we're really excited to be able to open up our schools in less than two weeks. we can't wait to have your students back teaching and learning all of of this together again. we're looking forward to make it safe. >> i want to go back to what chief smith was saying, we one of the things i said back a year ago important. it's how important it is we take care of each other. tell your parents. any signs, stay home.

>> thank you. sadly, that is the end of our time. we want to thank all our panel and people participating for making the time to be with us today. as well as the host partners, the department of public health, uc san francisco. we know that there are many more questions that we have time to answer. we will work to get these answers to these questions and share that information through your organizations. we'll send material and esend out recording of this meeting that is on sfgov tv youtube channel and facebook live. thank you again for being here and good night.

all right everyone. hi, i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i want to thank you all for joining us today. i want to give a shout out to the folks vax to max. i want to thank you for hanging out and trying to get people to vaccinate because i know you want to go back to school quickly. i don't know about you, but when i was a kid, i wasn't pushing to go back to school on any given day and clearly our children need to be back in school. and part of making sure they're back in school, making sure they're safe. making sure our communities are safe is important for us to do our part and this is how everyone can do their part is at least get vaccinated.

in san francisco, about 84% of san franciscans have received at least their first dose of the vaccine, but sadly, with the african american community, that's about 64%. with the latino community, it's at about 74%. and we need to make sure that those communities are getting the vaccine because what we're seeing with almost 100 people now in the hospital that most of those folks are african american and latino. and so it's important to us because also, the other issue is that most of the people who are in the hospital, i think dr. colfax has the specifics, but they've not been vaccinated. so even if, you know, i as a vaccinated person gets a vaccine, if i get the and the

fact is that person can get sick and end up in the hospital and that person can potentially day. this really is a matter of life or death. i understand people have concerns. and i understand that people are frustrated with the mask mandates and all the other requirements. i get it. this has been tough and it's been a long time, but as i have said time and time again just because we are tired of the vaccine -- i mean, just because we are tired of covid-19, just because we are tired of all the rules and regulations and being told what to do, just because we are sick of it, doesn't mean it's sick of us. it's not gone because we want it to be gone. so what this means is we have to do even more and as a result, we have decided to take our case to the public in a different way. if you have at least five to twelve people who want to be vaccinated, we will bring our doctors and nurses and

equipment and other resources to you. all you have to do is go sf.gov/vaxtoyou. so we'll provide you all with that information. it's important that we make it as easy as possible. there are a number of pop-up locations in the mission. we are trying to make this as easy as possible. and we know and vaccines specifically in the african american community. the fact is we're at a different time where we really need to focus on saving lives.

we've not even had six hundred deaths even in one of the densest cities in the last 15 months because of this virus. if we go at the rate that we're going, we expect within a couple of weeks according to dr. colfax to lose at least 300 people. that's why we've had to put together the appropriate vaccine outreach team as well as mandatory mask indoors even for those who are vaccinated. the last thing we need that's

the easiest thing you could do to support one another. we should be so proud. san francisco's a dense city and we had one of the lowest death rates. we all came together in the beginning of this pandemic. we took care of our neighbors. we went we got that last hurdle l, that last stretch. it's like the nineth inning and we just need one more hit out the ball park. and if we all just roll up our sleeves and start to get vaccinated even though we have concerns, we're doing it for our fellow san franciscans. and, so with that, i want to turn it over to dr. grant colfax. >> good afternoon everybody and thank you, mayor breed for your

ongoing leadership during this pandemic. i want to thank chiba piano lounge for sponsoring this. and, of course, the amazing dph team, the mobile team led by dr. mary mercer. just remarkable work. we have 77% of eligible san franciscans now fully vaccinated in our city. so this is a remarkable achievement and, i think while the next few weeks will be very challenging and we're seeing covid-19 increase dramatically in our city, it's very important to remember that hundreds if not thousands of lives have been saved. we're in a much better place than during the fall and winter surge because people are vaccinated. because these vaccines work. because they keep you out of the hospital. because they are saving lives as we speak. if you are not vaccinated in

san francisco. this is not a good time to be vaccinated. the delta variant is here. it accounts for more than 90% of our cases now. and it is a highly transmissible and there's emerging evidence that it's more likely that you would end up in the hospital compared to the virus we were dealing with just a few months ago. this is covid on steroids. the difference now between being vaccinated and not getting vax if you do get covid-19, it could be -- if you're vaccinated versus not vaccinated, it could be the difference between spending a few days in your bed at home, versus spending a few weeks in an i.c.u. bed. very important that people get vaccinated. we know that the health officers across the region, recently instituted an

indoormandate effective today. that is a temporary measure to decrease the spread of the virus. we were at just twelve cases of covid-19 just a few weeks ago in late may and early june. now we're over 200 a day. we need to continue to slow the spread. do our part. we will bring the vaccine it to you. the mayor just announced this. we're doing everything we can. we will work with you. we will get the team there, let's max the vax across the city. 77% more to go. we're doing everything we can to get people vaccinated. the vaccines continue our way out. these next few weeks are going to be challenging. the best protection is the vaccine, the masking, and telling your friends, your family members, your community members get vaccinated today. thank you. >> any questions about the vaccine related stuff?

>> if i had told me in my family, would you come to my house? >> yes. we can do that and we've already been doing that. so people can sign up and we will be there. >> can people come up and say, hey, i live outside san francisco, it's going to take a long time for me to make an appointment. >> we're really focusing on san francisco's residents at this point to try to get those numbers up and we're coordinating with other counties. so i think if people have other questions, we can put them in touch with the local health department to make sure they get vaccinated as well. >> i'm wondering if you can talk about zuckerberg sf general and the decisions of the supplemental costs of those getting johnson and johnson shots. [inaudible] mrna pfizer. >> so i just want to make it really clear, we have not changed our policy as a health

department and as a city with regard to following cdc guidelines for administering vaccines. if people have received a johnson and johnson and are requesting a second shot, we will accommodate them, but our policy has not changed nor has it changed at zuckerberg general hospital. >> have there been studies on that? >> yes. so in consultation with infectious disease experts, the decision was made again. if people are requesting a second shot after johnson and johnson, we will accommodate that, be but we're not changing our policy at this point. >> any indication it does improve the efficacy of the johnson and johnson shot? >> i think the important thing is right now we don't have conclusive data on additional shots beyond what the cdc is recommending. but, again, in consultation with infectious disease experts, we do think this is

safe and accommodate people if they so request. >> break through cases, are they mostly people who have been vaccinated with johnson and johnson or why johnson and johnson? >> so i think really the key point is that break through cases remain relatively rare compared to people who are not vaccinated. that's really important. all these vaccines are incredibly effective in terms of reducing the risk of hospitalization. and, again, we're continuing to follow cdc guidelines whether they are the mrna or johnson and johnson vaccines. accommodating people and are requesting an additional shot. but the break through infections, i think really, i understand the focus on break through infections here, but i think it really misses the big picture. the key reason we did the indoor mask mandate and so forth is because we need to get more people quickly vaccinated as soon as possible. that includes the johnson and johnson mrna vaccine.

we will follow cdc recommendations going forward. >> are you still administering the j&j? >> absolutely. it's a good vaccine. and we will continue to administer it. we have lots of vaccines available. if people want the mrna vaccine, we will do that. we have the menu and it's available. >> what would you say to people who are tired of wearing masks and being [inaudible] ? >> well, i'm disappointed that the health office, i'm sorry that we had to go to indoor masking as well. it's the right thing to do in terms of where we are right now. especially, our projections are showing cases are going to continue to increase through this month and early september, so we really need to slow down the transmission. what i would say if you're tired of wearing a mask, if you're not vaccinated, for god's sake get vaccinated and get your family and friends vaccinated. >> had is there an now that

this delta variant is surging and it is so much more contagious, a lot of those sites, they've shut down? >> so we're continuing to work with our other health partners across the city to ensure there's adequate testing for people. d.p.h. has been doing over 40% of the tests that have been administered. so just to emphasize that piece working with kaiser and c.p.m.c. but we're exploring a number of possibles. we know that compared to where we were, there's a lot more home testing available. so we're encouraging people to use that and talking to our partners about expanding testing options in the future. and at the health department, our testing focus remains in our clinics for the skilled nursing facilities and shelters. those are really key areas where we're going to continue to support testing. >> a lot of people are excited to get an appointment online.

what would you say in terms of wait times and is the city considering those mask mandates [inaudible] ? >> so, again, we're looking at options to potentially expand testing and encouraging our other partners, kaiser to expand testing and we have drop-in testing as well. we have pop-up testing where covid-19 is most prevalent. so if those drop-in sites where people can literally walk in, you can still get tested on a drop-in basis. >> roughly 5,000 tests are being done a day. where do you expect to see that number -- where do you want to see that number? >> yeah. i think testing is obviously an ongoing key issue for us to support cross the city. i don't want testing to distract us from the need to get fully vaccinated. i'm hoping we can mitigate some

of the wait times. i expect those to unfortunately continue to go up. you know, we're down to fewer than 2,000 tests a day, now we're at 5,000. if we expand up to 9,000 a day, we're going to continue the need to expand. and/or to use those home testing kits and use the kaiser ucsf and other health care systems in addition to look at what the health department has available. >> the city is spending more resources on these mobile vaccination sites. >> well, the vaccine because it's more complex, we will have always spent more resources because testing is a little bit easier. we are going to continue to look at the ability to expand. we can do both things at the same time. but we're at a different stature now. so we need to do both things

well at the same time. >> can you expect restrictions here in the city and if businesses were to require that you be vaccinated in order to enter that business, would the city approve that? >> yeah. we're very supportive of businesses and other entities requiring proof of vaccination for people to enter the premises. >> and, now, new york city is doing that. they're talking about they want restaurants and venues and fitness centers proof of vaccination. at least is the city considering taking that step? >> we're exploring that. again, right now, we've seen that a number of bars and restaurants and other entities are doing that and we're very supportive of that and encouraging people to take advantage of that policy with regard to showing proof of vaccination at these entities. >> one more question. what goes into deciding if san francisco wants vaccine mandates like new york city.

like why not yet? >> well, i just think we're exploring the pieces right now. again, i think that the good news is that san francisco businesses were one of the first in the country as far as i know to adopt this voluntarily. and i think it's really trying to determine, you know, in working with various entities is there a need to implement policies similar to new york's or is this going to happen more on the basis of what's being driven in the community. i think we saw that in other situations with the pandemic as well is people, communities are adapting the practices that they know slow the transmission. so we're exploring that. the thank you. >> what do you say about the people that are afraid about the side effects of the vaccine and that's why they don't want to take it? >> yeah. we know and there have been millions of people in the united states these vaccines

are incredible safe. look who's dying of covid-19 right now, it's people who are unvaccinated. these vaccines work, they're safe and effective. thank you. so i want to thank ned and israel from chiba lounge for hosting us today. are there any other questions related to the vaccine? all right. any other questions in general? >> [inaudible] >> well, what i want to start by saying is the stipulation that i signed with the ethics commission after having numerous discussions, i feel is fair, we worked out an agreement with the staff to address some of the challenges that we are listed in the stipulation and in particular, there were mistakes made.

i take full responsibility for those mistakes and i've learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office and as i said in my statement, i made it clear that at no time have any of the things related to this stipulation had any impact on the decisions that i've made as mayor. and, my hope is that over time, i've been able to prove that and overtime, moving forward, i'll be able to continue to approve that. >> [inaudible] >> well, i hope that the work that i've done and addressing one of the most challenging times in our city's history which is not directly related to the challenges that exist in the stipulation. i would hope that my record and what i've done over the past couple of years will make a difference as well as the work that i'm -- that i do moving forward. i mean, it's difficult because, you know, people may look at this, of course, and feel a certain kind of way. i can't completely control

that. i can only make sure that i do exactly what a leader in this city should do. when you make a mistake. you step up, you take responsibility for your action. you put it all out there and you hope that people will look at it and realize that, you know, you're human just like anybody else and the goal is to make sure that i completely make it clear to the public that at no time in any of these, you know, challenges that existed that, you know, i allowed any of this to impact the decisions that i've made in running the city and it's going to take some time to demonstrate and ensure the public that my goal is to lead this city, to continue to do my job and at no time have i ever allowed any of these issues to interfere with the decisions that i make in this office and i will continue to do that. >> did you believe you were doing anything wrong at the

time [inaudible] the letter heads regarding the letter for your brother or [inaudible] and do you recognize that those things --? >> at the time that i did them, no i did not. >> and now? >> and, now i do understand that they are a problem and i will be doing things differently. for example, the event, the pride parade in san francisco, i've always had a float during the pride parade, it's just the way that it was covered during this time period was different that how i had covered it before and so i realize that that was problematic even though this is -- the pride parade is not a campaign event, it's not -- it's a civic occasion. it's a way in which mayor and public elected officials all participate, but i've always had a float and in this particular case, there was a mistake made and so we're correcting that mistake. okay. any more questions? all right. thank you.

this special occasion. i am community ambassador for the hottest team in baseball right now. your san francisco giants. right, kids? right? i'm so happy to be here with

you for this ceremony in honor of a new baseball field right here at gillman playground. and now to begin our program for those of you that are seated, would you kindly please rise and remove your cap for the national anthem. for the latin jazz ensemble, mr. jorge elington. ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light. what so proudly we hailed at

the twilight's last gleaming ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ for the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> thank you, mr. elington. thank you, sir.

thank you so much. and, everyone, i would like to acknowledge all of the v.i.p.s that are with us this morning. we are pleased to be joined by san francisco mayor, the honorable london breed. state senator scott weiner. assembly member david chu. san francisco and recreation park commissioner andy jupiter jones. [cheers and applause] >> president and c.e.o. mr. larry bear. giants broadcaster and good tidings sports caster david flemming. co-chair of the giants community fund kelly larkin cooper. founder of the good tidings foundation, larry harper.

[applause] >> giants community fund executive director sue peterson. and, you know our giants players do so much community outreach and one of whom is very involved in the community all while raising her precious children and supporting her all star husband jenn crawford. >> and a three-time all star who's having one heck of a season, your giant's short stop number 35 brandon crawford. [cheers and applause] >> i also like to recognize staff members of the san francisco recreational parks

department. staff members of the good tidings foundation along with the larry harper family. board members and staff of the giants community fund. and, we have members of our giants front office staff as well. thank you all for being here and always show your support. oh, no. i have not forgotten you because it would not be a giants celebration without our very own mascot, the great lucille. now this is a great community project with many organizations and joining hands. we've got a great lineup of speakers celebrating today. in the leadoff spot, see what i did there she is really our true host for the day and we

thank her for her bold and extraordinary leadership for this difficult year and a half. it's my pleasure to bring to the podium the 45th mayor of the city and county of san francisco, the honorable london breed. >> thank you. it's so great to be here in the bayview hunter's point community. this is exactly what i hope for for communities like the bayview and all over the city. and, in fact, brandon, i was a short stop when i played softball. i wasn't so bad and you played at this field when we played teams when i was in junior high school and let me tell you, this field does not look like it does today so i am so happy for all of you. the junior giants and for the

sf bayside. all girls, one of the largest public baseball teams for girls in the country and annie jupiter jones is here. so if any of you want to play, any of the girls who are here today, please make sure that you talk to annie because we want to make sure that young people know there are no limits to what they can do. that they can be whatever they want, participate in whatever they want and so making sure that they have places like this to play, to grow, to thrive. it is so important because you know, like i was one of those kids, i didn't always listen. i wouldn't have been able to listen like some of the kids are doing right now because i always wanted to be into something. always playing. always active. always wanting to do what i wanted to do. and, in fact, when we provide

spaces so that kids can do what they want to do, so that they can learn incredible sports. so they can learn about team work, this is what we're doing. we're preparing them for the future. so if you want to hit a double like brandon crawford did just yesterday and be apart of a world championship team, you can do exactly that. so i want to thank the giants for their investment in this and i also want to thank the tidings. i want to thank the san francisco rec and parks department because they put together the resources to renovate this particular field and, in fact, i want to also say to all the voters of the city and county of san francisco, thank you for the parks fund in 2012 and continued support for park. we're able to renovate fields like this, but that playground that these kids are going to go play in after this is over, thank you so much that we are

able to make these investments. and, i want to lastly say this to all the speakers, keep it short because i know these kids don't want to sit here for that long, do you? >> you guys are ready to play, right? >> yes. >> okay. let's be patient. we've got a few run ups. be patient with us and we'll make sure we get out there and have a good time. everybody, thank you so much for the rec and park staff, to the community in the bayview hunter's point. to the elementary school and all the folks who are part of this amazing community. well, we can't play right now, but we will be soon. and thank you, for coming out here and hosting this great event. have a wonderful day everybody. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, madam mayor. i have a feeling you were an all star short stop when you were playing softball.

and, now, we are joined by our state senator representing senate district 11 which includes all of san francisco, broadmore colma, please welcome state senator scott weiner. thank you. i was not an all star first off. first of all, let's hear did for our mayor for leading us through this pandemic and it's not over yet, but i know that mayor breed is going to lead us through. i thank the mayor and when we were on the board of supervisors. we fought so hard for funding for our parks. i think a lot of times, it gets

criticized. the buses aren't on time. there's always criticisms of the city. but when you look at what the city of san francisco has done with our park system over the last 20 years, it is extraordinary. as the partnership with the voters, it's a partnership with the community organizations like the giants, but we have been renovating every single park in san francisco. every rec center, every pool. every baseball field. everything has gotten renovated of what our government can do and what our city can do when we all come together and move in a common direction. and resources that this community deserves and our southeast neighborhoods are part of the heart of san francisco and it is amazing to

see gilman or the work being done in the mcclaron park. we are all in it together and we know from this pandemic, our parks matter. we're told you should be outside and the parks were a lifeline during this pandemic and it's going to continue to be a lifeline for our community. this is incredibly exciting. thank you to the giants for being such an amazing community partner. it's truly the heart of san francisco and let's just enjoy this baseball field. thank you everyone. [applause] >> thank you so much. appreciate you being here as well. next up is another tireless public servant and actually, we did a community event earlier this week on tuesday. it's great to see him out here again. please welcome my friend assembly member david chu. >> good afternoon san

franciscans. i've always wanted to do this. boys and girls if i say "let's go" what do you say? let's go. >> giants. >> i'm going to be very brief. when i'm in sacramento and senator weiner knows this. we have rivalries. we talk about democrats and republicans, we talk about red and blue, but there's one rivalry we often don't talk about. when our whole people crushed them i've got to tell you, we might of sent some texts. to say we beat l.a. this is what it's about. it's about our team taking the

field. i just want to say all of you are part of a team here in san francisco that's making it happen for our city and not just our amazing giants. i want to thank larry and our community. we have a team led by our c.e.o. and our coach mayor london breed who has hit that out of the park with so many of you representing the community, representing public safety, representing the nonprofit community, representing philanthropy. and let me just end with one final thing which is this is my neighborhood park. i live three minutes from here. my son and i come here on weekends to play and gilman has never looked better. [applause] >> and, as scott said, you know, under the leadership of mayor breed, the south neighborhoods of the bayview is getting the investments that it

deserves. ten years ago, when we came to this playground, we thought will the bayview ever get the resources it needs. and this year, this is the third playground revitalization playground that i've been to. just thank you to all of you. we're making sure that while these kids are junior giants. some day, someone on this park might be the next brandon crawford. someone in this park might be the next london breed. and we know that every kid in this park is a winner today thanks to the giants and thanks to all you're doing. have a wonderful afternoon, thank you. [applause] >> thank you, david. and now batting in the clean up spot, is a woman who loves her baseball. please welcome annie jupiter-jones.

>> thank you. thank you everyone. my name is annie and i have the honor to represent the rec and park commission along with my fellow commissioners. we are so excited to be here. we are so grateful to the giants community fund, the crawford family and the good tidings foundation to help us re-open this playground. as a city kid, i was born and raised in san francisco and that means i learned to love the giants right here. how many of you got to see a giants game at state park. maybe not as fancy as being at oracle park. i'm so happy in the giants in being able to make the adjustment where it was so important. please welcome board member of the good tidings foundation, your giants broadcaster dave flemming.

>> mayor breed had the right idea. sometimes it's better just to grab that microphone, it's a little easier to do. real quick from me because i am here. i am a proud san francisco resident. being here today just as somebody who loves the city makes me really proud. i'm the broadcaster for the giants. our giants have the best record in all of baseball. brandon crawford is having an amazing season. so i'm here on behalf of the giants and the city, but also on behalf of the good tidings foundation. it's a wonderful organization. those of you who don't know much. take a minute to learn as much as you can about all the great stuff that we do. i do want to acknowledge i don't know where larry and ronnie are hiding right now. can we just give them another round of applause. we really appreciate your

efforts. also, the grass that you're sitting on comes from west coast stir ups. i think that's pretty cool. i just want to say to brandon and jaylin, it has been a pleasure for me. i watched just about every game brandon's been in. our giants franchise goes back to 1883. but it has been even more of a pleasure for me to be around brandon as a person. he is a delightful young man who cares about this city, cares about his team, cares about kids and not just his own kids. i'm really proud of you today for all that you've done over

the course of your giants career. and you should be proud too. thank you everybody for having me. [applause] >> thank you so much. i appreciate you. and i want to take this opportunity to piggy back on what the mayor and assembly member chu and annie was saying. the there could be a future giants announcer out here as well. because momma's getting old. baseball is such a part of this community as you heard from all of our speakers in so many ways and these wonderful kids also participate in our junior

giants programs and the city of san francisco as well as 85 other communities throughout the state of california. it is a free program for more than 2,300 boys and girls and this program teaches our kids both baseball skills and important life skills because i know you all heard it before, baseball really is a metaphor for life. as they continue on with their education and their sports. now, it is my honor to introduce to you giants president and c.e.o. larry bear. >> thank you. i'm going to it take my cues from the boss, the mayor of san francisco and i'm going to keep remarks short because after me as they said is the greatest short stop in history of the san francisco giants and new york giants. so that's back 138 years. i just want to share a couple

of things. one is how special it is to come to this neighborhood where really most of my childhood memories were made. watching willy mays and barry bonds play. and at bayview hunter's park. there's a member of all the volunteering from giants staff would do and still does at brett heart school and incredible community relationship we have here. so it's just such a pleasure to return to gilman field. we had a situation back in 1992 where the office moved and we had a rally in one thousand nine hundred ninety-two and there was a four-year-old and

this picture exists in our ball park, we had a four-year-old on the shoulders of his father holding up a sign that said, "save my giants." you want to guess would that 4-year-old was? yes. pointing over here. brandon crawford. this is also giving back to this neighborhood and to our city for brandon crawford. just a round of applause for brandon. the greatest giants short stop in history. as we mentioned, this is 21 fields have been rebuilt. many in san francisco and it's just such a pleasure for the junior giants and the bay side to be able to use these fields and, you know, it's probably one of the greatest things that i think any of us from the giants can do.

we're going to lose games. we're going to win games. we're going to open the world series a lot. we aspire every year. this is something we can do that will live forever and i cannot thank enough mary and larry and ronnie harper. larry has literally lived here at this field to make sure it's as beautiful today. it just completely fulfills our dream of what gilman field could be. where david chu lives nearby. so thank you for your partnership with junior giants. it's been mentioned that san francisco rec and park is a very involved partner.

working with phil ginsburg and we thank so much all the work that park and rec has done because it's literally a partnership. and the public private partnershipses, you can talk about them, but you have to do them and this is done and several others in the city have done and our goal is to do one a year and if not in san francisco, we work with communities in east paloalto and richmond. but we really do believe that the focus should be as much as possible in our back yard in san francisco. so thank you to the city of san francisco and park and rec and thank you for the amazing partnership that i have to acknowledge the giants community fund board and kelly coover who has been is mazing

with her leadership. and cassandra hoffman. russel maps who cannot be here today who has been truly a leader for us in norwegianing these so now we can get to the person we all want to see and hear from to thank. someone who's leading us in a really powerful way on this field and we had a game tonight against houston. so let's hear from the man who at 4 years old said "save my giants" with a sign. brandon crawford.

[cheers and applause] >> thanks, larry. and, thank you everybody for being here and who helped put this thing together and helped at the field and just honored to be here with my family, all these special guests that we've heard speak, the junior giants and everybody here. as we -- as we're here to celebrate the opening of the gilman playground baseball field. it looks awesome. my relationship with the giants started 34 years ago. i was fortunate enough to go to a lot of games with my naernts.

i was such a big fan that when i was your guys' age i did an assignment in kindergarten and that's what i wanteded to do when i got older and grew up. and that was an easy answer. and my parents always emphasized getting an education first, but they also supported me in every way of chasing my dreams. my dad was my little league coach. he emphasized the importance of fundamentals, discipline, and hard work. he taught me that if i wanted to be the best, i needed to not just show up for team practices, but put in the extra work. needed to take extra batting practice, extra fielding practice as well and work on speed and agility. i also need to be a good teammate and be respectful. i hope to instill these qualities into my own kids.

the importance of hard work and being respectful. and baseball has gotten me to the position i am in today. it's important to key life skills, a way to give back to the community. it gave me an opportunity to go to college and get an education. it's helped me meet some of my closest friends. taught me the importance of team work. to work together and be an unselfish team member. it taught me how to deal with pressure. learning how to adjust in life and embrace challenges. it helps all areas of life. teaches you to deal with failure as well as success. there's plenty of failure in baseball. you'll get out, strike out, make mistakes and make errors.

but then you'll also make corrections, try harder, work harder and be successful. our theme this year for the giants has been resilience. baseball teaches resilience and resilience helps you deal with the ups and downs of life. so my wife and i are so happy we're able to give back to the community in this way and bring young people together here and give them an opportunity to learn life lessons that will help them chase their dreams also. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much, brandon. we appreciate all dough on and off the field and lucille i think you'll help me on this.

mvp! mvp! so now we thought it would be fun to do a little 7th inning stretch. for the kids of the bayview and lead please welcome community member earnest east. earnest and the kids, take it away! yes. you guys ready? >> yeah. >> all right. you've got this. >> how's everybody. how about a wonderful hand for these wonderful children out here. i guarantee it's and

encouraging them to do their best. give me a round of applause, parents. you can join us if you will. ♪ take me out to the ball game take me out to the crowd ♪ buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks ♪ i don't care if i never get back. ♪ it's root root root for the giants ♪ if they don't win it's a

shame ♪ it's one, two, three strikes you're out at the old ball game! [cheers and applause] >> great job. check check. there we go. how about a round of applause for our kids. special cameo appearance. that was fantastic. all right. as we close out today's ceremonies everybody, it is time for a ceremony alfirst pitch just like we do every night before the baseball

games. and, brandon, if you wouldn't mind, we'd like you to do the catching. have you do the catch, brandon. everyone doing the pitching for us. headed to the mound as one special junior giants player. she is 11 years old. angel wisinger. whenever you're ready, angel. you know what to do. [cheers and applause] >> way to go, angel.

good job. very well done. all right. we're almost about to wrap things up here if we can just have you all be patient and wait a little while and then get to the car. brandon's got to take to the field tonight as you take on the houston astros. we're going to have a little time and let them get to the car and i wangt to thank all of you so much for coming and all of you kids, we want you to look to your camp leaders for instructions after the crawford family has. so be sure to look to your camp leaders.

if anybody wants to go to the giants game, we have tickets. so look for our staff in the orange shirt. if you can or anybody that would like to go tonight. they're going to be over here. okay. right outside the gate there as you exit, check in with them. game one of your san francisco giants. let brandon and the family get out.

good morning phil. good morning san francisco. i am san francisco mayor london breed and i am so excited to be here with each and every one of you because san francisco although we're dealing with some challenges with this delta

virus, we're still coming alive again, we're still re-opening, we're still wearing our masks. and what's most important, what's most important we are enjoying our city and we are making these cable cars available to the public, to san franciscans, for the month of august at no charge. so what does that mean? well, you know what happens when someone gives you something free. that means you have to be patient because during the month of august, typically what will be happening is these operators that are with me today would normally be testing the equipment, making sure things are running smoothly, making sure that they are safe and making sure that the public is safe, so, please, listen to your operators, be patient, be understanding. this is a process. there is not going to be a

complete time schedule, right. yes. but there will be fun and it is worth the wait. you know, san francisco, i can't think of this city without cable cars. and i can't think of this city without all of the great things that we know, love, and treasure. when people come to visit our city, they come downtown here in union square. they go to pier 39 and the fary building. they visit the crooked road on lumbard street. no trip to san francisco is complete without a ride on our cable car. so today, we are officially and i see people are already lined up and waiting to go. we are officially making them available and, as i said to you all before, please be patient. please be understanding. we have just been through a very challenging 16 months with this pandemic and what that means is things won't just go

back to the way that they used to be automatically. it requires all of us to be patient, all of us to be understanding and all of us to do everything we can to just really appreciate the fact that there were lives lost during this pandemic and we are still here, we're still standing and we're still able to enjoy the beauty of san francisco. so, with that, i'll just say have a good time and know and before i introduce jeff actuallin, you have to wear your mask on the cable cars and on muni at this time and please make sure you get vaccinated. it's like this delta variant is like covid on steroids and it's important that people get vaccinated and most of the people coming through our

hospital doors are not vaccinated. we want to get back to normal life. we don't want to shut this country down any longer than we have to so thank you all for being here today and without further adieu, i want to introduce the director jeff tumlin. >> thank you mayor breed. my name is jeffery tumlin and i'm proud to say that on this day, 148 years ago, andrew holiday tested what was then called holiday's falling. adapting obscure gold rush mining technology in order to try to make a form of transportation that can bring san franciscans up and down our crazy hills. no one thought it would work. and cable cars became one of

the most popular forms of public transportation in the city and allow the city to develop beyond the tiny clusters of buildings. we're so pleased that not only did the symbol of san francisco's enginuity survived, but the symbol of our resilience has survived as well. we're many efforts to try to shut them down so i'm so happy to be bringing these services back and i have so many people i have to thank. i need to thank all of the cable car operates and administrators most of whom worked keeping the vaccination clinics running and doing a thousand other jobs as disaster service workers throughout the pandemic. and, they are here.

we are so grateful to them. there are so many people who during the pandemic work to maintain our fleets and rebuild historic ancient cars but i particularly want to thank all of the crews, arnie hanson who delayed his retirement to make sure all of these services made it through the pandemic stronger than they were before so we can continue sustaining this great symbol of san francisco's resiliency. so, without any further adieu, i want to make a couple reminders. first of all, things are going to be a little rough. all three things are operating. they'll be operating from around 7:00 a.m. to around 10:00 p.m. yes, you do need to wear your masks and without any further adieu, i want to invite all of you to join me and the mayor riding the cable cars half way to the stars and beyond.

thank you so much. [cheers and applause]

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar.

you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should

shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's very important that you do so.>.