thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is sarah. last saturday, may 28-year-old daughter who was born and raised in the bay area, for the first time she experienced it. she brought so many of her friends and she said, mom, i have such a hard time explaining to my friends about this ritual, but it just happened right there i would like to continue this tradition where she could be proud to be korean-american as well as share her traditions to others. thank you so much for supporting this, supervisor stefani, and i hope you will support us. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a senior at lowell high

school and i have been a san francisco native and i wish to speak in favor of the resolution for the past 17 years of my life , my father has worked in korean history and many korean other services. when i was younger, i never understood why he was doing this having volunteered the festival, i can understand why it's so important for him. we need to carry on their traditions, especially for those of us never had the opportunity to experience living in korea. passing the -- this resolution will help the next generation very on with korean traditions, region that leaves the country. i would like to thank the board and recognize supervisor stefani in recognizing the solution. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is lena and i am the executive director of the korean-american community

foundation of san francisco. we are a philanthropic organization. we are a very young organization , five years old, but we have just repeated approximately $1.1 million to the korean american community to address some of the vital needs that we have, including domestic violence, mental health, senior care, and youth empowerment. we have one of the highest rates of suicide amongst the korean americans, and right now, in san francisco and in the bay area, there is no domestic violence language specific service, so these are some of the issues that we are addressing as a community, but i come here today not as an executive director, but as another korean-american. i came here when i was about four years old and i was an immigrant at that time. since then, i have grown and experience the korean-american experience in the u.s. i am one of 80,000 korean americans in the bay area, 90,000, actually, about 500,000

korean americans in california and 1.7 million korean-american people in the united states. so i come here as a korean-american requesting that you supports this day and i feel like it's not only just for the korean-american community, but really it is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity in this city, as well as the diversity in the bay area. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. mining is gordon khan and i am a san francisco native and a resident of district seven. i'm also the former board chairman for the green center. i wish to speak in favor of the resolution, which, by the way, will not negatively impact the budget of the city. if anything, it will be another source of revenue, one thing to

look at. for the past 20 years, since i moved to san francisco, i have worked to share korean culture and history through korean adoptees like myself, families that are adopted from korea, which will -- for which there are well over 100, and many non koreans in the area. it has not been easy coordinating the community. passing this resolution will not make it easier but will help the next generation not only understand the disparity in health and wealth of koreans in the area, but carry on the teaching and sharing of korean cultures and traditions in the bay area. a region that leads the community -- leads the country, if not the world in ethnic community outreach. i would like to thank the board for recognizing -- and recognizing supervisor stefani for recognizing this solution and thinking andrew mullen. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello.

i run a small business in the city. i did a workshop at the event. it was amazing. his only people showed so much interest and had so much fun. at the event i said, why haven't we had this kind of day event sooner. i hope to see this korean day continue to next year. thank you so much for your support. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i represent media in san francisco. the u.s. census bureau reports 1.7 million koreans live in america. half a million live in california. 80,000 people live in san francisco. i know by heart that is severely undercounted. the state of alaska claims that

there are only 4,000 koreans living in alaska. more than half people are uncounted. i know by heart that is more. there are even more gaps in california and in san francisco. i would urge you to pass this resolution so that we can mobilize and make sure that every korean is counted. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is dawn. you may notice that i am not korean, nor is my wife, nor are my children, with both my children speak fluent korean and were given a gift by the city of san francisco to receive a by literate education in korean in our city. last friday at the school, we

celebrated, and every child, regardless of their race, religion, or heritage or culture , had an opportunity to celebrate this wonderful, traditional holiday, eating korean food, singing on korean songs, and as a san franciscan who celebrates our cultural diversity, of course, we support this resolution. this will spread an opportunity for other children in the city to be exposed to this rich culture and heritage. we support it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, board board. my name is drew. i served as someone appointed to the youth commission and i serve as a chancellor. i spoke here last week, talking

about my distant relative who is the first diplomat to the united states. we had the festival on september 14th, and 5,000 people came, twice the number that we had expected, and this is a first step in getting the korean community, the culture, to get interwoven with the fabric that is the diverse and beautiful fabric of san francisco. you saw here that there are many children who came to speak, or tried to speak, and as a san francisco native, i want to say that i grew up without a korean community, i grew up without knowing anyone who was korean-american besides my family. i was surrounded by other folk and i grew up with the cherry awesome festival and the chinese new year parade, and doing this has given me an opportunity to serve the community i never knew

i want to these kids to grow up, and i want these kids to look towards the future in the years to come to see the number of 5,000 to become 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, and become something that is huge and important in san francisco so that they never have to feel the same way that i did when i grew up. thank you so much, supervisor stefani, for introducing the resolution and thank you for considering this. >> thank you for your comments. and. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors, it is nice to see you guys. i know it supervisor haney is working on no cars in the tenderloin. i do back that, but we also have to remember that we have a lot of elderly, handicapped people in san francisco and you have to allow taxis to go pick them up. the other day i saw someone getting harassed by a rideshare

driver. i should have filled it and sent it to all of you guys. why can't we put cameras in the front of their vehicles? if we start enforcing the rules, the rules will not be broken. don't forget who bailed out san francisco in time of need. don't let our egos get in the way of our decisions that we will make in the future and don't, for god sake, please do not let the sfmta make anymore decisions regarding the san francisco taxicabs. they are destroying us. i will say that the taxi detail is doing a good job, that they are understand. if you go to any of the taxi stand, they are filled with cars , then we honked, they get out and yell, then we have altercations. don't shut us out. you know how we feel. we deserve some compensation here. i believe you guys should issue

us a chance for a medallion when the time comes. we have put in a lot of time, a lot of suffering. don't delay us anymore, please. please do not delay us anymore and don't come me we don't deserve it. what i do want you guys to do is do the right thing. do what san francisco is built on. people and sacrifice and humanity and love. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. san francisco is very sympathetic.

[indiscernible] they grabbed our money, bought buses, and never considered us. they treated us as if we were there slaves. how many taxi medallion holders died with a heart attack? you don't know. you never helped them with money you help to your homeless. you go to people's homes, hug them, no one cares about us. rideshare is bent on destroying the taxi business. there is no doubt the taxi business has not destroyed as completely as long as rideshare exists, the taxi business can't recover. the city projected to isolate us with 50,000 rideshare charity medallions that they have given to rideshare companies, we have

become billionaires. we are any deficits. you can your rideshare but give us our money back. you can leave our medallions to cab companies. don't ingest -- inject us with a b. five. we do not support it and it doesn't benefit to us. we never asked for it. the sfmta wants us to walk off these medallions. we did not get these medallions and charity. we paid for these medallions. we paid our whole lives and savings. we want you to approach the sfmta for our money -- >> thank you. your time is concluded, thank you. [indiscernible] >> thank you.

next speaker, please. >> i appreciate mr. sherman. everything he said, i stand up for him. it is true. we are a bunch of people, like myself. i have worked for 30 years. the city promise was never, never stand up for these promises. these -- these have to be issues this san francisco city or the m.t.a., they are not going to to ask for health, where do we have to go? i have to go with my own hands? do not put us through these situations.

[indiscernible] we are a bunch of good americans we pay our dues. like me, 66 years is my age, i want to be retired. my brother, my friend,. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] this business is never coming back for us. most of our people is over age. we cannot continue like that. i swear on my mother, i did not get even one fair. i come in here, i am really

upset so much. please get to the bottom of this situation. i love you guys, i ask you guys to help. put together your minds, go check with the m.t.a. and get the money back. i love you guys. good. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, everybody. i am a cabdriver. i go around the city begging for my life. i had a stroke and i cannot drive like before. the sfmta promised to us when we are unable to drive anymore that we can get that money back, but they don't want to take the medallion back.

i don't want to get in trouble or somebody else in trouble for no reason. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is david smith. i am a purchase medallion holder the one thing i wanted to bring to your attention today is that the san francisco taxi workers alliance and the medallion holders association does not speak for us. i just want you to keep that in mind and your discussions with each other and m.t.a. i understand you need to take, you know, take input from all vested parties in the industry, and that is understandable, but do know they do not represent us one, because the taxi workers alliance has conflict of

interest, at least for us. their leadership our prop k. and cab company owners or ownership. they have or have had in the past, and of course, the medallion's holder association was the group of medallion holders mostly that lobbied against us forgetting our purchased medallions. obviously we don't appreciate that. so we obviously don't want -- we want to separate ourselves from that. we have plenty of people. you know the guys here. we could bring more people if you want. if you want to hear from other people besides us. nothing against the earned medallion holders. my father is one, just to let you know. i'm not coming out of left field with anger and hostility. this affects me in many ways. another thing i want to keep in mind is that when it comes to dealing with the medallion situation, that was still get priority to sell if we sell, if

we are able to sell. by the way, no one has bottom italian in over three years. if no one has bought and it medallion, it does not exist. it is only existing by name. it is dead. and it. give us our money back and give us our nontransferable medallions as agreed to in the contract with the credit union and sfmta. >> thank you for your comments. >> good afternoon, everybody. i am here again for the same issue, the medallions, because it is not working anymore because we cannot find anybody to work for us and there's no value left in the medallion whatsoever because uber has taken over, which is okay, but we really want you to take responsibility and get us out of that. this is nothing but a nightmare for not just the drivers, but

all their families. it is a nightmare. we are really looking forward to see that. take the responsibility and get us out from there so we can just pay the money to the banks and leave something because this thing is not going to work out. you can drive free without medallion for $250,000. why are you stupid to work -- by a medallion to work for the city i wish that we would pay attention to this and say the medallion value is zero. please get us out because that thing is lost and we are suffering really badly financially and mentally and physically. god bless you, thank you so much >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, everybody, the same issue, cabdriver. the medallions is a big burden

on our shoulders. i would like to tell you that our study expense, either we drive or not. it is $2,300. the bank is fine because they paid two to $50,000, but what if the companies are charging us $1,400? will you please exempt us from those cab companies so, if you can alleviate our burden from 2,000, $21,100 so we can survive and live in the market and we still can serve the people of san francisco. the very best as if you can buy back. if it is not possible right now, or you are still working on, or the time is going by, if you can alleviate us of our paint to exempt --

[indiscernible] that will help us a lot. i hope you will consider this option as well that we can create our independent cabs that we don't have to pay to the cab companies. that would be a great help for us. >> before you speak, are there any other members of the public would like to address the board during general public comment? this is our last speaker. >> sorry for the delay, thank you. the overhead, please. i wanted to end last week, but i

ran out of time, so supervisor brown and president yee -- overhead, please. there's one thing about a chevrolet van that is better because we can drive across the u.s.a. in your chevrolet and is the greatest land on earth. [indiscernible] >> i picked up this and then in 1974 and i drove it until 1988. around the country. it was great. the van ness -- the beach parking lot off rose street. the overhead, we will stay with it a little bit more as a struggle. it is hard to reach back. thank you for holding the microphone.

these are all 25 million-dollar chips. this was everything that was given to the tax break through the -- to the rich folks. this is a 25 billion-dollar chip they're supposed to be a raise for the federal employees but trump said no, they don't get it , we have to balance the budget. trump showed us, by taking a few million dollars away from the defence budget that he wants, he can build a rusty wall with it. how about the democrats taking a few million dollars from the defence budget and giving it a billion to each city in this country, and help what we need here?

that is it. thank you. i ran out of time again. sorry. >> thank you for holding the microphone. mr. president, i will let you make the last call. >> thank you. seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. madame clerk, please call the before adoption without committee agenda. items 21 through 24. [reading items] >> would any of my colleagues like to sever any items? seeing none, madame clerk, let's see, why don't i just say same house, same call? with no objection --

>> mr. president, apologies, we do need a roll call. >> okay. that is correct. roll call, please. >> on items 21 through 24,. [roll call] there are 11 aye. >> the resolutions are adopted on the motion is approved unanimously. please read the in memoriam his, if any. >> i have not report. >> colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. is there any further business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> thank you. we are adjourned.

>> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with

gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like..

>> 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.

>> three, two, one, uh-huh. [cheering]. [♪] >> the ability to respond quickly in an emergency situation in san francisco is one of our primary functions. >> today is a very exciting day in our city. we're down in the south beach part of san francisco on gerald avenue, that is the future location of the new employment facility. the city they are currently in

is long overdue for an overhaul. the facility will be a four-story building that will be able to store many of the ambulances, many of the supplies , offices, training and even a gas station. we are excited about the improvements and investments to make san francisco a beautiful