good morning everyone. and welcome to galleleo high school. let's go mighty lions. you guys know i used to be the announcer over the p.a. system during home run so that's where i get it from. first, i want to thank the principal, principal baneau who's here with us today one of the co-chairs for peace. someone i think the only person who was left since i was at galleleo high school ms. grenell is here. betty grenell. she was there every time i showed up to do the announcements for the p.a. when

i was the girl's vice president and it's really great to see you here because it makes me still feel young. somebody's here since i was a kid. well, i'm san francisco mayor london breed and i want to just recognize a couple of our officials who are here today before we get into this announcement. we have members of the board of supervisors joining us. i see supervisor safai, supervisor stefani and supervisor melgar. thank you to our board members for joining us here today. we also have some of our school board members including superintendent dr. matthews. as well as jenny lamb is joining us. thank you so much. and kevin boggess is over there. there you go, kevin. okay. the you're on the left over here. you guys didn't catch that joke

we also have our district access sorry, recorder. supervisor haney just joined us. our city attorney. thank you so much david chiu for being here. carmen chiu. the director of the department of children, youth, and families maria sue. the director of the office of early childhood care and education, ingrid mosqita charles davis the human rights commission. so many people who care about supporting our schools and our kids and i think we have a couple of folks from labor uesf thank you for joining us as well as many of our parents from all over san francisco and our students and all of you just you know your names.

so i've got to say, i'm really happy here today about the decision i had to make. i really agonized over this decision. this is probably the hardest decision that i've ever had to make as mayor because it's about the future of our children when i think about i ms. marshal who's also here. when i think about my time in schools in san francisco, some of the best times i had in my whole life were right here at galleleo high school and when this field would be actual grass where we would sprain our ankles running up and down the field and watch the football games and the performances and other things and our pep rallies and homecomings and all the fun activities took place here at this school and so many amazing memories were made.

and when i think about my time at galleleo high school and the various schools i went to, i can't help but think about during this pandemic what so many kids were going through, right. what would have happened if i couldn't come to school and participate in activities for my senior year. what that would have done to me. i live to walk across the stage and graduate. i would have been completely devastated if i couldn't go to the games and see the boys on the football field. i would have been losing it as a teenager. going through puberty and all the stuff going on here. we used to come across here cutting class to see the boys play and practice and then get chased out of here by the coach by coach white who this field is named after by the way. anyway, i just think about all those times and i think about what these kids missed out on,

but i also think about how would i have survived because my grandmother wasn't really as active. you had to study and make up your bed and clean up the house. but so many of the parents joining us here today, you know, your advocacy was not just about your kids, it actually helps so many other kids that didn't have an advocate. and so when i think about what we've been through over the past few years and the struggles and the challenges, i know there's a lot of work to do. i know that we can't make up for the last two years, but you know what, we can sure try. we can get started today on the future of our schools and we can get started today on what it means to not only support and uplift our educators, but to also put our children first. it's time for the schools in this city, our public school

system to get back to the basics of educating our children, of making sure that, you know, we have 8th grade algebra and we have the various classes and the support that these kids need to grow and thrive. i never thought college was an opportunity that could be afforded to someone like me until in the 10th grade, ms. luke's history class, american history, we had a representative from u.c. davis and i said no i could never get into u.c. davis and it was because of people like ms. luke and others and supported me is why i ended up at a place like u.c. davis. and so they had the excitement about their kids. and we have to make sure we get that excitement back because that's how we're going to get past this.

that's how we are going to thrive. making this decision was hard. i talked to a lot of people. i talked to people i didn't even really want to talk to. i'm talking about people who just walk up to you on the streets and you're late for something and they're like mayor, can i tell you something about what i think and i'm like sure. but you know a common theme amongst everyone i talked to, every organization, every group of parents, they always talked about putting kids first. dealing with the challenges of mental health loss. dealing with the challenges at the forefront of what these children have experienced because we as adults have experienced it too. but just imagine as a kid and what they're going through. they talked about wanting people who had the kinds of qualifications where they can understand how a school district is run and understand how not to micromanage the superintendent and how to make

sure that we're focusing on the basics even as we, yes, deal with some of the other important issues the we're not saying school renaming isn't important and looking at the history of some of these names and having an educational moment to have a discussion about what that means, we're not saying that's not important, but getting our kids back in school is important. making sure they and our teachers are safe is important. making sure that they thrive. that's what today is about. and let me tell you after meetings and conversations and all of that, i'm so happy and i'm so proud that we have three amazing women who all have kids in our public school system who all had a common theme of service. who all cared deeply about seeing a change.

who all want better for our children and who also care about supporting our educators. who understand that there are hard decisions ahead of us and who are willing to ignore the politics to focus on our kids. this is not about what they will do according to what i want them to do. these are three very strong capable women. who i am confident will do what is best for our children, for our educators, and for the school district. and so ladies and gentlemen, i am proud to announce, well, you know who they are right now, you see them. the appointment of ann chiu,

the appointment of lany matomedy we've got to get that name right. and also lisa wiseman ward. so let me start with anne. now i know you saw her out in the streets being fierce trying to get parents to register and vote. but she's just as fierce as a mama bear. well mama lion in this case because her sons go to galleleo high school. she's participated in the p.t.a., but it wasn't just that that drew me to ann. ann who started her own businesses. who worked in tech.

started and sold companies and understands balance sheets and finances and all of these things when it comes to business which is why i thought she would be perfect and she served on the board's bond oversight committee to help with addressing the challenges of what we need to do around how we spend money on responsibly on supporting and enhancing our schools in san francisco. i'm really excited. so many people called me about lany and i was like why don't i know her? i know about schools and people and stuff.

she is a quiet force, she likes to do the work. she's a co-chair in peace where this city believes in public schools and sets aside allocated resources to support our public schools. and, in fact, making sure not only the money gets to the right places, but that she listens to the parents and the feedback from the people who are going to be most impacted to make the right decisions about resource that is go to our children. and one of the key things i like about her is, yes, she's kind of technical and woke and into the weeds of stuff, but she's smart. she's smart and she understands that that technical stuff which is not always exciting to talk about is necessary when making important decisions so i'm really excited that lane is highly recommended. she comes from parents that

were schoolteachers of public schools and los angeles, her father immigrated to the u.s. from iran. and she has just a wealth of knowledge and information and understanding and a deep passion about doing what is necessary to support and uplift our public schools. and last but certainly not least, lisa. well, professor wiseman ward. and also attorney wiseman ward. someone who children attend public schools like they all do, who's raising your kids in the mission with her very talkative husband who cares deeply about immigrant rights and dedicated her career to supporting immigrant families

through legal channels. the resources, a professor at stanford who's responsible for the immigrant rights clinic there that helps educate even the next generation of attorneys to fight to support immigrants in this country and her thorough knowledge and understanding of the educational system and her understanding of what many parents told me were important to them especially for those parents who may not speak english and the need to have someone who understands their challenges, who's willing to listen and communicate in their language. it's critically important as someone who speaks fluid french. that's me. who speaks fluent spanish. i wanted to make sure those families were not left out of a void in this system.

and so i feel really good because, again, it's not just about their children. it's about equity. it's about the achievement cap. it's about the kids that are being left behind. it's about changes to the school system. it's about making sure that regardless of parent advocates or any advocate that those kids who have no voice or parents may not be able to speak english have a voice in this school system. and a key part was we will listen. we will listen to families. we will listen to educators. we will listen to the people. we will listen to the voices of our children to understand what they want whether we agree with it or not. what is going to be in the best interest of our children and

their future because i know we all feel the same way. i know we feel a certain kind of way about wanting to see greatness in these kids and we know what's possible especially those of us who've had the opportunity to work with these kids and, yes, they drive us crazy, but there's always something in each and every 1 of them, that spark, that spark, ms. grenell, you see in those kids and you're like, there's something special about that kid. and so now with a good solid school board, i think that we're going to be headed in the right direction. so, with that, let's get these members sworn in. oh, i guess i should stand over

here. all right. please raise your right hand and repeat after me and i'm going to point to you to say your name. so i... >> ann chiu. >> do solemnly swear i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i bare 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 am about to enter and during such time as i hold the office of member of the board of education for the san francisco unified school district. congratulations, ladies. [cheers and applause] >> all right. our new school board members, they have something to say. and we're going to start with you, ann. >> thank you. thank you so much, mayor breed for the introduction and for entrusting me with this extremely important role. i feel the weight of this

position already. i think it's going to get shorter. let me tell you about myself. i spent 10 years in pennsylvania through middle school, high school, and college and then i came out to u.c. berkley for graduate school and i fell in love with san francisco. after my graduation and could founded a dotcom in the original dot com boom and then a significant new challenge that's different from my previous professional challenges and experiences. i became a a mother.

i have to say that raising children has been more challenging and more rewarding than any professional job than any job i had. and they grew and changed. i have to adapt and learn constantly and i think all parents know that. i'm very lucky to have fraternal twins because they're very different. they look different to begin with and while every external factor was the same, they grew to be almost polar opposites. this showed me the diversity of personality, strength of and of each child that is in their nature helping each of them find and hone their strength and passions is what i feel as my responsibility as a parent.

in this experience as a parent that i feel the weight and responsibility of being a school board member. i'm now not just responsible for my own kids, i'm now responsible for all the kids of san francisco and i want to recognize, appreciate, and foster the talents and strengths in each and every child in our care. so that they can find their own path in life. being a first generation immigrant, i also want to lift up the concerns and interests of the significant immigrant parents community in sfusd as mayor breed had mentioned and i'm so glad to have a partner who understands that

intimately. immigrant parents come to america not just to find a better life for themselves, so they can have a better life for their parents. that's exactly why my parents came. immigrant parents have so many challenges in addition to raising children not least of which are language barriers and being unfamiliar with the american education system. we need to help these parents so that they can partner with our schools to help their children get the best education they can and realize their own american dreams. beyond the immigrant community, i also want to lift up the voices of the chinese and asian communities and represent them and work with all the different communities represented by our students in sfusd. i'm really looking forward to that work. i'm honored to be selected by

mayor breed and take this responsibility very seriously. i'm also extremely excited to be joining the board with two very confident professional women who are mothers . [ applause ] >> together with the current commissioners, we will work hard to turn a new page for sfusd, and put all the children of san francisco on their own path to success. thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed. and thank you, commissioner chiu. you both spoke from my heart and you may be hearing a lot of the same things from me. but first and foremost, i want to thank -- send a thank to the thousands of parents and community members who advocated

tirelessly on behalf of our students and educators these last several years. yes. i'm incredibly honored to be chosen to serve on the san francisco school board and i know how important our public schools are to our children and our families and i also know how hard the last two years have been for so many. i don't want to dwell there, but i do want to acknowledge how much progress we've made from march 2020 through shelter-in-place followed by a year of public school closures. today, we are turning the page. it's a beautiful day with even more hope and this is because of the relationships that galvanize parents, families, and the greater community to bring our voices together to prioritize all of our children and what they need to thrive in the present and in the future. my focus is to bring my experience and our collective experience to help all families and children in the city to get the support they need as we do the really challenging work to

get our district back on track. i'm a native californian and a san franciscan for over 20 years. both my mom and step dad taught for decades for the los angeles unified school district. my dad is an iranian immigrant who arrived here in san francisco as a teenager who only knew a few words of english. it was public education that offered him the foundation and support to find his way into the country and eventually become a professor. and i'm a public school kid all the way from kindergarten through my m.b.a. we all have our individual paths to walk and for most of us, it's not a straight line. my curiosities fostereded life-long friendships, challenged me and taught me needed skills and to be deeply engaged with a city that i loved so much. my education offered me professional opportunities in technology and telecommunications and public service as a clean energy government regulator and policy

analyst, hence the woke preamble. i won't go too deep there and as a board member for the bicycle coalition and our beautiful san francisco bo tan algarden. and as a volunteer manager and ranger for the horse patrol program. but now i'm focused on public education itself. since my kids first attended sfusd over 10 years ago, i've been actively involved in p.t.a. and volunteering in classrooms and schools in whatever way i could be of help to teachers, staff, and families. so much so my kids would tell me, you don't have to come to this one, you don't have to do this thing. just last month, i did complete a four-year term as a member and co. chair of the enrichment fund community and advise committee which reviews about $80 billion provided to sfusd for enrichment and core academic instructions.

i advocated for much needed compliance, accountability and reform to ensure our san francisco city funds are utilized for city benefit as well as our generous city and student priorities. i saw a need for a great deal more transparency into what is being funded, the trade-offs being made and to have honest conversation about what's working for our students and what is needed to best serve our students to achieve their dreams no matter what school site they attend. families and children are an essential part of a vibrant part of the city. i love our city. i am here because i want sfusd to be what it should be. a world class public education system that all families in san francisco consider as a great option for their children. a district with strong partnerships and support throughout the city and a place where all students and educators are given the support

and tools they need to thrive. we have a lot of hard work to do to get us there and looking forward to working with my new colleagues being sworn in and i'm excited to work with all of you. and to build new partnerships. again, i wish to thank our mayor for her continued advocacy for our students and children and i wish to thank the families and communities that advocated fiercely for students and will continue to do so. and a special thank you and deep gratitude to my husband, and my kids for supporting me on this unexpected journey. [ applause ] >> i am grateful and honored to be standing here and i'm committed to do the hard work before us as we turn the page. thank you so much. >> and now i'd like to introduce commissioner wiseman

ward. >> thank you. i think i'm going to get used to that, commissioner. good morning. almost afternoon everyone. my name is lisa weissman ward. i'm the mother of two public school children, a 1st grader and a 4th grader at claer don elementary. i'm grateful to mayor breed for this opportunity to serve and to work alongside the current and incoming school board members and doing the best that we can for the students and for the educators. the district is facing serious challenges. many of which were caused by or exacerbated by the pandemic. the list is long. it includes things like learning loss, mental health crisis, and ever growing opportunity gap for many students of color and ever growing opportunity gap for many student who is are facing socio economic challenges.

financial woes for the district and fundamentals like getting our teachers and staff paid for important work they've done. parents are frustrated. and rightly concerned about their children. educators are frustrated too. but despite these challenges, i'm going to echo a theme of hope from my new colleagues, we're here with a sense of hope and a commitment to working collaboratively to turn things around. i focus my career at the intersection of teaching and immigrants' rights. as a deportation defense attorney, i represented hundreds of families struggling to stay in the country. many of whom depend on the san francisco public schools for their childrens' education. as the associate director of the stanford law school and the immigrants rights clinic, mentoring and supervisoring i supervisored law students

engaged in the challenging and important work of defending the rights of noncitizens and along the way, i've learned a lot. i've learned the importance of i've learned the value of negotiation. i've learned the value of listening. and i mean really listening. listening and then asking questions. i've learned the value and importance of not just asking what is it that you want, but why so that i can understand perspective. i've learned the value and importance of investing time into building repore in order to better find common ground. i've learned the importance of process because even if at the outset we don't agree, when we engage in a process that's thoughtful, that's transparent and that's fair, we'll be in a better position to move things forward. there's a lot of things that

need to get done and i'm really looking forward to working with and learning from students, their families, teachers, paraeducators, labor representatives, superintendent matthews, and my colleagues new ones and the current colleagues that i will have on the board to make sure that our school district is a place where all students have the chance to thrive to be anything that they want to be whether it's a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, a union apprentice or maybe even the mayor. i believe inning key and opportunity so thank you, mayor breed and i'm looking forward to getting to work. [ applause ]. >> well, as you can see, we've got some mommas in the building. [cheers and applause] >> again, let me just send a

shout-out to all the incredible parents who really advocated for change and who advocated to make sure that we improve the school district and i wanted to bring up at this moment superintendent vince matthews who, by the way could have retired already, but is still here and still working on behalf of our children. we are so grateful for his work and come on up, dr. matthews and say a few words. >> thank you so much. before i begin, i just wanted to say that i'm vince matthews, superintendent of the san francisco unified school district and i'm here with the president of our board, president lamb and i am actually also a student from the san francisco unified school district. i graduated from macketeer high

school and i played football there and i want to say how good it is to be back on this field because we had some victories on this field some of my most creative touchdown dances were right in the corner of that end zone. on behalf of president lamb and our current commissioners, commissioner boggess, alexander, and sanchez. i welcome our three new commissioners. i look forward to working with our new leaders of the san francisco board of education and i want to thank the new commissioners for their willingness to serve the greatest school district in the history of human kind. our mission in san francisco unified is to provide each and

every student the quality instruction and equitable support so that each and every one of them can thrive in the 21st century. above all else, we are educators and our priority is and will continue to be helping students to reach their full potential. i look forward to working with all of our commissioners to address the challenges and opportunities before us in collaboration with our district staff, families, students, and community members. while there are many urgent and important matters to realize our mission, at this moment in time, our students and their families are counting on our district leaders to stay focused on these priorities above all else. number one, to maintain healthy and safe learning environments. number two, to create high quality learning experiences for our students that foster engaged and joyful learners and that support each student and

reaching his or her attention. to adopt a fiscally responsible budget that addressing short and long term while remaining student centered and fulfilling our obligations and number four, the one i'm most excited about to hire a new superintendent who is committed to the share core values of our school district and who possesses the priority competencies identified by this community. once again, i look forward. we are excited and welcome to the san francisco unified board of education. [cheers and applause] thank you, dr. matthews. but just for clarity, galileo high school when i attended was the first school in the history of schools to go undefeated for

three years straight winning all three turkey days. which is so far i believe unmatched which was way after you were a macketeer. anyway. it's so great to be here and i didn't get a chance to mention supervisor mandelman and our treasurer, jose cisneros. of the thank you for being here. so many of our elected leaders, our parents, spokes from labor and other places who care deeply about the education of our children, i am hopeful for the future and i know that our kids, our educators, and our public school system will be in good hands. thank you all so much for join withing us here today.

>> we worked very hard with the san francisco venue coalition, the independent venue alliance to advocate for venues. put this issue on the radar of the supervisors and obviously mayor breed. the entertainment commission and the office of small business and we went to meetings and showed up and did public comment and it was a concerted effort between 50 venues in the city and they are kind of traditional like

live performance venues and we all made a concerted effort to get out there and sound the alarm and to her credit, maybe breed really stepped up, worked with matt haney, who is a supervisor haney was a huge champion for us and they got this done and they got $3 million into the sf venue recovery fund. >> we have represented about 40 independent venues in san francisco. basically, all the venues closed on march 13th, 2020. we were the first to close and we will be the last to reopen and we've had all the of the overhead costs are rent, mortgage, payroll, utilities and insurance with zero revenue.

so many of these venues have been burning $1,000 a day just to stay closed. >> we have a huge music history here in san francisco and the part of our cultural fab lick but it's also an economic driver. we produce $7 billion annual' here in san francisco and it's formidable. >> we've been very fortunate here. we've had the department of emergency management and ems division and using part of our building since last april and aside from being proud to i can't tell you how important to have some cost recovery coming in and income to keep the doors open. >> typically we'll have, three

to 400 people working behind the teens to support the show and that is everything from the teamsters and security staff and usualers, ticket takers, the folks that do our medical and the bar tenders and the people in the kitchen preparing food for backstage and concession and the people that sell key shirts and it's a pretty staggering amount of people that are out of work as a result of this one verne you going tarkanian. it doesn't work to open at reduced capacity. when we get past june 15th, out of the into the blue print for our economy we can open it it 100% and look at the festival in full capacity in october and we're just so grateful for the

leadership of the mavor and dr. coal fax to make us the safest ♪ america and this is been hard for everybody in san francisco and the world but our leadership has kept us safe and i trust them that they will let us know when it's safe to do that. >> a lot of people know about america is military stuff, bullying stuff, corporate stuff. when people like me and my friends go to these foreign country and play music, we're giving them an american cultural experience. it's important. the same way they can bring that here. it sounds comfy buyia, you know, we're a punk band and we're nasty and we were never much for peace and love and everything but that's the fertilizer that grows the big stuff that some

day goes to bill graham's place and takes everybody's money but you have to start with us and so my hope is that allel groups and people make music and get together because without out, hanging together we'll hang separately, you know. >> other venues like this, all over the place, not just in the san francisco bay area need to exist in order for communities to thrive and i'm not just talking about the arts communities, even if you are here to see a chuckle bucket comedy show and you are still experiencing humanity and in specific ways being able to gather with people and experience something together. and especially coming out of the pandemic, the loss of that in-person human connection recovering that in good ways is going to be vital for our entire society. >> it's a family club.

most our staff has been working with us for 10 years so we feel like a family. >> what people think of when they think of bottom of the hill and i get a lot of this is first of all, the first place i met my husband or where we had our first date and i love that and we love doing weddings and i expect there to be a wedding season post 2021 of all the make up we haddings and i hope that many people do that because we have had so many rock ep role weddings. >> i told my girlfriend, make sure you stand at the front of the stage and i can give you a kiss at midnight. at this got down on one knee at the stroke of midnight. it wasn't a public thing, i got down on one knee and said will

you marry me and is he she had are you [beep] kidding me and i said no, i'm dead serious and she said yes. we were any time homicideel of the show. we just paused for new year's eve and that was where i proposed to my wife. this is more than just a professional relationship it's more than just a relationship from a love of arts, it's where my family started. we'll always have a special place in my heart. >> venues, you know, represent so much. they are cultural beckons of a city. neighbors can learn and celebrate and mourn and dance together. venues and arts and culture are characterized as second responders to crisis and they provide a mental health outlet and a community center for people to come together at and it's the shared history of our city and these spaces is where

we all come together and can celebrate. >> art often music opens up people to understanding the fellow man and i mean, taz always necessary and if anything, it's going to be even more necessary as we come out of this to reach out and connect with people. >> we can sustain with food, water and shelter is accurate and does anybody have a good time over the last year? no. >> san francisco is a great down. i've been here many years and i love it here and it's a beautiful, beautiful, place to be music and art is key to that. drama, acting, movies, everything, everything that makes life worth living and that's what we've got to mow proteasome no san francisco and that's what is important now.

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career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area

of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪♪♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played

to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just

blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime.

what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like,

oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuff from their grandparents, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. women's n

sustainable future . women's n >> san francisco streets and puffs make up 25 percent of cities e city's land area more than all the parks combined they're far two wide and have large flight area the pavement to parks is to test the variants by ininexpensive changing did new open spaces the city made up of streets in you think about the potential of having this space for a purpose it is demands for the best for bikes and families to gather. >> through a collaborative effort with the department we the public works and the

municipal transportation agency pavement to parks is bringing initiative ideas to our streets. >> so the face of the street is the core of our program we have in the public right-of-way meaning streets that can have areas perpetrated for something else. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of all, what is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program.

>> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now

the point we're planting trees and flowers we have basketball courts there is so much to do here. >> there's a very full program that they simply joy that and meet the community and friends and about be about the lighter side of city people are more engaged not just the customers. >> with the help of community pavement to parks is reimagining the potential of our student streets if you want more information visit them as the pavement to parks or contact pavement to parks at sfgovtv.org

sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill.

>> mayor breed: i am san francisco mayor london breed. welcome to the state of the city address. [applause] >> mayor breed: i am happy to have all of you here today. it is really great to be outdoors in person. the mask mandates, vaccine mandates are all gone. if you take pictures answer post. make sure you put disclaimer we removed it in san francisco so i don't get beat up by folk on the internet. thank you and welcome. i want to start by thanking all workers who helped us navigate the latest surge. nurses, police officers, paramedics, educators, all incredible people who kept this city