more efficient place to move people around, that's assembly member david chu. >> thank you, madam mayor. san francisco, are we ready for basketball? are we ready for the warriors? so i was trying to think of something pithy to say that would be appropriate for this day. this is what i'll say in four words: this is the station for dub nation. all right. this is ride, this journey, has been long in coming. i was just talking to rick wells about how it was eight years ago when i was serving as president of the san francisco board of supervisors, i got a call about the possibility that the warriors might move to our great city. a lot as happened over that time. i remember asking him the question: how are we going to move 18,000 people in and out games this many times a year? today we announced we unveiled

part of the solution to that blue-and-gold question. i want to also along with the mayor thank so many folks that were responsible for the day, starting with the mayor and her team at muni, along with our contractors and our engineers, our builders. of course to the warriors for your vision of what an amazing venue could be about. ucsf, thank you for not only your science but also partnership. i want to thank a moment to thank the neighborhoods, the neighbors, our transit advocates for bringing us to where we are today. i want to take a moment to thank the legislature and the bay area voters who last year passed regional measure 3, which is over $4 billion of transit and congestion funding to help ensure that we are building the best transit system in the world here in san francisco. let me also mention today is a ribbon cutting, but this is not going to be the last transit

stop ribbon cutting. as i mentioned when we were moving forward with regional measure 3 it was suggested to me and my colleagues that we also invest in a ferry system that includes a future mission bay ferry stop. if all goes well, in 2021, we will hopefully do a ribbon cutting there as well with the temporary option, as mayor breed just reminded me. let me just close by saying that we all know that the greatest 21st century cities have great transit. we know we have more work to do in san francisco, but this is one of the major stops to ensuring that we have great transit here in san francisco and here in the bay. go dubes. with that, it's my honor to introduce someone who needs no introduction. someone who has overseen three championships over the last five years, the the of the golden

state warriors. >> thank you. another great day. we have been on this journey for about seven years now. i know it's a distant memory, but we had some press conference on pier 3032 about seven years ago accepting the mayor's invitation to bring the warriors back to san francisco. obviously a lot has happened since then. two people up here -- actually, all of them, but two in particular at that point in time were critical to this project david chu in his former role at the board of supervisors was one of the first advocates for this project. it seems really easy now that it's all done. at the time he took some arrows for us and there were some times when it wasn't the easiest position to be taking. david, we owe you a great debt of gratitude and the support you gave us then in guiding us to our new home at mission bay. i'm going to introduce this guy

in a moment, but i want to say something about him before i do. chancellor hagad has been an amazing partner in getting this project done. through the time that i have known him, which initiated with this project, i've come to respect what an incredible steward you are for this amazing institution. he's a really good negotiator too. i will tell you that. he was -- you know, we had a common vision, but we had to figure out how to get there. the getting there was the part that chancellor hagood was so instrumental in making happen. mayor breed before she was mayor was a supporter. she even came with us to china a few years ago to see the warriors play there. she has -- since the time she has been in office has been an inbelievable advocate in focusing in on what it's going to take to make this project successful for the city.

i think her encouragement is what resulted in our muni program. remember that, your ticket to any event at j center is our ticket on muni. free transportation on muni the day of the event. that's an incredible opportunity. i think it's not only going to be great for getting people familiar with muni on muni. i think it's going to bring a lot of people to muni that have never tried it before because of the guests from outside the bay area and outside of san francisco who now will have an experience with muni that hopefully they'll repeat over and over again. i think, mayor, you've assured us that tom has made sure with all this demand that we're creating, that the service is going to match that demand, right? isn't that what you told me? thanks to each and every one of you. you deserve to be up here. we're less than a month away from cutting a ribbon and

welcoming our first event, metallica and the san francisco symphony. what else would you do in san francisco on september 6. thanks to all of you. i'm going to turn this over to chancellor sam hagood. >> thank you, rick. let me welcome you all here the medical center and university here. we're delighted to be welcoming the equally world class warriors to be our partners. it has been a journey as rick mentioned, but i am confident that everything is in place to make this a spectacular success not just for mission bay, but san francisco. at ucsf we strongly believe in the mayor's transit policies. we run our electric shuttle services to keep our patients, staff, students out of cars.

we promote the use of transit whenever we can. that includes allowing city employees to access our transit to zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. i would like to especially thank the mayor, who from day one has made a commitment to the opening of the chase center and the operations of the chase center the great success that i know it will be. with the cooperation of the m.t.a. for their terrific work on this new pavilion. my office is just here. i can actually see this transit center and see the chase center from my office. i believe i'll be looking directly into rick's office. we'll be able to monitor very carefully how this all works, but we're very excited about welcoming the warriors to our neighborhood. i thank the members of the ucsf community, but the broader community who have tolerated a lot of construction including

our own construction and the warriors and the transit. it will all be over soon and we'll be able to enjoy the fruits of everyone's labor. thank you for being here. it's a very, very exciting day. tom. >> thank you, chancellor. thank you again for your patience and for all the neighbors here in mission bay and all the neighborhoods who have been so patient with the amount of construction that has taken place and that has been required for a great station and a great arena to take shape here in mission bay. thank you also to our elected officials for their leadership encouraging us to put transit first. of course to the warriors for funding infrastructure investments. making your warriors ticket count for your muni ticket. i'm looking forward to seeing what our peer cities and other teams in san francisco, thank you, madam mayor. also joined by our board member

who has been terrific. thank you to all the m.t.a. members who have been working so hard for the last few months to make sure that this station opened before the arena so we've got a great facility for all the fans who are going to show up in one month. with that, let's go across the street and cut a ribbon. >> ready? five, four, three, two, one. yay. we're open. [♪].

>> all right, let's have some sound from west africa. the band right there is looking great. awesome. you know what i want to say? let's get ready to cleanup! hopefully it is not trademarked. i don't think it is. thank you so much for coming out here on this beautiful day in treasure island. we are ready for battle for the bay 2019.

we have an exciting announcement. i am so glad you are here to join us on this beautiful day overlooking the lovely bridge. i am frank finn. i am here for the golden state warriors. it is a lot of years on that side and of course time on this side. you know i have done a lot of events for both mayors in the city. it is an honor to be here. i am a bay area guy born and raised here. we are bringing two cities together to do something positive and to make things happen in the bay area. we have the biggest champions from the neighborhoods and cities here for battle of the bay. we want to acknowledge the lovely mayor mayor london breed and from oakland to my right.

it is a competition, folks. it is friendly. the smiles are great. you know we are rolling our sleeves in a few moments. let's acknowledge from both sides. it wouldn't be a battle without or mascots. from the san francisco giants lucille. from your oakland as give it out for stomper. [cheers.] >> of course, we have community partners and we are going to hear from them to speak about the efforts. it is the city of san francisco and oakland, the two cities facing off right here. it is about the greening competition to take place saturday, september 21st as part of the annual california coastal cleanup day. there is a cool incentive that

we will announce as well. lucky folks from oakland and san francisco will win on alaska airlines a trip wherever they want to go. make sure to sign up. get teams ready, and you might win the tickets to anywhere we fly on alaska airlines. it also protects the san francisco bay. cleaning, greening neighborhoods. trash removal, habitat restoration, tree planting, neighborhood beautiful projects. we are going to hear more about the efforts, what the battle for the bay 2019 i is all about. we have a little coin to to see who will go first. it is a competition. this is game time. i have a coin. the mayors. let's hear it for them. ladies and gentlemen, from

oakland to my right once again. please welcome our mayor libby. from san francisco your mayor london breed. okay, mayors, we are all smiles. it is a competition san francisco and oakland. we will do the coin toss. to my left is mayor london breed. this is heads. this is tails. heads, you, tails you, ms. schaaf. this is a coast guard coin. here we go. what do you think? it is tails, lay or libby schaaf

goes first for the city of oakland. >> that is a great beginning. we have already won. listen, this is a battle for the bay because when the bay wins everyone wins. we are two cities, but we are sharing one incredible environmental asset, that is our beautiful bay. we really want to emphasize this year that every neighborhood has storm drains that flow into our bay so taking care of our bay is not just about cleaning up at did beach or on the coastline. we want people in our neighborhoods. we need our neighborhoods to be clean, healthy, shiny, beautiful. that is what this is about in oakland. let me be clear with you all, we have over 2000 volunteers already signed up.

[applause.] i am happy to report oakland is in the lead as of now. however, people,na lead is narrow. let us -- san francisco has twice the population, but oakland has twice the pride. [cheers.] there is no pride like an oakland pride, whether you are from the city or the town. i think we have to show the town shows up for its community, right? that is how we do it in oakland. i am excited after we hear from our mayor we will hear from a community leader. i want be to thank the people who don't just do picking up on

earth day, they do it every day. we hope that coming out of our battle 4 bay you say i love this picking up trash. i want to do this all of the time because it makes me feel good to make my beautiful neighborhood clean, healthy, and i connect with my neighbors this way. that is what is beautiful. now, mayor breed, we have been talking about a little wager, all right? mayor, i dare you if you lose in the battle for who has the most volunteers, i challenge you to come volunteer with me wearing all as gear -- a's gear.

[applause.] this is a wager. i want you volunteering with me at a charity with me wearing your a's gear. do you accept my challenge, mayor breed? >> mayor breed: that is hard. wearing a's gear? that is a bit much. i will accept. >> she accepts. >> i know we are going to win so she has to wear the giants' gear. >> no, no. nobody looks good in orange. before i give up the microphone i have to recognize a few important supporters. the california coastal commission facilitates this entire event all over our state.

[applause.] >> our oakland parks and recreation foundation is a fiscal agent for both cities for this challenge. thank you. i also want to acknowledge our council member from oakland lauren taylor. jason mitchell and his fabulous staff. what is your move? all right. and some of the top sponsors from oakland, waste management of al lameadda california, california waste solutions. argent materials out of east oakland, andy's construction, silver gates construction donating on behalf of the cyprus training program. i want to thank my sister across the bay, london breed.

[applause.] >> all right. london, show me what you got. >> mayor breed: let me start by saying, i have never been this excited since the oakland raiders and the 49ers played the last time at candlestick where we won. and we all know that in san francisco we don't talk big, we just do big stuff. mayor, my sister from across the bay, i accept your challenge because in san francisco we already make cleaning up and greening and taking care of our city a regular part of what we do. in fact, every single month mr. clean, our director of public works, mr. clean himself,

organizations incredible groups like united players and other folks out there taking care of the streets. here is the thing. we have amazing volunteers. we have amazing people who work for the department of public works and the rec and parks department. phil ginsburg is here, amazing people who cleanup the bay. we have to do more. mayor, i have seen you on more than one occasion wearing your love oak land t-shirt and i love san francisco. when people go around loving the city. proof that you love your city. roll up your sleeves, take care of your community, and you grew up in san francisco, born and raised just like may or schaaf. born and raised in oakland.

one of the things my grandmother used to do is make us cleanup in front of where we lived. i did i kicking and screaming. it is paying attention to making sure my actions reflect how i feel about my city, that i am not just throwing garbage on the ground or putting water bottles in recycle and doing things to keep the city clean but to protect our environment. in san francisco we have bee han doing an incredible job leading the way in a number of environmental policies. our director of the department of environment is here. thank you so much. the toughest band in the country, pushing for aggressive drug take off, continuing to

work with the coastal commission to save our bay. yes, this is a competition and san francisco will win, but ultimately, climate change is real, and we have to start with young people. we have to start implementing the kinds of policies in san francisco and throughout the world to make this planet the best place for generations to come. just think about it. in san francisco we never needed an air-conditioner before. we have had record temperatures in the '90s that are unprecise departmented. we have to start taking care of the bay, the communities, taking care of each other, and also winning the bet, more importantly. san franciscans, it is time to

step up to show your love. step up to make sure you sign up and volunteer because you don't want to see your mayor wearing a's gear, do you? you do not want to see that site. make sure we step up on the 21st. we will come out, clean, green, do painting of murals and do other things which not only take care of our city and planet, it also brings our communities together. i want to thank each and every one of you for being here. thanks to all of the folks who are here from the department as well as some of our major sponsors who have consistently supported projects like this on a regular basis. thank you to recology, emerald

fund and alaska airlines because, you know, we have to feed volunteers. you know how that works. we have to have supplies and equipment. ultimately, getting out there, doing the hard work, making it part of your lives and what you do every day to take care of the city and bay is critical to the success of protecting our planet for generations to come. thank you so much. let's win, san francisco. >> well said, mayors. that was excellent. that is a rally. oakland and san francisco if i haven't heard one like that. this is all about the pride, but we are doing this for the bay. we love the bay. no matter what side it is. we want to thank folks here and we will have a photo at the end with the mayors. we wouldn't be here if it

weren't for the california coastal commission. let's hear it for them. the battle for the 35th anniversary of california coastal cleanup day. it is the largest volunteer day in california. on this day tens of thousands of volunteers remove litter from waterways and shorelines and a thousand locations across california. how fitting on september 21st to do this coming together. california stands as one if not the largest contributor that takes place in the bay area. thank you to the coastal commission. we have folks behind me. thanks to the mayors, oakland parks and recreational foundation. jason mitchell, they are ready they are pumped. joe ginsburg is here.

elaine thorn, tommy from california train, golden gate national park. california state parks as well. give them a big hand. i might have mentioned there are more players involved in this effort. right now we will hear from community folks to start with the oakland side. we have a leader with faith in action. representing the east oakland congress of neighborhoods. put your hands together. (applause). >> all right. i am excited to be here. it feels awesome to be here. it is such a an on -- honor to represent our mayor. good morning, everyone. i am lydia.

this wonderful guy says i am a leader with action east bay. i am proud to be here representing the east oakland congress of neighborhoods. [applause.] i would like to thank everyone who made this event possible, and a special thanks to the work group for all of their hard wo work. [applause.] so as representative of the east oakland congress of neighborhoods including fade-in action and the residents we are excited about this campaign and to clean our cities. of course, oakland will fill up our streets, why not, right? this is going to happen on september 21st. we are going to fill up our streets. sorry, san francisco. sorry. residents who are part of the

congress have been organizing for years to bring resources to increase capacity for the public works department in oakland. we are proud of this work and what we have accomplished so far. thanks to this effort oakland has new street cleaning cruise and equipment to address the illinois leg gal dumping issue. we need each one of us in the city. it is not only oakland's responsibility. it is also our responsibility, right? our city and our families and our streets they are affected with this garbage. we must all come together as a community and show our love to our city and our community. so i am here today to challenge one of our city residents to come out on saturday, september 21st. invite family members, friends, neighborhoods, students,

educators and community members to clean our streets, parks, community centers and sewers in every corner of our city. [applause.] so we deserve to live in a clean city. our children and seniors deserve to stay healthy and walk along a safe street. let's put our action in oakland and our community. we love our city. we must be part of the city. thank you. god bless all of you. >> let's hear it for lydia leone. i love it. our other community side. this is a community organizer who has been involved with more than 100 neighborhood cleanups in san francisco. he has worked extensively with young people to clean up neighborhoods.

he believes a clean community is healthy and it takes all of us to make that happen. please happen for the san francisco side the reverend. please come on up. >> san francisco, are you ready? let's do this. we want oakland to know we won it all right. a men. don't forget i am a preacher. i need folks to talk back to me. are you ready, san francisco? clean it up? thank you, thank you. it is a great day to be in the midst of two great women doing a wonderful job in san francisco and in oakland. let's give them a hand. first time, first time. i am part of the trash trackers in san francisco. what i do. i track down trash.

somebody auto say yeah. i track it down. i locate it, find it and clean it up. i have been doing that for 30 years. we have been doing this a long time. we are glad to have oakland come to be a part of this. guess what? we are going to win! we already won it. mayor breed, we got this. we accept the challenge and we are going to do it. i am reminded of a homeless friend of mine. he has been sleeping in tents three years. he is a sad looking guy but a happy looking guy. every morning at 8:30 a.m. he gets up and cleans up around his tent. then he goes to the other block and cleans other homeless men and women's tents. that is a good example of a community. we are going to have the

homeless folks get out and cleanup, too. understand this. our homeless folks aren't the only ones that are making the city dirty. that is not the truth. it is construction workers, churches, ymca, it is all of us. it takes the whole community to clean up the community. wouldn't you agree with me? that is what we come to do today. i am proud to tell mr. smith on september 21st right here in san francisco you can come out and help us cleanup the city. (applause). you should be happy about that. i want to say that our lovely mayor. we really appreciate you.

(laughter). you are our friend and oakland is our friend. we love you also much. what we are going to do. once we win, we are going to come back over to oakland and help you all. we will help you out. we might go with you to all get together and cleanup. am i right? this is our city, this is our california. let's do it, san francisco and oakland, lets do it. i have a new thing to look at. i wish i had music. we pick it up and bag it up. you have to get rhythm. anybody have rhythm. here we go. pick it up, bag it up. pick it up, bag it up.

♪ pick it up, bag it up let's go san francisco! that is catchy. ♪ bag it up, pick it up >> let's hear it for the communities in san francisco and oakland everybody. this is fun. in conclusion before the photos, give a big thanks to our community sponsors, ricology. they are bringing out hundreds of volunteers to serve lunch. thank you. a round of applause. waste management of alameda county and the solid waste service providers, give them a big hand. argent materials hosting the

cleanup. alaska airlines for the round trip tickets. there will be four lucky winners, two on each side of the bay. go to the battle for the bay 2019.org. sign up. we are still signing up for september 21st. we want to thank andy's construction in oakland. a round of applause as well. [applause.] >> clear channel, emerald fund, warriors and black and veatch and for hosting us here today. treasure island development authority. yes, thank you so much. what a beautiful sight to see the bridge, the bay, both mayors here. the city is coming together. battle for the bay for this friendly competition. i will close with this.

encourage everyone to go on the website. battle for the bay 2019.org let the competition begin. better.

san francisco department of r. environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve

zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco produce market because there's a lot of edible food that can be diverted and they need positions to capture that food and focus on food recovery. >> san francisco produce market is a resource that connects farmers and their produce with businesses in the bay area. i think it's a basic human right to have access to healthy foods, and all of this food here is available. it's a matter of creating the infrastructure, creating jobs, and the system whereby none of this goes to waste. since the beginning of our

program in july 2016 to date, we've donated over 1 million pounds of produce to our community partners, and that's resulted in over 900,000 meals to people in our community, which we're very proud of. >> carolyn at the san francisco produce market texts with old produce that's available. the produce is always excellent. we get things like broccoli, brussels sprouts, bell peppers. everything that we use is nice and fresh, so when our clients get it, they really enjoy it, and it's important to me to feel good about what i do, and working in programs such as this really provides that for me. it's helping people. that's what it's really about, and i really enjoy that. >> the work at the produce market for me representing the intersection between environment

and community, and when we are working at that intersection, when we are using our resources and our passion and our energy to heal the planet and feed the people, nothing gets better than >> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪

>> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day.

i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll

heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away.

they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to

offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco and california and the united states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i

mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is

a huge -- i believe they salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situation.

>> san francisco and oakland are challenging each other in a battle for the bay. >> two cities. >> one bay. >> san francisco versus oakland. are you ready to get in on the action? >> i'm london breed. >> and i am oakland mayor libby schaff. >> who will have the cleanest city? >> we will protect our bay by

making our neighborhoods shine. >> join us on september 21st as a battle for the bay. >> which city has more volunteer spirit? which city can clean more neighborhoods? the city with the most volunteers wins. sign-up to be a bay protector and a neighborhood cleaner. >> we'll take roll. (roll call). >> i would like to welcome commissioner latiff ray ang commissioner ambrose is under the weather and not able join us. public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda?