>> all right. come on up to our commissioners. hi everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed and it's really great to be here today. what a wonderful occasion and what we've done since this pandemic is we've sworn in people to commissions via zoom. and sometimes in person maybe one or two people, but this is the first swearing in that we're having with so many people and i've got to tell you, i'm so very happy about that. so thank you all very much for coming. [ applause ] i want to recognize our sheriff. sheriff, did you come to make

some arrests or something? okay good. sheriff paul miamoto is here. thank you so much, sheriff, for being here. and we definitely have a quorum of commissioners including we've got our rec and park director phil ginsburg. we have our rec and park commissioner joe hallisey. larry mazola jr. and president of the commission mark buell. and when making a decision about who to appoint to the rec and park commission, it's really important to make sure that there are people who have a vast level of experience, but also a sincere love for the parks of san francisco. i grew up here as you all know

and i remember a time when our parks were not in the best shape and what we're seeing now i believe is really a renaissance of san francisco parks because i've gone to a number of our parks especially during this pandemic and i've got to say they are very beautiful and in amazing shape and people are using them and enjoying them like never before. and that is definitely, of course, because of phil's leadership, but also because of the commissioners and the decisions that they make and being strategic about when we bring a parks bond to the people of san francisco and the people of san francisco say yes every single time because we love our parks and we want everyone to have a wonderful experience. look at how beautiful this area here is at lincoln park and

this is just one example of the work that this commission does to protect and to preserve the beautiful parks for the kids, for the dogs, for our seniors, for someone who just wants to sit down and hang out and watch a movie. tonight, i'm going to be at which park am i going to? washington square. i'm going to washington square. they're showing 'princess diaries' at washington square. bring your blanket and bring your jacket too because you know it gets cold at night in san francisco. today, we're swearing in two amazing people and i'll start with larry griffin who as many of you know because he has been actively engaged in city government working for the office of labor standards, but he's also actively engaged with labor and working to make sure that the city is held

accountable to support its workers, that we do all we can to provide equity and fairness and his work as a former board member of the booker t. washington community center was really incredible. this was a center that when i first got my job under the mayor's youth employment training program we went to this center booker t. washington which we hung out here and there depending on if there were cute boys there that day. but we went there for our orientation and there was always, i mean, we were always welcomed there and what it's been transformed to in term officer this $35 million facility with 50 units of housing with transitional age youth and homelessness and others, this was a testament of his leadership as president of the board for six years. he is a community person. he cares about seeing great

things happen for san francisco and, you know, he's a great just genuine, good human being and i have always appreciated not only his advice in council, but also he would always say, mayor, you know we've got to do more to support this or board to support that. it's always something to help someone else and that's why i know he'll be a valuable member of this board. he represents labor. he represents the city. he represents his love for san francisco and the community and i know he'll do a great job for rec and park. so thank you so much, larry, for your commitment and your work. and technically he's retired so i figured he had some extra time on his hands to get back to the city in another way. so thank you so much. and vanita louie we know has been an incredible involved

person in san francisco in so many different aspects. it's so interesting because vanita is involved with the chinatown rotary club and you know all the work they do to support businesses, to give out scholarships and even recently the mask and the ppe that you provided, donated to c.y.c. and other organizations. that has been incredible. i don't know if you noticed, but vanita is always involved with great organizations and one of my favorite is gung moon and i know one of your dogs did a photo shoot at this park. and gung moon recognized your work. she's a dog mom. i'm a plant mom. and i'm proud of that. she has been a big supporter of our parks and advocate of open space and play space for dogs in san francisco, but also an advocate for doing great things

for people and making san francisco a better place. as a small business owner, she knows the challenges of what small businesses deal with in san francisco, but she always has a moment when anyone usuallies and her to get involved in something as long as it's a good cause, she will dedicate her time and be very involved in something that's going to be important and lead to great results for peoples' lives. and so she'll be a great addition to the rec and park commission, amazing individuals who i'm grateful and proud of their work in san francisco. and now with that before we hear from the future commissioners, i'm going to swear them in and make them real commissioners and then you will hear from them as commissioners. so with that, come on up.

come on up. you're the next contestant of 'the price is right'. anybody watch that? i did. i see we have a former mayor in the crowd. thank you very much mayor frank jordan for being with us today. and our assessor recorder joaquin torres. with that, please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, state your name, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i

bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter and during such time as i serve as commissioner for the recreation and park consumption of the city and county of san francisco. [ applause ]

>> i don't know about other mayors, but i've created a city sealed pen with my signature on them so when i swear you in, this talks about the history of our city and the significance of public service and so i wanted to present our new commissioners. i see phil already gave one of those rec and park, those big huge rec and park pens, but mine's a little petite and classy and sophisticated and so i'm going to give my -- you can put these on if you want or wear them whenever but make sure you wear them with pride. for the city and county of san francisco. [ applause ] >> so right now we're going to hear from your newly sworn in commissioners and so i'm going to start with you, commissioner

griffin. [ applause ] >> hello everybody. i wanted to thank the mayor for showing her trust in me to appoint me to this position. one of the reasons i'm really looking forward to this is as a native san franciscan, i grew up in these parks. i knew a lot of the parts of these parks that park and rec doesn't know about, but, no. >> that's why we brought the sheriff. >> yeah. it's an honor to have the mayor's trust to be put in this position. our parks are i think world class if not the best in the world. i was amazed to find out there were 230 of them so that blew me away. one of the things i just wanted to let you folks though is i've always looked at the parks especially going through this last bout with covid as a great

equalizer because it's where everybody goes. the rich, the poor, even the homeless, but it's a place for everybody to recreate. and our folk that is are working class or maybe struggling folks, they don't have an suv that they can pack the kids into and take them away for a weekend to the weekend home. they're going to the park that's within 10 minutes of every house of the city. so i'm looking forward to it. i'm looking forward to serving with these amazing members of the board. i know several of them and i look forward to working with them along with my new partner here. so again, mayor, thank you for entrusting us with these positions. [ applause ] >> i just wanted to thank everybody for coming out to the 17th hole. the number 17 is my favorite number of all numbers.

everybody knows, my e-mail has the number 17 in it. a lot of my passwords have 17 in it. it's really kind of crazy because 7:00 p.m. last night we found out the location was moved to here and mayor breed, thank you for appointing us and giving us the chance to serve the city that we live and love. what can you say more about your parks and open space and how we must protect these gems of jewels for now and for the future for families and for all our community, our residents, and our seniors and everyone who wanted our parks and i want to thank the commissioners that i will and my colleagues, our colleagues, larry, that we will get to know. thank you phil ginsburg. thank you mayor frank jordan for coming. i want to thank all the supporters in the chinatown

community for supporting me in this appointment. the former commissioner, allen lo, we wore some pretty big shoes so i'm going to try to put my small feet in his shoes and continue the work that he's done. there are a lot of parks that are earmarked for renovation that are important to our a.p.i. community and a lot of you are here, so i want to thank you. and thank you everyone and i have to thank my other half, my husband austin louie, he makes me whole. and london is right. i'm a dog person, she's a plant person. and moo moo is here. she's a therapy dog. i want to thank everybody for your time. it's getting hot and i want to thank our beloved mayor london breed. >> all right. now time for the welcoming

committee. i'm going to ask the president of the rec and park commission, president buell to come up and say a few words. >> welcome everybody to the 17th hole. i'm glad that's a lucky number. it doesn't work for me at golf, but that's all right. i just want to be very brief and say how lucky we are to have the parks we have, but how lucky we are to have these two new commissioners. i've known larry a long time and i'm looking forward to getting to know our new commissioner and i just say welcome everybody enjoy it and know that those 230 parks, larry, are now in your hands and they'll only get better. thank you. [ applause ] >> and, i'd also like to ask

phil ginsburg, the general manager to come up and say a few words as well. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor. it's an honor to be in the presence of so many bosses today. i have my two newest bosses that join four other bosses. then we've got the big boss and the most important bosses are all of you. and it's your voices that really shape our park system and make sure that we are living up to commissioner griffin's ideals of parks being a place where we are all equal and equally welcome and that's what we strive to do and it is just an honor to welcome some new blood and some new perspectives and some new guidance which is always helpful because as the mayor likes to remind me, i'm on a learning journey. and so every day we learn something new about how to steward this incredible park system. thank you.

>> all right. we're going to get to signing and make it official. a lot of city paper work. [ laughter ] >> mayor jordan, you remember all this paper work. >> as long as somebody doesn't try to slip in my checkbook. [ laughter ] >> all right. this is all your stuff, vanita. come over here and sign.

you do all the yellow while i sign all this other stuff. also we just [inaudible] our house. [ laughter ] . >> okay. larry, you're next. >> no more property tax for the rest of your life. >> and you can keep the pen.

okay. it's official.

almost done. [ applause ] >> okay. and we're going to take some pictures and then you guys are going to -- well, at least some of you are going to have to get back to work. rudy's like do i have to get back to work? no. there's plenty of bosses here. so you're good. all right. thank you all so much. thank you. [ applause ]

>> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a

delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky.

i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make

healthy meals with fresh ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy.

>> i am here with a manager at the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you.

it was not easy to meet the $20 budget. i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. you know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend

that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible. you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we