is because that is a safety -- i have a safety concern about that when there is a full load. we are looking at getting these systems that will allow the employees to be outside of the truck and pull that down. that will go into next year's budget requests for the trucks. >> and also, i don't know exactly what the regulations is when something is sticking out of the back, and everybody is aware of that by now. >> yes. you also mentioned that you have these regular meetings, and in listening to you describe it, it sounded like it was more managed and they needed to sit down and look at what's going on and what kind of things, what regulations

you are not complying to. do you have regular meetings with the loaders, or the people who get to the trucks? or is that the tailgate thing you are talking about. >> they are required to do that. we also have a monthly, each of the bureaus have a monthly safety meeting where they meet and the superintendent talks to them, but they also get feedback , and it is all around safety. we also have a safety committee for operations that is made up from the top to the bottom. there is about 20 members all the way up to managers, and they meet quarterly to talk about safety issues, things that have come up, and also things that we can do different things we can do better. >> and in regards to the over eight overweight trucks, do you see a pattern if there is one or

two drivers that keep doing this overweight, and how do you address that? >> that is where we have started end to be honest, we weren't reviewing the dump packs on a regular basis. we did get our tenant report, but we were not reviewing individual tracks. we have gotten into a more sophisticated system over here and now we are -- the report that comes to us now has all the information on it and we also have a calculated view for determination of the truck if it is overweight or not. so then we will look at the individual driver and have a conversation with them. we look at the truck vehicle to determine if there's a problem and if we need to market to a certain height. >> in your presentation, you pointed out that the 28,000, i guess. the 29,000 dump entries over the past year, that there were 103

overweight. of course, anything -- any safety issues near to zero is the best, but i am wondering also, to be fair, do you know if in comparison to this city, are the other large cities that are doing dumping, is this a normal rate or is this a low rate? >> i would have to do a little bit of research on that. that is one question i would like to find out. the potential is always there when you are loading a vehicle that has come in slightly overweight. that potential is always there. and the c.h.p. is constantly checking for overweight vehicles because they do know that it does happen. that is a responsibility of the operator and of the department to make sure that it doesn't. >> and then, i guess this is

less about the regulations, but i noticed that for the sand pick up, that this is a front end loader. >> there are 16 of those, or just a few of them. >> there two front end loaders. >> and the reason why you have that is so that the sweepers and whatever they are called don't have to go back and forth? >> they don't have to go all the way to the dump. it is much more efficient, and also it is more safe as well. we would rather the sweepers be spending as much time sweeping and not making shifts back and forth to the dump. >> i notice you have a lot of the smaller trucks, which is only one time? >> yes. >> and they are all over the city also? >> yes.

>> is there any reason why we don't have the same sort of set up for these chocks where there dumping to bigger tracks so they don't have to go back and forth? >> we do. we have a couple of different locations where they can dump. those trucks will fill up two times, sometimes three times a day. what you are seeing is the last load. we have packages that are at various stages in various parts of the city. they will meet at a designated time to offload. >> and how many are there? >> we have two. >> just 2432 trucks? and where are they? >> geographically, one has -- one will be the northwest area of this city, and the other will be the southeast. >> i just want to -- i just want to understand this better. thirty-two little trucks running around, and two big trucks i get loaded into, and most of the

little trucks going back and forth to the dumpsters,. >> they will do to load today, three loads a day and they will meet once we have gotten the first load which is around 9:30 a.m., and they may have and then the last load ends up at the dump,. >> thank you. thanks for your patients. >> i just have a couple of things to hit on. during this time, at least since i've been here. we have had no citations. we have had no accidents, and we have had no reported drops from this. it is our responsibility to pick it up. that is the other reason for not necessarily having the talked -- the tarp. if they see something, the perception is really bad for us, and it is not what we do.

if you see a track going by instead of street cleaning, there are two bags over there and you are on the way to the dump and you just leave them. that is what the public sees. that is not what we do. >> got it. okay, supervisor walton might have some questions. >> thank you for coming out today. i just wanted to say this is important because we have really focused on keeping our streets clean and dealing with dumping and removing debris. it is also important that we keep our employees safe and the public safe. i know that overloading trucks what types of things could be because for that. i do appreciate the change in protocols and really learning more about what individual tracks and what individual employees are doing in terms of overfilling trucks because that is important. as you know, we have a high concentrated area of a lot of dumping going on. we expect quick and good

responses, but i also want to make sure that folks are safe, and i do appreciate the changes and shifts you have made, but particularly after some of the findings. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for your presentation. i would like to open it up for public comment at this point. is that okay? >> absolutely. i would just say that folks of up to two minutes, please state your first and last name for the record. if you have any written comments , give them to our clerk we ask that folks not repeat prior messages from other folks. first speaker. >> i find it real disgusting that you have the city attorney here talking about federal law and you were following federal law rules and regulations. first of all, the street cleaning of the department of public works, you have a violation of title vii of the

employment discrimination law code pertaining to the unequal pay act. you have a detail that is being paid, $186,000 a year, plus benefits and retirement plan. then you have employees that work, that get paid a dollar two or three more than minimum wages that is a violation of the unequal pay act. is that clear? and this flows with the administration. you have exempt employees that have been working for five or 25 years for the city and county of san francisco, with no benefits, no healthcare, and no retirement plan. then you have other employees that are doing the same god damn work, that has health care, retirement and annuity plan. so you guys have numerous violations of laws that you claim your enforcing. it is not fair.

>> i will stop your time for a moment, direct your comments to the panel. >> i'm directing my comments to anyone who is listening, don't interrupt me. i don't appreciate you cutting off on me like that. by the same response, they are quick to react because a lot of the people who went to the city are clean or females. they are cleaning up stuff off the sidewalk and they are not getting paid like the poops? detail. it is a violation of the act of 1964 where you're discriminating your discriminating based on sex if you want to do your job, we need to check them on that. >> thank you. next speaker.

>> good morning to everybody here attending to the board of supervisors and everybody that will be listening to my message. i'm here trying to represent workers for all of the city departments. public works is one of the people, one of the companies that have a serious issue with a worker safety and safety with their vehicles. i will give you in example. fly s.f.o., or s.f.o. maintenance, there is a truck driver there that has a problem with always being overloaded. he has been overloaded every time he has to make a trip out to the area, and he know that the c.h.p. lets them roll by. as a professional, is a commercial driver, he knows that he is -- he also has a responsibility, you know, to not be overloaded.

regarded over -- regarding overloaded vehicles, it is important that we have safety meetings not just once every two weeks, but every day. a supervisor needs to be like a preacher man, you know, someone who is educating the workers how to go out and deal with the public, and not to be so relaxed that there are people who are crossing on red lights and the bicyclists, and how to not block the crosswalk, you know, when they are trying to do work. there are so many issues, but if d.p.w. wants to make sure to not to be overweight with the driver pickup trucks, it is not so much the overweight that is the problem, it is also the administration not wanting to admit what is going on. when workers have concerns, that is the real core of this issue. when they keep -- they will keep

violating these overweight issues, the overloaded issues. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this site and before a close public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. >> once again, thank you for scheduling this hearing. and thank you to the speakers for being here, and i didn't catch your name, but thank you for the presentation. i'm glad that you've taken the citations seriously and have reacted, and hopefully you have ongoing monitoring of these issues and you will not have to have another hearing on this issue. what i would like to do is go ahead and close and file this

hearing. >> great. i will make that motion and we will take it without objection. thank you. please call our next item. >> agenda item number 4 is the hearing on the parker gas line explosion on for bruce sixth, 2019. >> vice chair stefani? >> thank you. i want to let everyone know that we will be asking for a continuance for this item. as you know, there was a gas line explosion resulting in the fire at geary and parker in district two on the border of district one, supervisor fewer's district, and we have called for this hearing together. basically, we called for the hearing and tried to get to the bottom of how people actually get to dig in our streets, and what are the protocols leading up to that, and whether or not those can be changed in any way

to prevent what happened. we also wanted to look at our response to the event and determine whether or not we can do anything better there as well we also are very interested in p.d. and he's and verizon's process and roles leading up to this, and what is their interaction with the contractors and subcontractors caused in any of -- that because the explosion , or if there was anything they could have done differently. what we found leading up to this hearing today is that we weren't going to get a lot of information today. we did not want to put everyone through a long hearing for no reason. we will not get the information we need because it is still being investigated by the national transportation safety board and we want to wait until that investigation is done before we call this hearing. we don't want to have everyone sit through a hearing for any reason when we don't have the information we really need. i would love to move this to the

hearing to the call of the chair >> okay. >> i know we have to take public comment. >> we will come back. i see that both rose hilson and jolene kramer are here to speak on this sight in. anyone who wants to speak can line up over on side of the room , you know the drill, you have up to two minutes, try not to speak -- repeat other speakers, state your first and last name. >> everybody knows by now, because i am quick to react on differential treatment. i'm quick to react when a pathological has been told right in front of my face. i am quick to react when i see you undermine the people that are in an authoritative position , but don't have the mechanical skill and hands-on demonstrated experience on the issue at hand.

>> you got the blueprints of all of the maps on the construction site before you start working and you know where the gas lines are. you said where gas lines are, you are supposed to use a shovel to make sure you don't use heavy equipment to punch a hole in the gas line. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors, i am joleen turner, an attorney representing local 261. we have 55 members working in the construction industry in san francisco. one of them is here today representing a local, and like

you we were shocked by the gas line explosion at geary earlier this year and it was likely caused by an employee a verizon subcontractor who struck a gas line. he was not in direct contract with verizon. verizon had contracted can math tech and they had subcontracted to a company not licensed in the state of california called advance fiber works. advance fiber works subcontracted to kill fred engineering which obtained the license in october of 2018. it was a kilf r.e.d. employee who was driving it. we are encouraging the committee to amend the permitting to improve quality of contractors

with excavation work by requiring competent contractors with a skilled and trained work force. article 2.4 requires a permit to excavate in public right-of-way. we recommend to amend it to impose clear liability on public utilities and all contractors and subcontractors of all tears and a skilled work force to perform the excavation work. we did provide a memo to the members of the committee specifying 2.4.4 and 10 and .50 where we see an opportunity to improve contracting standards so we appreciate the committees consideration of this. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i am not used to the equipment. i have to start.

i didn't do it right. >> good morning, supervisors. i have a slide show for you, and i also want be to present something on the overhead affidavit i go through the slides that you see. this is in actual time order, and you will see very quickly how this thing went through starting at mid block. that is a brick building to the right of parker avenue. the hoses go mid block up to this time this. is the traffic congestion and the 38 rapid line. nobody going rapid for sure on euclid at parker. this is a picture of the white

fire hydrant at euclid and parker not in use at this time and the flames are still going. pretty soon i see houses 1,000 foot away from the flames, and i see they are full of water. it turns out engine 24 appeared and used the same hydrant. truck five shows the water spray and the same hoses are flat, no water from the hydrant. they are cleaning up. this is the aftermath on the 11th of the hong kong lounge at 3300 geary. this is h&r block. the red circles show where the hydrants are. upper right geary/parker intersection. overhead please. on the overhead this is the n.t.s.b. report the excavator damaged the natural gas plane. here is a slide of all of the

things that occurred, the report from february 26th. it is not the richmond district downtown. that is two miles east. as far as notification, coordination these are the points as to who was notified and who wasn't and how my next door neighbor was allowed in but i wasn't until 5:40. this happened shortly after 1:00. accessibility to the evacuation center. >> thank you. any other members of the public to speak before i close public comment. seeing none, public comment is now closed. >> supervisor stefani: thank you for everyone that came out. please follow up with my office so we can have a meeting before the next hearing on this. i also want to thank local 261. everything you said is exactly the reason why we are calling for this hearing to see what we

can improve. i look forward to working with you on the legislation to determine if we can prevent this from happening. i had great concerns. i look forward to getting into it. if we could work on that before we conclude this hearing, i think we can meet. i would love to meet with you and get started on that. with that, i would like to make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. >> i think we can take that without objection. all right. mr. clerk, do we have any more items before us today? >> clerk: no further business. >> we are adjourned. thank you.

>> good morning. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much, everyone. it is an honor and a pleasure to be here with you today, and to welcome janine nicholson and her family as we make history. [cheers and applause] >> i am san francisco's elected a fifth -- professor -- official , carmen choo, and i like to take a motion to welcome all of you. elected colleagues, members of the community, commission members, members of the san

francisco fire department, and especially our chief that just retired, chief joanne hayes-white. [cheers and applause] i was humbled and honored when chief nicholson asked me to serve as her mistress of ceremonies for this occasion. as some of you may know, my husband is a proud lieutenant of the san francisco fire department, and members of the san francisco fire department have become an important part of my own extended family. today, i could not be any more proud to stand beside chief nicholson as we celebrate the swearing in of our 26 chief of the san francisco fire department. [applause] >> to know janine, or nine as

she is affectionately known, it is her hard work and her ethic. her rise is a testament to the love of her family, who embedded in her the principles of always doing the next right thing. and her rise is a reflection of our city's diversity and values. san francisco and my extended families in good hands with chief nicholson. [cheers and applause] to begin today's ceremony, please welcome the oldest continuously active irish pipe band, west of the mississippi, the irish pipers band of san francisco. [cheers and applause] [♪]

[applause] >> and now thank you, please stand for a presentation by the san francisco veterans association color guard. immediately following the presentation of colors, please stand -- please remain standing for our national anthem, sung by award-winning country music artist. he is married to a eight san francisco fire department member

[singing of national anthem]

>> thank you for that glorious rendition of the star-spangled banner. please welcome father green, chaplain for the san francisco fire department, and please be seated. [applause] >> it is a great honor to be here today, and so many of us are honored to have nine as a friend today, and to congratulate her on this special moment when she becomes the chief of the san francisco fire department. as carmen mentioned, this last night, and we have honored two, let's acknowledge her again. [applause] >> we especially want to

congratulate and celebrate our new chief, nine nicholson. [applause] >> she told me to only preach for 30 minutes. [laughter] >> i'm not going to do that. first it seems like we are being taken over by new york. [applause] >> we all know that nine hills from upstate new york, and years ago, one of the chiefs of the new york city fire department made this comment. he said when a firefighter shares their bravery, it is not when they rescue someone, or when they go into some dangerous situation. that is part of their job, part of their dedication. but it is on a day that they are sworn in that they show the most

courage, and being willing to take on the role of a firefighter, and especially today, we know that nine takes on a very challenging career as the head of our fire department. i believe that this very intelligent, very compassionate woman will show us in so many ways, what it means to be a strong and successful leader of our department. so we congratulate her, and we pledge our support, our help, and we knew -- renew our own dedication as firefighters in serving our city and in serving our people. nine asked me to read the two prayers that are in the program today, which is certainly appropriate, both the

firefighters prayer and the e.m.s. prayer, because she has a strong background in both. the firefighters prayer. when i'm called to duty, what up -- wherever the flames may rage, give me the strength to save a life, whatever be its age. help me to embrace the little child before it is too late, or save an older person from the horror of that fate. enable me to be alert, to hear the weakest shout, and quickly and efficiently to put it out. i want to fill my colleagues, and give the best in me, to guard my neighbors and protect their property, and if according to your will i will lose my life , blessed with your protecting hand, my loving family from strife. and the e.m.s. prayer. as i perform my duty, whatever

be the call, help to guide and keep me safe from dangers, big and small. i want to serve and do my best, no matter what the scene, i promise to keep my skills refined, my judgement sharp and keen. this calling to give myself most do not understand, but i stand ready all the time to help my fellow human beings. blessings on you nine on this very, very special day. [applause] [laughter] >> thank you father green. one more hand for father green.

[applause] >> it is said that sisterhood is powerful, and i can certainly attest to that. who better to share the stories of our new chief than her sister please welcome louise nicholson how to the stage pause pause -- [applause] >> thank you. on behalf of our entire family, we want to say how tremendously proud we all are of you, and gratified that mayor breed has recognized your experience, your skill and your personal qualities and has entrusted you with these awesome new responsibilities, we are happy

for the city of san francisco, and we are really excited to see this new chapter in your life unfold. i would like to share with everyone how important nine is in another realm, her family. echoing some of the words that have been used to introduce her, tough, resilient, a leader, and then using other words that haven't such as humility, empathy, a great athlete, and cool. [laughter] >> nine is the youngest of three kids, and my brother john and i, as the older siblings, take full credit for her toughness and resilience. we bullied her relentlessly, although we did not call it bullying back then, it was just being an older sibling. maybe you can forgive us, nine. older siblings are also really fantastic in ensuring that the younger siblings are very humble , so for -- with a complete lack of he militate, we take credit for your humility,

too. [laughter]. >> fortunately, our put -- our parents were present and involved, and occasionally rescued me. most importantly, though, our parents said really good examples of service to others. our dad, who was sue -- who would have been so thrilled to be here to see this day, was a volunteer firefighter, and gave his time to many worthy causes. our mom, who is thrilled to be here today, still tutors refugees and students from under resourced schools. our parents implicated the valley of service to others. they taught her to take the work seriously, take the dignity of other people seriously, but never to take herself too seriously. she was raised right, and she also just has this hardwired empathy and drive to be a service to others, which by the way, has been evident for a very long time. for example, she was an athlete, and during one youth basketball game, or team was so far ahead that she grabbed the ball,

dribbled it the wrong way, and scored a basket for the other team. [laughter]. >> at least we think it was deliberate. when nine told me she is going to be firefighter, i was a little afraid for her. i know demanding -- how demanding in this job is. i think maybe she was taking the empathy thing a bit too far, but is also pretty proud with her because she was living her value , and she knew herself, she knew she was right. the fire department has been a great fit for her. she has gotten deep meaning and joy out of her work as a member of s.f. sd. so she looks for values in other ways too. she also has pets that are rescue animals. she has both cats and dogs, and they seem to get along well under her leadership. which may be due to her focus on teamwork, which is present in all aspects of her life.

finally, her nieces and nephews think she is the coolest aunt ever. she seems to know the right thing to say and do when their parents do not, but she doesn't appreciate, and she isn't so cool that she indulges the breaches of the safety rules, i'm still a bit better that she did not allow my son, and let's be honest, me, to pull myself down the fire pole at the new station. however, the cool factor is undeniable and does not need my elaboration. i was told to make this sort, so i will some up. her personal qualities, including her tenacity and determination, which she gets largely, although not exclusively from our mom, and her tremendous heart and empathy , which she gets lard -- largely, but not exclusively from our dad, along with her leadership skills, her honesty, her humility, these qualities along with her experience make us really confident that she is

going to be a tremendous asset to this beautiful city. she will continue to me amazed as family members, and continue to make is very proud. we love you, nine. now get to work. [laughter] [applause] >> you have to... -- sisters, i have two of my own and they always speak the truth. our next speaker is a native san franciscan the first african-american women, mayor in the city's history. she is a champion of first responders, from her time as a member of the san francisco fire commission, through her tenure on the board of supervisors, and now as mayor. in addition, her priorities as mayor include tackling the city 's homeless crisis, creating more housing for san franciscans , and keeping the city's streets safe and clean.

please join me in welcoming my friend, the 45th mayor of the city and county of san francisco , mayor london breed. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. let me just say, that i am so excited to welcome you all to city hall on this incredible occasion, to swear in someone who is basically making history. not just as the second woman to hold the position of being chief of the san francisco fire department, but as the first lgbt to hold this position here in the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> i want to take this opportunity to thank all the elected officials for being here

with us today, and i want to also take this opportunity to recognize our recently retired fire chief who has led this departments for the past 15 years, ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for chief joanne hayes-white. [cheers and applause] >> chief, i almost didn't recognize you in civilian clothing. i also want to take this opportunity to recognize former members of the fire department who served as chief of the department, thank you to chief bob dem and for being here pause pause. >> thank you to chief paul tobacco for being here, and thank you all so much. [applause]

>> i would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge two former mayors who were joining us here today, thank you so much mayor art agnes art agnes for being here with us. [cheers and applause] >> as well as former mayor willie brown. [applause] >> and unlike those former mayors, i didn't just name my chief during my inaugural speech i went through a process. [laughter]. >> did you hear me, mayor brown? [laughter] >> but the fact is, we know that we are so lucky to have such an incredible fire department in san francisco, with incredible leaders. this is the resilient -- thiss