community. so today it's my honor to present to you a certificate of honor, valorie. today, being october 14th, 2021, whereas on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i am pleased to recognize and honor you as the rosario anaya community award recipient for the 2021 latino heritage month celebration. [ applause ] your work as co-chair of the latino task force has helped thousands of san franciscans find stability and hope for the future during a truly

unprecedented time and a legacy in serving your community will forever be accommodated here in the city's history. your advocacy to ensure the latino community is heard and represented at city hall and beyond represents san francisco's values at its best. [ applause ] >> oh, my goodness. thank you. [ applause ] thank you so much. oh, my goodness. i'm not used to this. thank you so much.

i appreciate that. thank you, roberto, for those beautiful words. yes. thank you to much for always being there. the grounding for us. so i just want to say really quickly. for those who know me, i have two minutes, right. you've been at my meetings. i'll take three tonight. and i'm also in violation of the latino -- violation of the dress code. don't play. some of those young girls come in with their cut-off jeans. i go not-uh. we treat our community with respect. we're modest. when we're outside of work we go wherever we want or however we want. so somebody's going to have to time me, right. set the tradition. first, i'd like to acknowledge

the ancestors of this land, the ramaytush ohlone and may i have their permission to speak tonight. there's so many sheroes and heroes to thank. first my husband and son because they are good, in good health, and they give me permission to go out and serve the community. then there's executive committee mayors. of course the mayor of the mission. gabriella romero, and of course, my partner in crime tracy brown gallardo. [ applause ] there's also dr. davis of the human rights commission. masut orikami. the 30+ community based organizations. d.p.h. and covid command center who at times wanted to ring my neck and still do occasionally.

the l.t.f. funders, the mission locals, the 13 latino task force committees, their members and their chairs and the youth for making the latino taskforce multigenerational. i love when the youth call me 'auntie' it just warms my heart. it's my pride and joy to always introduce the youth that work for the l.t.f. and of course, my mayor, mayor london breed. i have said it a million times. she was born and raised here. she grew up like many of us. she is us. may i share with you the medicine of the latino task force success. what we share in all of our services. we cannot be arrogant because we have a skill or access to resources. rather, we serve with humility because the community has given us permission to serve them.

they trust us. they allow themselves to be vulnerable with us. and that is what my community has given me permission to do. they have put their trust in me to share my gift of facilitation which by the way was taught to me after thousands of community meetings to bring together peoples' relationships and talents. and now that my academy award speech is over. besides being so loving, kind, professional, a sharp dresser, she opened n.l.v.s. vocational school to all communities. it has become the home for the mission food hub and the latino taskforce. anyway, one time she asked one of our staff if i would write a letter of support. well i didn't do it and it has haunted me ever since.

so when the building was threatened to be taken away from the community after she passed, i stepped up and helped fight for it. as a home for the latino taskforce i would and still do give tours to share with others what we do. the last stop on each and every tour is a large poster of rosario in all her glory with so many of the who's who in politics. i talk about her being the first latino on the school board. i recognized her smile in the picture and tell people that she's pleased at what her building as done for the community during covid. so i'm still making it up to her for not writing that letter. so this award is letting me know that i can release my guilt and that i have finally made it up to her in heaven,

the spirit world. [ applause ] i just want to say to you that i love my community so much and, tonight, i feel how the community loves me back. thank you so much for this award. and thank you to everyone. i wish i could name each and every one. thank you. [ applause ] i just want to give a quick shout-out to roberto pena, he's helped the mission food hub over and over again and prayers for him and his family. thank you all so much. [ applause ] >> thank you, valorie.

and congratulations. i hope we can all just take a very quick moment and send some light and healing and prayers to the family who could not be here tonight as we recognize our next honoree. it's on honor to present the delores chisma lifetime achievement award. it's an award that honors outstanding leaders who've made significant contributions to the advancement of our latino communities over time and over their lifetime. the recipient officer this award represent the best of us. exemplary leadership, rippling impacts throughout our communities, and have changed entire generations for the better. our current leaders, our future leaders, our youth can look to the recipient officer this award for motivation, for example, and for inspiration on how to create positive change.

named after delores juerto one of the most inspirational activists, a leader in the chicano civil rights movements. to create better conditions for our people, better outcomes for our children and to be more what the main stream america has told us we can be. so it's my pleasure to recognize and present the lifetime achievement award to the founder and director of mission education projects and her leadership for over 47 years. rita, and your family when you watch this, i hope you can hear that applause because like mission language vocational school, like jamestown, like

every single anchor in our community that serve our youth, meti has been that anchor to learn from and to be safe to be fed and educated. she started in the '60s as one of the organizations that grew out of the mission coalition organization. she served as the chair coalition ceo and she knew from first-hand experience what was missing in educational settings and she knew the change that was needed. her drive to gather all the resources available turned into a robust program for over 40 years. her programs have supported thousands of nonenglish speaking children from the mission district and their families. with academic and learning services and, today, yes, still

today the impact continues for children and families in the mission which rallieded during the covid pandemic to provide virtual programming for children and youth who are unable to attend in-person learning. at 84 years young, rita, 84 years young, rita and her daughter continue to be supporters and champions of the latinos in our community. her compassion, deep commitment and change has been noticed by san francisco supervisors, police chiefs, and of course, mayors. she has demonstrated a track record in changing childrens' lives to ensure marginalized children can realize their path to success. please, one more applause por favor for rita in her absence. [ applause ]

>> gracias. our next performance is a tribute song. she was a trail blazer, a mother, an educator and all-around powerful. our sincere condolences to her family. the tributes will be song by a mission district cultural worker, musician, language justice advocate and a family

friend. >> buenos noches. viva yolanda. it is such a pleasure to be here tonight seeing your beautiful faces. i am such a proud mission district resident and advocate. [speaking spanish] congratulations to the award recipients this evening. [speaking spanish] [♪♪] this is a little medley.

courageous women. we know so many and tonight we pay tribute to this beautiful woman yolanda lopez. and much love to rio lopez. [ ♪♪ clez [ [♪♪] [singing in spanish] [♪♪]

♪ ♪ arriving on the mission of the border land, she carried

out her vision with a plan ♪♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ who is the illegal one,

pilgrims ♪♪ yolanda lopez. [ applause ] muchos gracias. [ applause ] >> gracias, liliana. our condolences. [speaking spanish]

founded and directed by ms. suzana orosco, the mission was to promote the rich and diverse cuban both popular folk and dance traditions from the percussive to the rumba making it accessible to wide audiences via performances and classes. born from a commitment to educate and enrich the communities in which ms. pedrozo lived, the dance company inspired the hearts and minds of dances, audiences and bringing the musical culture to life. [speaking spanish] [ applause ]

[singing in spanish] [all singing in spanish]

[singing in spanish]

[ applause ] >> [speaking spanish]. >> [speaking spanish]

[singing in spanish]

[spanish music] [ applause ]

. >> arenas dance company everyone. let's give them a round of applause. [ applause ] that's a great way to close this session. it felt like we were in church and city hall was ours to celebrate our triumphs, our passions, our memories. but before we close, i'd just like to invite my wife to join me right here. [ applause ] we got married here at city hall two years ago and i just want her to be next to me as we close. thank you very much. gracias. i love you. [speaking spanish] good night. stay safe, healthy, love one

another, and go giants! don't forget to get your goody bag right over there before you leave. buenos noches.

i'm louis lieuman the executive directortor san francisco fleet association. together again in san francisco for fleet week. there was a late decision back in june from the board of directors for the san francisco fleet week association, we struggled with whether we were going to have a fleet week or not. we had to make that call because it takes a long time to organize an event like this and usually we start in november of the year before for the next fleet week. it's a late start. we had a big discussion. and we decided we're going to do it. we're going to take the risk because we trusted our leaders, mayor breed, the department of emergency management, the department of public health, all of the people who gave us the guidance as a community and

it's san franciscans that were smart enough to follow that guidance and here we are, the only live in-person fleet week in the entire nation here in san francisco. thank you, mayor breed. thank you to the leadership, and thank you to san francisco. fleet week's already started. there's ships already at the piers. yesterday, we had a fabulous program with the boys and girls club. a big basketball clinic down in front of [inaudible] which will be hope for tours. of course, we're all -- we all know about the air show. san francisco fleet week air show presented by united. united stuck with us as did the blue angels. they committed early. they said if you are having a fleet week on the ground, we are having a fleet week in the skies and they are going to be

here with their brand new f-18 super hornets, amazing plane and joined by united and redbull and a whole lineup of participants. you can go down there for free and watch. buy the premium tickets with premium sitting. those tickets are, by the way, almost sold out. so if you want them you have to get them. we have the neighborhood concerts. you just got a sample of it right here. [ applause ] the full navy band southwest is here in town. and they break up into smaller bands and they're going to be in just about every neighborhood you can find in san francisco. check out the website fleetweeksf.org and see where and when they're playing in your area. the ship tours are going to be taking place. you've got to go down there.

greet the sailors and marines. say hello to them. welcome them to our city. they are excited to be here in our city and explore the streets of san francisco. the canine program. the dogs of the military, police department, fire department, and array of other organizations bring out their dogs to show their skills. it's a great neighborhood event 10:00 a.m. this saturday. check out fleetweeksf.org or monitor our social media @fleetweeksf. i'm going to introduce mayor london breed. thank you, mayor london breed. >> well, i don't know about you, but i feel like our city is finally coming alive again after such a challenging almost two years.

and when i say two years, it's leading up to this global pandemic. and, in fact, we missed out last year on seeing the incredible blue angels fly over the skyline of san francisco, but we did have programming for fleet week virtually and we went to treasure island to the coast guard base to kick it off, but it still wasn't the same. even though fleet week happened virtually, what i missed most is being around the people and welcoming the folks from the navy, from the coast guard, from the marines and also doing the incredible work they do in san francisco on preparedness. now, we know we talk about excitement around fleet week and the blue angels, but we also have to keep in mind that this is also an opportunity for us to come together with the port of san francisco, with the fire department, with the police department to talk about

preparedness and how we continue to work together so that if and when -- not a matter of if, but when there's an earthquake or a disaster in some capacity, we know we can count on the folks from the military to come through and help us weather the storm. we take this as an opportunity to work together and i want to appreciate the work of many of the city department directors that are here with us today including our fire chief janine nicholson and the fire department, we appreciate you. chief scott is not here, but i want to appreciate the police department and the work they continue to do to keep us safe as well as along with dr. grant colfax and the woman the department of health. and the director of the port,

thank you to our port partners and president of the port commission kimberly brandon for being here with us. you know, we had a lot of work to do and it was very challenging work to do, but let me tell you, it was all worth it because we are celebrating in san francisco. yes, we need to deal with preparedness and disasters and pandemics and other things. and we will come together to do that. but fleet week is opening a new chapter in san francisco. i don't know about you, but i still think about when i was in high school at gallaleo high school and the planes practicing to get ready for the air show. the air show is coming back with the blue angels. the parade of ship and ship tours which are incredible. i don't know about you again, but those ship tours were like the highlight for me. and, we have this band that's going to be performing all over

san francisco in various neighborhoods. i miss live music and, yes, i used to play the french horn, i may not be that good anymore, but i'm willing to take a chance and see if i can join you and i may need a couple of practices before i jump in. but the fact is, they're going to be going to neighborhoods. they're going to be performing for the people of san francisco and we are so very grateful. so for the activities and all the things that are happening for fleet week, please, check out the website and make sure that you participate, you attend, you follow the covid restrictions so you don't get in trouble. you make sure that you do your part because we're still in a pandemic. we're still in a pandemic, but san franciscans, we're at 82% of the folks in san francisco vaccinated. and that's really why we're able to have fleet week in the

city. but more than just fleet week, just next week, i mean, just tomorrow right down the street, guess who's going to be playing their first pre-season game? the san francisco warriors. i mean, the golden state warriors. and, one of the first parades in so long, the italian heritage will be this sunday. we have incredible tables all outside. people are eating, hanging out, waving. so make sure on sunday you stop by the italian heritage parade and celebrate with us. and i've also got to send out a big shout-out to the san francisco giants who are in the playoffs. and i just want to make sure the folks in l.a. know that the giants are actually number one in the series. so this friday, i heard that "beat l.a." yes.

so friday and saturday, they'll be games. they'll be all kinds of activities in san francisco. the city is going to be bumping and all of you are going to be all around our city enjoying it, enjoying our restaurants, staying at our hotels, visiting our neighborhoods, and just do one thing for me. make sure you remember we were in a global pandemic where we had no choice but to protect 1 another. we had to stay home. we had to obey many protocols and we're still doing that in some capacity today. but, ultimately, we're still able to come together like we haven't been able to do for the last 16, 17 months. so let's make sure when we're out there we're remembering what we didn't have at one point and appreciate where we are and let's celebrate it.

let's have a good time. thank you all fur being here. looking forward to celebrate fleet week with all of you. and, at this time, i want to introduce because we are at crane cove park which has a rich history in san francisco with the military and world war i and world war ii and the person who's responsible to keep this place beautiful and nice and clean and available to all of you and hopefully we can add a skate park one day because i like to roller skate, but our port director lane forbes. >> thank you so much, mayor. and welcome all of you to crane cove park and to fleet week. it's absolutely wonderful we can be here to celebrate. i'm here today with my commission president kimberly brandon and we broke ground on this park. it was wonderful to provide

open space to this neighborhood, the dog patch community who actually designed this park. this is a park designed by and for the neighborhood and the mayor came out and under her leadership, we were able to open up this space for people to enjoy the nature while they were all of us struggling from the pandemic. when we had our last fleet week in person, i made a joke that it was diane feinstein, our first mayor who was a woman who saved fleet week and now mayor london breed, our second mayor who is a woman, is so good and prepared for fleet week and i made the joke that women just know how to prepare better. but how would i know that we would have a global pandemic that none of us were expecting and that our mayor would act really quickly, more quickly than anyone else acted and that she would follow the science the whole way and not question

it. and how did i know that our mayor would be so successful that we would be the only country in the whole nation able to post an in-person fleet week and that we'd take the risk to do so and we'd be safe enough to pull it through. now, my tenants, 500 of them, the commercial folks, the retail, the people-moving facilities we have, excursions, crews, we've suffered so much and our tenants and businesses are so eager to get people back to san francisco. and we're talking so much about the inner connectiveness about being prepared and honoring our sea servicemen and women. this was all for shipbuilding for the war effort. a heavy industrial industry here with these wonderful vessels that provided our security. how did we know now that our

tenants would be so eager to see the visitors that come back in great numbers during fleet week and so many locals are coming down. we've had press articles about the war re-opening, pier 39. how our local small businesses are benefitting from this event and how they will be nurtured by people returning. so i think covid has laid bare how inner connected we are and how much we really have to think about community and its entire inner connectedness. and how i was right, women are better prepared. welcome to fleet week. [ applause ] and now i have the honor of introducing a very important person to san francisco port, the captain of our port for the coast guard, newly in the position, a great leader, let's welcome captain

taylor lamb. >> thank you, director forbes, for that great introduction. what a pleasure it is to be here with you today as we kick off fleet week 2021. on behalf of the district commander and all of our members across the state of california, we could not be more excited ton here as we highlight our u.s. military, u.s. navy, marine corps and coast guard members, our emergency first responders, our emergency management professionals and certainly the greater maritime community at large. on that note, i'd like to quickly convey our sincere thanks to the critical partnerships here in the port of san francisco as we work daily to ensure the safety and security of not only the public but our marine transportation system. on the note of safety, i'd be remiss if i didn't remind our boating public, please ensure you have enough life jackets for all passengers on board and

a v.h.f. radio. it's the best means to contact the coast guard for any time of maritime emergencies. with that, we are really excited and looking forward to a safe and enjoyable week of events and look forward to introducing you to some of our nearly 4,000 active duty coast guard members here and assigned to the bay area and some of 0 our visiting coast guard units such as robert ward. it's a 154' state of the art designed ship capable of conducting a myriad of missions. search and rescue, operations just to name a few. we thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership and all of our partners here across the region. thank you so much. [ applause ] i'd also be remiss if i did not introduce a very distinguished

leader admiral u.s. navy. admiral. >> hey, everybody. thank you so much. thanks to the mayor. thanks to these distinguished colleagues for letting me be up here. i'm honored to represent the sailors marines, coast guard men and women that i hope you get a chance to meet this week. i'll start out by saying wow. it's great to be here in person. i'm so happy fleet week was able to execute because of the city's preparations and for me, it feels a little bit like a homecoming because the last time i had a fleet week experience, it was here in 2014. and i was part of the crew on that. it was awesome. it was epic. probably second only to meeting my wife for the first time. sorry, that's just where things go. it's because of the hospitality

of the city. i'm super excited to bring the young people and show them what fleet week is life for the first time in their careers. so this year, fleet week is going to be epic. we've brought a slew of ships. the u.s.s. john mccain. and we're going to have a pretty big amphibious assault ship, the mount rushmore. we're going to have aircrafts and boats. it's not just the navy. it's the coast guard, support services, first responders. we're setting up a disaster relief village over in marina green. this is all about showing you the type of capabilities we have to work together with the city in times of crisis. navy and marine corps band. every day they're at a different venue. we've got parades. we've got parades on the water. we've got parades on the land. we've got an air group.

i don't know who they are. the blue angels. have you all heard of them? [ applause ] i'm a helicopter guy, but they're kind of cool you've got to admit. and the most important thing, i'm bringing a lot of young sailors, marines, coast guard men and women and we're telling them to get out and about in the community. ya'll clap for them, please. [ applause ] so they're getting beaten by your youngsters in sports. they're working with dogs which is a cool initiative, but the main thing i want them to do is get out and talk to ya'll about who they are, what they do, and why they serve because that's what fleet week is all about. it's about civilians celebrating their military, but it's also what we're all about. it's really important. so we missed 2020 because of

covid, we overcame that. absence makes the heart grow fonder. so this year is going to be epic as i said. i think it's going to be the best fleet week ever. i look forward to seeing you out there. it means a lot to me personally. it's a good feeling. i'm not going to lie, but also to our military families to see themselves and being recognized like this. and now i have the honor to introduce -- i'll pass the mic to our executive director mary ellen carol. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> thank you, admiral bayes, for that introduction. thank you, mayor breed. and it's such an honor to be here with my esteemed colleagues. it's also a thrill to be here and not talking about covid and not telling you what you can't do, but just really to send the message to have fun and, of

course, be safe. but on a serious note, we do -- my team and i are part of fleet week. that is so important to us and the partnership and the planning that we do with our military partners. so we really focus on all different things. this year, we focused on air support and activities for san francisco in a seismic event. the possibility of us becoming an island for all intensive purposes for some period of time is real and so our marine and our air support with our military is critical. on a day-to-day, the coast guard provides us with help on our waters, around our bay. as a surfer and a bay swimmer, i personal appreciate it in case things go awry but during

nature events of course. this year, we have -- last month, we did exercises with all of our partners and the u. s.s. tripoli. and a lot of the people from d.m. had an incredible day at moffet field and really experienced the capabilities that the military brings to us and those relationships that we make. these relationships with these people that we make every year is going to make our ability to respond so much better. later this week, we have the seniors seminar and that's where we're really going to exchange our lessons learned. we are so proud of our covid response and so much of that goes to the leadership of this woman right here, our mayor. the fact that we have 82% of our folks vaccinated is entirely the reason that we're

all here being able to do fleet week. so thank you, mayor breed. [ applause ] and thank you to everybody in the city who contributed to that. so we're going to talk about the things that worked for us. we're going to talk about a lot of other things. virtual op's, when that needs to happen. mental health which is a real issue and problem for us and a lot more. so i hope everyone takes the opportunity to come out to the senior leader seminar. the only other thing i have to say is just, please, have a wonderful time, be safe and welcome to our service, our servicemen and women. it is our honor and our privilege to welcome you to our city and we hope you have a wonderful time. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, mary ellen. thank you to all of our speakers. thank you to elaine forbes and

the port of san francisco, which is a whole community of people who helped to make the work of fleet week easier for the planners. the wharfingers. the people have just been flawless throughout this whole planning process. and thank you for this beautiful park. it's beautiful. crane cove park. and i cannot leave the stage without pointing out that our chairman of the board retired major general mike might retired marine corps is the guy who pulled this back together in 2010 to recessitate fleet week. thank you, general, for all of your support. i think we're going to conclude the conference. we're going to have the speakers gather in front of the

stage for a photo-op and we're going to gather for q and a if anyone desires. thank you very much.

>> thank you so much. s the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for october 12, 2021 is now called to order. roll call, please. >> thank you. [echoing] >> why is there an echo?