outside. i really appreciate the tenacity that it has taken to get to this point, to have the vision and then the fortitude to see it through to this point. it is exciting to be in this moment, thank you all for the leadership. it is exciting. thank you. >> no other comments the chair would entertain a motion. >> i move approval. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor. >> aye. >> thank you very much. >> we are now on item 10. general public comment. any other public comment on items not on the agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 11 commissioners matters.

>> seeing none. >> item 12. new business agenda setting. >> seeing none. >> 13. communications. any public comment? >> no. >> item 14. adjournment. >> move that we adjourn. >> second. >> moved seconded. >> all those in favor. >> aye. >> thank you very much. .

>> let's get started. . welcome. yeah. you can be excited. you should be. welcome to the beautiful new playground, everyone. [ cheering and applause ]. >> my name is phil ginsburg. i am the manager of the recreation and parks department. we're so pleased to have everyone here to celebrate what is really a transformation for this playground, a place where childhood memories will be created and opportunities for imaginative play are endless. there are a lot of community supporters and folks that made this happen. we're going to introduce and recognize all of them during our short program, but i'm so honored to introduce someone who has kept her eye on this

playground for many years. as district supervisor and now as mayor, she is our park champion and chief. our kids do not need an advocate, because they've got mayor london breed. >> mayor breed: thank you so much, phil. let me tell you, i can't be more happy than to be here today. i remember a couple years ago when we cut the ribbon on the new basketball courts and there were conversations going on and on and on about the playground and the next to do something better. the parents who bring their kids here on a regular basis reflects what we see here today. as much as i love. i grew up in sands, so i'm a big

fan, but the fact is these kids are going to have a great time. we are so lucky in san francisco that we have so many people in this community that are so generous and we're actively engaged to shape what this playground looks like right now. we have amazing contributors who have invested so much money into supporting and making this happen. our incredible partner, the parks alliance, thank you so much for your continued alliance and this playground. thank you were jody pritzer for your major contribution to this project. and brian baker who hosted.

thank you so much for your work and for your advocacy. the work that you do to raise the funds and contribute to make this possible makes it happen sooner rather than later. so thank you, because the kids that are here today are going to be able to have a good time and enjoy this amazing playground. i know they don't want to hear a bunch of long speeches. i know they can't wait to get started with playing. thank you to the nopa community and the ashbury community for your work and advocacy. it is so great to be here today to have this incredible experience. i know you are wondering why is sheriff vicky hennesey here today. she's not here to take anyone to jail. her granddaughter is a lover of

this playground and we are happy to have her as a supporter, so thank you for your service to san francisco. fill, you say that i am the park champion, i tell you no one works harder to bring in the resources and move these projects faster to get these done so that you have these results today. thank you and your team for the work that you continue to do. [ applause ]. >> mayor breed: last but not least, i started that and she finished it. valley brown has been an amazing advocate for this community for decades and she made sure that we got this project done. i will say in absolute record time. we just broke ground on this project last year and in bureaucracy time, this is fast. ladies and gentlemen, the person who was making it happen and

doing the work for this community, your supervisor, valley brown. [ applause ]. >> thank you, mayor breed. i remember when this was a twinkle in your eye, phil. i see the ashbury council is here. people have come here because this is an amazing park and the way that it was done with the contributor contributors made it what it is now. look at everything. i was looking around. i can't believe how cool it is, and i'm going to take a slide down that slide. i don't know if anybody has done it yet, but i want to go and slide down that slide. it looks so fun. i have to say that the city is

like a tanker in ice. every time we try to do something, it takes that long. this is something that went fast because of community support, because we had private people coming in and saying let's make this work, and we can turn faster than a tanker in ice. thank you, everyone, thank you, mayor breed, and let's play. >> supervisor brown said it perfectly, let's play. the mayor has keys to the city and gives proclamations at the board and we give away park signs to true park champions. thank you for all of your incredible support. [ cheering and applause ]. >> the mayor alluded to the fact that this was a big community

effort. we need partners and friends. government doesn't do it all alone anymore. we need the support. i'm pleased to bring up our closest friend, drew beker. the alliance of parks department have worked together since 2013 or 2014 on let's play s.f. which is our campaign to renovate the 13-mo 13-most-deserving playgrounds around the city. it is a $30 million effort that has a significant amount of public money, but that wasn't enough to get it done. we are the parks alliance and is the san francisco recs and parks department work together on so many things, including our 150th golden gate park celebration. this is part of that. the panhandle itself was practice for building golden

gate park. around the park are 80,000 trees that were planted to figure out what would work best down the road. i'm so pleased to bring up a special partner, drew beker. >> thanks, phil. i want to give a shout out. thank you, mayor, thank you, valley, thank you, phil. the parks alliance is so happy to be a part of this wonderful event. i would like to give a shout out to the civic committee. thank you so much. you helped make this possible. i want to give a shout out. thank you, liz, for everything you do. also brian baker held an event before this. thank you for you and your family to support us and the san francisco parks alliance. thank you so much. and the rec and park commissioners, we couldn't do this without them giving the

okay to make all of this happen. we have partners with rec and parks and they don't get shout outs that much. i want phil, lisa, and abigail to know how much we appreciate what you do. it is so amazing to have one of the top rec and parks departments here in san francisco. you have no idea how important it is to push these types of projects forward and make this happen and that's because it comes from the top. your amazing manager, phil, ginsburg, let's give it up for him. >> this public-private partner that was alluded to, we raised about $11.3 million for 13 playgrounds across the city. our goal is to raise $14 million, so we have a little bit more to go in order to make this

playground and close out this program and have the most equity-focused playground initiative in this country called "let's play s.f.." let's make sure you visit "let's play s.f.." make sure you are part of this movement to bringing this movement to 20,000 kids across this city. it's about making parts a part of each and every community. parks are part of the big puzzle, about keeping the parks part of our story. we need to move neighborhoods forward building parks. thanks for being a part of this movement and let's play. thank you so much. >> thank you, drew. this playground is about play and it's about community. so representing our community today, we are so pleased to

welcome 45 preschoolers from steppingstones preschool. your granddaughter is here, but steppingstones has a spot in my own heart. representing steppingstones and speaking on behalf of the community, i'm pleased to welcome a few members to share the importance of let's play. >> hi. my name is rakoia. i'm a director of a local preschool up the street, but more importantly i'm a mother of a 2 year old who is up there right now. i actually came here from l.a. i went to ucla. when i came to san francisco and looked at the preschools for work and realized none of the preschools have outdoor spaces or if they did, it was tiny.

so steppingstones uses the community for their playground. what a resource to have playgrounds like these. this is an amazing playground just for the preschoolers, but also now that i'm a mom, for communities like this for playgrounds that inspire community and imagination. we were just here in april for the ground breaking, and now it's november and it's incredible. thank you so much, everyone. [ cheering and applause ]. >> before we do our first slide with our steppingstones preschoolers and supervisor brown, we have some gratitude. i need to do some closing acknowledgements. we have a lot of gratitude for all of our supporters. without their help and support as i said, this wouldn't be possible. let me echo my thanks to the

pritsker family. for brian and lesley baker, thank you so much for your support. for the folks from kaiser permanente, they have been big supporters. this weekend we lost an advocate for health and equity and diversity and true supporters of playgrounds and someone who understood the very important experience of play. we would ask you to take a quick moment of silence in mrmr. permi mrmr. permi mrmr. permi mr. permit -- permanente's honor. thank you. let's give a round of applause. we're also pleased to be joined today by sheriff hennessey and her granddaughter. vivian liang, and then dmitri

barstani is here with his mom, georgia. are you here and can you raise your hands? they're over there. thank you, dmitri and georgia for being here today. we're honoured to be here. his memory and gus' memory will live on. i would like to thank niko and marie who helped to work on the bench plaque that i believe are here. tim sieford and michelle welsh. steve courier from the parks and recs open space advisory. and then to the design and construction teams, you have an inspired design and project.

they deserve our thanks. to the landscape project. jeff cooper from c.p.m. services. and then to my own amazing team, the project managers for this effort, it takes a village, karen rupert, brett emerey contributed to this project. thank you, lisa branson, to your team to make this dream come to reality for our kids. we're going to have some honorary preschooler that is are going to join us. supervisor brown, if you want to join us too. the mayor is going to lead us in a countdown.

>> mayor breed: okay, supervisor brown, you're going to have to put a kid in your lap. are we ready, kids? five, four, three, two, one, let's play! >> thank you, everybody. in the words of our mayor, let's play. [♪]

[♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what the game was. only one or two of them had played soccer before. we gave the kids very simple lessons every day and made sure that they had fun while they were doing it, and you really could see them evolve into a team over the course of the season. >> i think this is a great opportunity to be part of the community and be part of programs like this.

>> i get to run around with my other teammates and pass the ball. >> this is new to me. i've always played basketball or football. i am adjusting to be a soccer mom. >> the bayview is like my favorite team. even though we lose it is still fine. >> right on. >> i have lots of favorite memories, but i think one of them is just watching the kids enjoy themselves. >> my favorite memory was just having fun and playing. >> bayview united will be in soccer camp all summer long. they are going to be at civic centre for two different weeklong sessions with america scores, then they will will have their own soccer camp later in the summer right here, and then they will be back on the pitch next fall. >> now we know a little bit more about soccer, we are learning more, and the kids are really enjoying the program. >> we want to be united in the bayview. that is why this was appropriate

>> this guy is the limit. the kids are already athletic, you know, they just need to learn the game. we have some potential college-bound kids, definitely. >> today was the last practice of the season, and the sweetest moment was coming out here while , you know, we were setting up the barbecue and folding their uniforms, and looking out onto the field, and seven or eight of the kids were playing. >> this year we have first and second grade. we are going to expand to third, forth, and fifth grade next year bring them out and if you have middle school kids, we are starting a team for middle school. >> you know why? >> why? because we are? >> bayview united. >> that's right. .>> good afternoon, everyone. hi, there. [applause] so my name is jackie flin, i'm the executive director of the a.

philip randolph institute, san francisco. i want to thank everyone for taking the time to gather with us as we prepare for the thanksgiving holiday. thanksgiving is a time when families reflect on the hard work and sacrifices made throughout the year. traditionally we celebrate a harvest, one nurtured by our elders, gathered by hard working parents and gathered by people who care. all year we make sacrifices so our children can play, learn, grow grow, and this thursday, enjoy the feast. in san francisco, we are putting families first. i'm humbled to lead an effort in leading the largest turkey giveaway in san francisco in which 5,500 families in need will receive a turkey. [applause] >> i'm honored, supporting the

citying across the city. it's an honor to introduce someone who works tirelessly. she's creating a city where no families and no children are forgotten or left behind. she's realizing the dream of the city with opportunities for all families to thrive. please welcome the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayor london breed. [applause] >> hello! i love coming here. every time i go here, i get more and more excited. i'm excited about this community and all the amazing things that continue to happen here. and i want to start by thanking a. philip randolph institute for all their incredible work. [applause] thank you. and also a special thank you to the folks at bayview station and

all the officers. [applause] our police chief bill scott is here. our fire chief, jeanine nicholson is here. and let me tell you, it does take a village. i know we got today is really about giving. and let me just tell you, it is really a blessing to be a blessing. and i know that in so many ways, we are going to be handing out turkeys here, thanks to foster farms and whole foods, but we also know that many of you who are cooking those turkeys are going to be sharing them with your family members and neighbors and friends. [applause] so i want to take this time to acknowledge and thank the folks who are here volunteering. your supervisor watson is here as well. [applause] but i also need to pause and explain to all of you why the mayors of san jose and oakland

are in the house. [applause] let me explain. see, what had happened was we had a bet and a couple months ago, we had a bet, first it started as the battle of the bay, we are battling for the bay. to clean up the bay, to clean up our city, to love our cities, to show love and respect to our community. and let me tell you, first the bet was between me and oakland mayor libby schaaf. [applause] and then at the last minute, mayor liccardo was like hold on, i want a piece of that. so he joined in. [applause] but guess who won, san francisco. [applause] but let me explain, mayors. let me tell you. we had not only the most

volunteers, we had the most volunteers from the bayview hunters point community in the city's history. the bayview showed up and showed out. that we have more volunteers but oakland collected more trash. so they won in the trash collection, because we couldn't find stuff to pick up. [applause] we cleaned up our city. but the fact is, let me explain, let me explain, mayor, let me explain. the fact is we are all one bay area. we are all one community. we work as partners to address some of the most challenging issues that you all know we face around homelessness, around housing affordability, and we know that the only way that we

are going to get to a better place is not if we work in isolation but if we come together. and this was an opportunity to come together and have a little fun. [applause] so i'm wearing my giants, even though they was losing and stuff. i still love them. i still love them. i'm a giants fan. i still rep, even when they losing. i'm going to still rep the warriors even when they losing. we share the warriors. but them niners though. [applause] so just -- i am just -- let me tell you, and i'm going to let our mayors have a chance to say a few words, but i'm so happy to be here. i feel the love. i feel the energy. i feel the excitement. and that's what makes this an

incredible community. you all make this an incredible community. and as we continue to address some of the challenges, we are here to make better decisions so that future generations who grew up in what we know followed the conditions that existed when we were younger or when you were at the old one, we can't let that continue to happen in our city. and that's why we're changing things for the better. [applause] yes. you all know i'm from o. c., but i love double rock, i love hunters point, i love this city. and my plan is to continue to work with you all to make it a better place for all of us to grow and to thrive and to be safe and to prosper. so with that, i want to turn the mic over to the mayor from oakland who is going to talk a lot of mess. oakland mayor sam.

[applause] >> thanksgiving. i can't talk mess on thanksgiving. no, i'm not putting that on. [laughter] >> [off mic] >> to come together. >> maybe at the end i'll put it on. all right. you know, like london was born and raised in san francisco, i was born and raised in oakland. [applause] we say in our house, we never ate blueberry muffins, we only ate vita blueberry muffins. that's why the battle for the bay was a reminder to everyone that, you know, the environment doesn't care whether it's in san francisco or san jose or oakland, right? it doesn't care. we have to work together to take

care of our precious resources. and that's why, really, everybody was a winner in the battle for the bay. because we got together like 6400 volunteers in one day in our three cities, caring for our environment. [applause] now, the reason i'm not putting on that janky orange hat. >> you may not make it out of -- [off mic] [laughter] >> like i said, the reason i am not putting on that janky orange hat. [jeers] is because while san francisco had more volunteers, oakland picked up so much trash,

literally more than 109,000 pounds of trash. [applause] it was more tonnage than these two cities combined, okay? okay. now, and sam said, oh, you must have dumped out the dumpsters. i said i wish that were true. we actually had that much trash to pick up. but here we are in thanksgiving. and this was a fun bet because part of the bet from the beginning is that the three of us are going to be going to each other's cities, and i look forward to seeing you in my city and yes, you are going to wear that orange hat, but we are going to be volunteering together around issues that matter to all of us. because poverty does not care about municipal boundaries. income inequality, homelessness,

housing insecurity, housing shortages, they don't care about what city you're in. we know that just like challenges don't stay confined to municipal boundaries, neither do solutions. and that is why the three of us -- here, hold my hand. hold it. [applause] we are here to work together. together. all right? and this beautiful region of the bay area is going to have some opportunities to start thinking of ourselves as a united family. the holidays are a time when we think about family. and it's our job to make sure that you feel like you are a member of my family. all right? [applause] [laughter] [cheering]

>> all right. [cheering] >> all right. i'm going to step away from this microphone. so that bay area, we are one bay area. we have to see every person here as a member of our family. and we are going to be working together more and more and more to make sure that the bay area sees its own family and that we take care of our family members a little better than we've been doing. all right, with that, happy thanksgiving. thank you for having me here. [applause] >> for the sake of unity. i got the hat on, okay?

you all, don't post me with this hat on. [laughter] don't hashtag me nothing, right? you all got my back, right? okay. so like i said, now mayor liccardo came in last minute. i would have never did that because i would have known that i was going to lose. and if he didn't bring in hardly any volunteers, hardly any trash but i got to give it to him. he said he jumped in there like less than two weeks, i think, and pulled some stuff together. and then he not only came with me here to hand out turkeys, we hit two other locations before we even got here, so, ladies and gentlemen, san jose mayor, sam liccardo. >> thank you, mayor breed. well, thank you all and happy thanksgiving, everybody. mayor breed, you are absolutely

right. this is an incredible community. and thank you all for welcoming me so warmly. i appreciate it. [applause] yes. you know, it wasn't like this all the way. the first place we stopped at, the occur turkeys were late coming in and they were all looking at me. and they were looking at me saying hey, the turkeys are late. and i thought they were talking about the politicians. [laughter] but in fact the turkeys really were late. so i just wanted to say i'm a lot happier to be here because the turkeys are here. it is great to be with all of you. i love coming to san francisco. and i really appreciate both my -- >> [off mic] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] i appreciate what both my colleagues have said about the fact that we need to work together. around affordable housing, transportation challenges, deal

with poverty, all the challenges we know we face, together. i will point out, however, that mayor breed, although we got in late, we did get more than 1300 volunteers out there. [applause] so you can be sure that next year, we will be ready. and i'll have the sharks jerseys ready for both of you. [cheering] thank you all, happy thanksgiving. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, before we -- oh, we got a couple more speakers. all right. okay. so the turkeys need to thaw anyways. we got plenty of time. ladies and gentlemen, your viewership virus walton. >> happy holidays -- your supervisor walton. >> happy holidays.

i want to thank you for your work on getting volunteers out. for the environmental cleanup day. [applause] and i am glad that mayor schaaf said they picked up more trash in oakland because you know how hard we have all been working to decrease trash, specifically here in bayview. we got a long way to go but i think this means we are starting to get some things together, because there's less trash on our streets. we did a response from d.p.w., we get a response from ecology. long way to go, working on legislation to address illegal dumps, but we are going to do everything we can to make public housing the place to be in san francisco. [applause] >> i know we've had some real tough conversations around parking here. to make sure our safety, to make sure our communities are safe. we are working on a plan with

sfmta to increase more parking off the property while we continue to work towards other solutions. we are hard at work for this community every day because we love you. you all know i live right around the corner. i see you every single day. so that's not going to change. but when is the last time we had three mayors come and hang out on double rock? [applause] so there will be no isolation, we will be working together to make sure the heaviest comes to our cities and community and of course our focus in district ten. i love all of you, happy thanksgiving, thank you so much for showing up. a wonderful community. it is very important. [applause] one last thing, i'm sorry, mayor. a lot of you showed up at rules committee last week, because you know the mayor and i and my colleagues, we are pushing preference legislation so that folks who used to live in all

our hope sf housing communities get to come back home. they get to come back home. [applause] so as we continue to revitalize, continue to rebuild, brand new housing, some of your family members, some of my family members that have been pushed out of the city will get to come back and live at home in the community. so i want to thank the mayor, most of my colleagues for helping to make that happen. [applause] and all of you. >> all right. the president of your tenants association. come on up! [cheering] >> she's like a cheerleader back here like go, go, go. >> i don't know how you feel but i feel so blessed. thank you. this is a great event. we have three mayors coming out to our community. and thank you so much, mayor london breed. thank you all of you, for

sticking together. thank you officers, thank you so much. to god be the glory. amen. [applause] >> all right. i'm feeling the love in this place today. can i get an amen? >> amen >> that's right. okay. now as we think about the holiday season, let us remember one another in this community. we are one community. we are one city. and it is our responsibility to do a better job of taking care of one another. that's what creates a better community. so during this holiday season, when you know if there is a senior who may not be able to cook, make sure you look out for the seniors. make sure you bring them a plate or do something nice to support your neighbors, because that's what having an amazing community is about. my grandmother who raised me

passed away in 2016. and i would do anything to spend this thanksgiving with her. and so when i spend time with the community, it makes me feel really connected to what she used to do when we grew up in plaza east, o. c. and ms. brown, we didn't have much. we had that free food are coming in the white box and the government cheese. the macaroni and cheese and everything. and let me tell you, people would not knock on the door. and i'm like mama, we don't have that much. and she would give food to people, and she said so what, girl, you big enough. here, share. [laughter] let's share, let's come together, let's remember why the holidays are important. it's about community, it's about family, it's about love, and it's about being a blessing. so thank you all so much. let's get these turkeys handed out. [cheering]

>> so thank you, everyone. just a few more thank yous before we get out of here. to our san francisco housing authority, we couldn't do this without you guys. thank you tonya. [applause] i also want to thank bill of our california poultry association that worked with foster farms to include an additional donation. and last but not least, our rec and park department for also helping the distribution of the 5,000 turkeys across the city. so why don't we go ahead and move out the way and let our residents come on in and get these turkeys. thank you. [applause]

... >> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens,

private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is because it links this neighborhood back to its history. in the early 1800s the portola was farmland. the region's flowers were grown in this neighborhood. if you wanted flowers anywhere future bay area, you would come to this area to get them. in the past decade, the area has tried to reclaim its roots as

the garden district. one of the ways it has done that is through the portola garden tour, where neighbors open their gardens open their gardens to people of san francisco so they can share that history. >> when i started meeting with the neighbors and seeing their gardens, i came up with this idea that it would be a great idea to fundraise. we started doing this as a fund-raiser. since we established it, we awarded 23 scholarships and six work projects for the students. >> the scholarship programs that we have developed in association with the portola is just a win-win-win situation all around. >> the scholarship program is important because it helps people to be able to tin in

their situation and afford to take classes. >> i was not sure how i would stay in san francisco. it is so expensive here. i prayed so i would receive enough so i could stay in san francisco and finish my school, which is fantastic, because i don't know where else i would have gone to finish. >> the scholarships make the difference between students being able to stay here in the city and take classes and having to go somewhere else. [♪] [♪] >> you come into someone's home and it's they're private and personal space. it's all about them and really their garden and in the city and urban environment, the garden is the extension of their indoor environment, their outdoor living room. >> why are you here at this garden core? it's amazing and i volunteer

here every year. this is fantastic. it's a beautiful day. you walk around and look at gardens. you meet people that love gardens. it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year. mark your calendars every year. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciou deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the

community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas continuas my latindescent.

>> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business

owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their

work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college

and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people. >> i have been living in san francisco since 1957. i live in this area for 42

years. my name is shirley jackson, and i am a retirement teacher for san francisco unified school district, and i work with early childhood education and after school programs. i have light upstairs and down stairs. it's been remodelled and i like it. some of my floors upstairs was there from the time i built the place, so they were very horrible and dark. but we've got lighting. the room seems lighter. they painted the place, they cemented my back yard, so i won't be worried about landscaping too much. we have central heating, and i like the new countertops they

put in. up to date -- oh, and we have venetian blinds. we never had venetian blinds before, and it's just cozy for me. it meant a lot to me because i didn't drive, and i wanted to be in the area where i can do my shopping, go to work, take the kids to school. i like the way they introduced the move-in. i went to quite a bit of the meetings. they showed us blueprints of the materials that they were going to use in here, and they gave us the opportunity to choose where we would like to stay while they was renovating. it means a lot. it's just that i've been here so long. most people that enjoyed their

life would love to always retain that life and keep that lifestyle, so it was a peaceful neighborhood. the park was always peaceful, and -- i don't know. i just loved it. i wanted to be here, and i stayed. >> >> >> my name is jean alexander.

i'm an attorney in the san francisco city attorney's office. i supervise the tax team, giving tax advice to the treasurer, tax collect or, drafting tax legislation. the thing i remember my mother telling me as a child is that you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and i knew that i wanted to be able to do something that i enjoyed. i didn't expect anybody to give me anything because nobody ever gave her anything and i also i always saw her fighting for the things that she wanted in life for herself and for her children. >> my name is jasmine flores. i am working as an admin assistant in the city attorney's office. i have always enjoyed the tasks

that i have been given. on the days i show up and work on my own is empowering. for me, happiness in being more involved in a person-to-person interaction. my dream jobs includes being a physician, paramedic, firefighter, working with animals with the public. on a personal level with self improvement. my sister is the biggest influence in my life because she taught me to go forward with what makes you happy rather that what makes you the most money. >> i graduated from law school in 1972 at a time when there was a beginning to be an influx of women in the legal profession and tried criminal cases for about 10 years, treatment for delinquent operating programs,

government budgets, analyzed fiscal legislation. i came to the san francisco city attorney's office and i have been here for about 12 years advising on tax matters. i did just about anything you can think of. some things that lawyers do and some things that lawyers don't do. >> i'm from the mission in san francisco. i have grown up there and i have lived there pretty much my whole life. living there, i do see other women, some of them older, some of them look just like me like my age and a lot of them work nanny jobs, child care jobs, retail jobs. i don't know, it seems kind of like a reminder that you are kind of lucky to be where you are, i guess.

just when you haven't gone so far at all. i want them to go on maybe go on an interview that's more challenging that they think that they can't get that job. you know, just to kind of challenge and surprise themselves when they get that job and feel better. >> there had been women practicing law for many years, but there were so few of them that a lot of the issues hadn't really come into play and some of them worked out and some are still being resolved like equal pay and women in lawfirms and making sure women get fair assignments and in the decision making

and working with law firms. i consider myself more of a beneficiary of all the women that fought really difficult battles along the way. >> >>