>> thank you very much for coming. i'm going to let some people filter in here while i talk. my name is joanne i'm a reporter and anchor at abc 7news. i'll going to be your emcee today for this unveiling of this beautiful refurbished court and i know a little later on we'll have fun on it. so i just want to start off here we are at one-time sports. if you haven't been here, this is a newly baseball court where the first time we've laid eyes on it, step on it. it's a great feeling. we want to thank the warriors community foundation for doing this and being here and making this all happen. [applause] also, for pepsi as well. [applause] and also creative sports concepts. thank you, very much. [applause]

so just to learn a little bit about what we're on, what all is here today, the renovation work included a resurfacing of the entire court. also the new booths and the back boards as well. and redesigned banner. we also have if you see this right here which i know the mayor is excited about. these solar powered lights that are going to be working here, which is really great for a really energy-efficient city so this is a step in the right direction. also here, the sport define features of course some key elements representing the warriors here. we have this hometown spirit in san francisco. this renovation project was made possible by pepsi and creative sports concept and it's positively impacting the community and we're going to see it play out for us today. and recognizing mike taylor, you can raise their hand please. with creative sports, thank you, mike. to let you know that mike is the director of global operations and his amazing team and we want

to thank them for this beautiful court and all the improvements you see here today. i also would like to acknowledge here, mike kits, your senior vice president partners. raise your hand, please. thank you, mike. [applause] and also yoyo chan. warriors vice president of public affairs. first up on our speakers' list, please give a warm welcome to mayor london breed. >> hello, everyone. you know, i'm really excited to be here today. earlier today, we were at rosa parks. many of you know rosa parks and the pink pallet down the street on connects and westbound ser and we celebrated the rehabilitation of over 200 units there just like we celebrated the units that were rehabilitated here at west side court last year in february.

when we talked about rad and rehabilitation because of the many public housing units in san francisco were being neglected and they were in need of refurbishing. no one wanted to do hardly anything and when i became supervisor, we were able to make this happen and but over 3600 public housing units throughout san francisco has been refurbished. it's not good enough. this court, work had not been completely up to par. the nets were not up. the back board did not look like this. and we had so many kids who wanted to play on this court and we had kids who wanted to play

when it got dark early. and so, at that time, we made a commitment to do something about it and today, we're fulfilling that commitment faster than what i would have thought possible and clearly, you know, with the city and the challenge and trying to get things done in timely manner, the warriors foundation, the community foundation stepped in and said we would do it. they've done more than a dozen court refurbishing through out san francisco because they know it's important to have these fun, recreational spaces that are the places that create tomorrow's steph currie steph cl the other nba players we love. we want to make sure west side court has the community resources they deserve. this rehab has been absolutely incredible and i'm so glad to see so many of the residents out

here today. we also know that there are a lot of young people here who want to play and they're also a lot of our elders who want to play as well. this space will do just that in bringing the community together. so i'm looking forward to the first tip-off. i see everyone has their jerseys on and the basketballs are all over the place. we are hoping that today is just the beginning of an opportunity for so many people to use this space to just develop their memories, have fun, enjoy one another, make that community connection and then who knows, maybe one of these kids might end up playing for the golden state warriors, you never know. [applause] >> thank you all so much for being here today and let's play. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor breed. the wind everyone, who knew. so next up we have here on our

speaker listed dr. james mccrae from west side courts housing partnerships llp and he will say a few words for us. [applause] >> you got it, mayor. my brothers and sisters. i want to thank the city and county of san francisco, the san francisco housing authority, related and all of the many others who have opened this possibility up not only for participating as a owner and developer but also from all of the communities to experience the joy of having attention paid to you. the joy of having attention paid

to you. we have a simple theme in tabernacle, it's seek the welfare of the city for in its welfare you will find your welfare. it is this theme that is driven us over these now nearly 22 years to be involved in seeking the welfare of other communities cities and county of san francisco from its top to its bottom. this moment is just the further indication that if we join together in seeking one another's welfare, great things can happen and joy can be experienced. we can come together and feel good about what we have done and said rather than feel disappointment and shame. thank you, everyone for being out this afternoon.

for being a part of this opportunity to say we all matter because we're all going to pay attention to one another. thank you. [applause] >> next up i want to bring supervisor dean preston to the front. from district 5 here. speak a little bit more about the impacts of this court. >> thank you so much. i'm going to move over here so i'm not looking right into the sun. it's really an honor to be here on this beautiful day with all of you and to celebrate this new court here in this community. also, it's an honor to be here with the mayor with our former supervisor vallie brown. we have two prior supervisors and the current so three in total here today, which i think signifies the importance of this investment in the community.

as we all know too well, in district and an area of the city that has suffered from really decades of dis investment led by the assault at the national level on our community's particularly the african american communities in san francisco and beyond and it is hardening when we see some of that being reversed through investments like the comments investments in the community and refurbishment of housing here and the refurbishment of this court which is so important as a place for recreation, athletics and as a community space to really build community that is absolutely essential particularly at this time so i'm looking forward to the tip off and to getting to know and i know some of you are looking forward to get to know those of

you who i haven't met before, i just took office a month ago and it's just thrilling to be here as part of our celebration so thank you both to the mayor and our former supervisor and the warriors and to accept se pepsid aquafina. >> pepsi values its partnership with the warriors and the community foundation which is why i would now like to bring up sean king, vice president general manager west division from pepsi co. thank you, everybody. i think i'm going to try to move over a little bit myself to get away from the sun. first let me say, i am just absolutely incredibly honored and proud to be here today with the warriors, the local community, and of course most importantly the children that are going to be able to be

playing on these brand new courts. pepsi is proud to be a partner of the golden state warriors and it is incredibly humbling to be partnered with such a great organization that allows us to do events like this and have such a deep impact on the community. this is the fourth refurbishment we partnered in with the warriors and it's part of a larger beautification effort across the bay area led by our brands life water and aquafina. pepsi has deep roots in california. we have been in this state for over 84 years and have hundreds of employees that work within the bay. this is our community. we work, we live, and we are proud to represent the bay. projects like this mean so incredibly much to our teams and our people and to this

community. which again, it's something that all of us are a much bigger part of and wore so honored and excited to be here with this group. i also think it's important to recognize the importance of affordable housing. west side courts offer san francisco residents a chance to improve their quality of life with affordable accommodations and we are honored to help boost their community ties with this new basketball court. so again, o mayor breed, the community, the warriors, thank you for this incredible partnership and i'm very much looking forward to tip off. thank you. >> thank you, we are almost there to our exciting tip off. but first, i want to bring up brandon schneider, warrior chief revenue officer to say a few words for us. >> thank you, very much. it is a very exciting day to be here at west side courts. staring into the sun. as you can tell, we plan today specifically around the trade dead lines. i'm sure everybody saw the moves bob myers and team made today. the good news is they spared me,

i didn't get traded. maybe that was just so i could spend the time here at today's events and maybe in the future, we will make sure to plan this after the trade deadline. thank you to the city of san francisco and all the residents of west side courts for letting us spend the afternoon with you. and a huge thank you to pepsi for your suppose sort and making this court possible for the community. i also like to specifically thank san francisco mayor london breed, who we obviously just heard from and her team for their on going community impact efforts. this court is another example of her leadership in guidance to include all san francisco residents access to community resources. i would also like to thank and acknowledge supervisor preston for his advocacy and representation of our city and district 5 residents. we look forward to partnering with you. so our goal with the warriors is to compete for championships every year. if joe was here he may not agree with me and the last five years, may tell a different story. we're probably not going to win the championship every year.

this year may be an example of that. we'll be back next year. i like that. but joe's wife, nicole, was a big part of launching the warriors community foundation in 2012 and that's to ensure we can be championships in the community every year. our community foundation granted over $12 million since 2012 to ensure educational equity in both san francisco and alameda counties and one of the other things we're focus on is doing court refurbishments threw out the bay area. today is a huge milestone for us. as it's actually our 85th court refurbishment we've done here in the bay area. they tell me it's 380,000 square feet of playing surface we've done. i wanted to recognize again, let's have another round of

applause for mike and his team from creative sports for awful their incredible work on the court tonight. [applause] so playing sports provides such an amazing opportunity for youth and community members to create positive change in their community and to build self-confidence. this court will be an incredible center piece for the west side courts residential community and we hope that it instills confidence to those that use and and for you kids here today, we hope you will really take advantage of these new courts. you can truly be anything you want to be. who knows, maybe one of you will be the mayor of san francisco one day. [laughter] >> you stole my line. my other line was maybe one of you will follow in the footsteps of the next speaker who did play in the nba. so you guys may have noticed this tall guy standing over here, i don't know if this podium is going to work for him. the eighth over all pick in the 1997 nba draft golden state warriors drafted him. he played for us for 11 years,

1997 to 2007. he actually graduated in 1999 from colgate university magna kum lad a means he is smart with a history degree. he is founded an organization called democracy matters to help deepen democracy and train youth how to run effective grassroots movements. his accomplished career includes his induction to the world sports humanitarian hall of fame first commitment to the community. it's my honor to welcome to the stage -- >> this is so awesome. are you guys ready to hoop over there! that doesn't sound con for instancing! >> are you ready to hoop! >> that's much better. i was dropped b drafted by the n 1997 and i'm still a part of this organization is their undying commitment to our community. as an organization and athletes,

we believe that we have a morale imperative to help make our community better. and i think that from the organization from the top to bottom, all of our players embodies that philosophy. for me it's a bit more personal. i think that sports is one of those things that give you amazing opportunities to do whatever you want to do. for me, it's been about being the first person in my family to go to college. i got an athletic scholarship coming from an island of 500 people. what you guys have is a unique opportunity to learn some of the values that sports presents. commitment, being self-motivated, really the desire to compete at the highest level and still be great teammates. those values are life values. but the thing that i want to leave you guys with before we

play some basketball is a few things. one, you don't always have to be an athlete. you can be an incredible student. so the time you just need the opportunity to get into the dough. when i came from the island being the first person in my family to go to college, i played basketball very hard but i also understood that i have an opportunity to become exceptional with my mind as well as my physical body. you guys have that as well. the other thing is, along the way, there would be a lot of people who tell you you can't do things because of where you come from. don't ever believe them. there's everything you have within you guys to be incredible, to be great, to be exceptional. just continue to believe that truth. this court is an opportunity for us to pull our community together but more than that,

it's to mirror values that i believe have been the corner stone of my life. a commitment t to a higher purpe than ourselves. so today, let's get some hoops going! let's play! i thank everybody for coming. you guys are truly incredible and i thank this community for allowing us to be part of it. thank you guys so very much. [applause] >> thank you so much! i want to say on behalf of the warriors community foundation, a big thank you to pepsi and also aquafina, san francisco the community and everything here as well as the bay area. also thank you to the warriors community and foundation and creative sports concepts for refurbishing this beautiful court that we are all on right now and most importantly thank you all for being here today! so kids, are you ready to play baseballbasketball! come on inside! i'm going to ask the adults to

make your way to the sidelines. we can get these athletes out here! >> when he throws it up jump up and hands on -- >> 3, 2, 1! welcome to this i'me commission president and if you remember, the public and you want to speak there are speaker forms you can fill out which are at the front table or step to the microphone when i call you to public comment. we ask that everybody turns off ei