now we are in the city by the bay. we are getting ready for the big parade. the warriors have a lot of fans. you see her at all of the games. the blue and gold for the last few months. welcome the mayor london reed. who does it mean to have the first parade in san francisco. how much are you looking forward to this one? >> let me tell you. i'm so excited the streets are lined in blue and gold which will give a homecoming like no other welcome home warriors

what has the center and drive city and the whole vibe. what has it meant to the city. >> it meant so much. we are talking about a team and amazing cost that are not just wonderful on the court but off the court. they brought a vibe and energy that's carrying us in the city after two hardiers. it's time to celebrate give me a final thought. how much you looking forward to riding in your own car in this championship team. >> i'll be smiling and waving so hard my face will hurt. which dezer this. i would like you to show so much love to the team and the people on the stage.

let's give them some love warriors. >> give it up for lon ton. [ applause ] >> all right, now we have the hot seat part of the he think delve sorry. the pingient difficult parade questions. the things where they say what they want to say this is great for the fourth parade. the last broadcasting job that hassen been taken by green. let's hear from steve kerr. >> you say this surprised you? >> we stunk the last two years.

i don't know if you noticed that. to be back to where we were is incredible and testament to these guys. amazing mentoring from our older to younger guys. a beautiful mix. >> talk about coaching a humble super star stephen curry. he decided to miss free throws the be one of the guys. was it his idea? >> he missed one and you will say he missed free throws. >> he fits in with the group that you elevate above. when you are leaders and so much apart of the mix it's tough to beat. >> with stef it's the combination of talent and he makes everybody want to win for him and with him.

one guy was an gray. because of what he meant to our guys to our younger guys and older guys it's not easy. andre helped us get through it all. it was a great mix and good mix of vets and young guys it'd was truly an organize nal success this year it's beautiful to work with everybody. >> four championships as a coach and one for the other thumb. >> absolutely. >> give it up for steve kerr. [ applause ] >> fans know this and on tv we look for this. there is nothing better than a wiggens smile. we started to see that more often. let's have andrew and green come up here.

first year all-star first championship and best basketball you played on the biggest stage. how rewarding for you. >> it was great. now we celebrate. >> whatever you have to say go ahead and do it. let me get out-of-the-way. [ applause ] everyone is nervous right now. >> i'm trying to think of the most controversial thing i could say. this is great. i don't know what do you want

me to tell you we are better than everybody. [ beeps] that. this has been an amazing year. i told y'all not to let us win a championship. i warned y'all. i'll continue to destroy people on twitter i have been. and instagram stories. i love this group and when i say the group the entire group. there were times we won a championship and everything didn't have to be aligned. for this to work every single person up here had to be aligned. it's so special and you talk about which championship means more. the reality is every single one has it's own journey. i was numb because of the ger

any this was. what you appreciate for the journey is the people you go through it with. what brings me the most joy everybody thinks i'm talking [ beeps] what brings me the most joy since i won my first one is seeing the guys who won it the first time. in your journey you want that feeling back. the first time you do it you want that feeling back. you never get it again. the only way to get it is feel it through wiggens. feel it through pull, porter, belly, moses. d. lee. this is not d. lee's first time around. you feel it through the guys and that's how you get the sensation again. i'd like to say thank you you

all and as always [ beeps] everybody else. >> i am assuming andrew has nothing to add. let's bring up stephen curry and clay thompson. last time we won this stef gave a speech and how important the fans was and the journey with his brothers and getting to the mountaintop and clay said whatever he just said. i'll start with clay instead. 941 days. when you came back in the cleveland game did you have an idea how much people loved you and appreciated you and we missed you? >> i mean.

[ applause ] >> that goes both ways. i love being a resident of the bay area. i mean, just really mature draymond. he has the maturity level of a third grader. just seeing everybody in the neighborhood so excited and standing ovation from the chef and waiters. that's what it is about the little wins. they would tell me about the little wins during my rehab. that's something i would take for the rest of my life. just the small things in life that inspired me to keep going. whether it's taking a picture with an old lauddy lady r young kid. dub nation has no bounds and we have fans from all walks of

life. [ applause ] >> if you get a second bulldog would it be named ca nnoli. >> i was watching a lot of chris farley videos. i would put-on semipro or chris tucker. me and peter are big friend people. >> stef, to win game six you were as emotional as i ever saw you. you cried on the court. >> who cries on the basketball court. no crying in basketball. >> tell us about being overwhelmed in there? >> tell me about what that meant. >> i think everybody that's been said on the stage if you say it out loud or internalize it you carry the journey with you every single day. to know what we have been

through and my brother went through for almost three years. what we went through as a team to retool, regroup, rejuvenate what we had. just like taking snapshots of the last three years all of that came out. once we change buildings and carry the championship dna with us. the emotion was everything i got to the real questions what will they say now. >> i don't know if it makes you goodnow. i have to play for coach kerr and go to paris.

>> it's just amazing. an amazing feeling. everybody that has a part in that is the most important thing that trophy is nice. >> finish it off for andre andre and draymond. finish off the parade before we jump into cars with the kind of thought and o ohmage to fans. >> we have grown up in y'alls eyes. from 2015 when we wondered what shaving cream was because we didn't have the ability to grow that stuff and know what we have carried the last eight years. how cool is it. 7 years to the date from game six of 2015 to game six of 2022. [ applause ] >> the exact same day we celebrate another

championship. to know, we represent you guys. the life that you give us. the inspiration. the free males meals and standing ovations in the kitchen. >> i love those. all of that matters. this is what it's about. entertaining you guys and giving you something to cheer for. it's giving us the opportunity to go through amazing things that we haven't done in history and representing the entire bay area. it means a lot. dray went on a vacation but for us to know we have all been here the entire time and try to continue to build this. we are back having a practice raid in san francisco. >> before we wrap-up i need your leadership. all of you to organize the

team photo. let's get it done. one final photo. get on the tv cameras. get all of your instagram stuff. line it up, here it is. >> you are watching san francisco rising. a special guest today. >> i am chris and you are watching san francisco rising. focused on rebuilding and reimagining our city. our guest is the director of financial justice in the san francisco office of treasure to talk about how the city has

taken a national lead in this effort and how the program is comlishing the goals. welcome to the show. >> thanks so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. can we start by talking about the financial justice project in a broad sense. when did the initiative start and what is the intent? >> sure. it launched in 2016. since then we take a hard look at fines, fees, tickets, financial penalties hitting people with low incomes and especially people of color really hard. it is our job to assess and reform these fines and fees. >> do you have any comments for people financially stressed? >> yes. the financial justice project was started in response pop community outcry about the heavy toll of fines and fees.

when people struggling face an unexpected penalty beyond ability to pay they face a bigger punishment than originally intended. a spiral of consequences set in. a small problem grows bigger. for example the traffic ticket this is california are hundreds of dollars, most expensive in the nation. a few years back we heard tens of thousands in san francisco had driver's licenses suspended not for dangerous driving but because they couldn't afford to pay traffic tickets or miss traffic court date. if they lose the license they have a hard time keeping their job and lose it. that is confirmed by research. we make it much harder for people to pay or meet financial obligations. it is way too extreme of penalty for the crime of not being able to pay. we were also hearing about thousands of people who were

getting cars towed. they couldn't pay $500 to get them back and were losing their cars. at the time we hand people a bill when they got out of jail to pay thousands in fees we charged up to $35 per day to rent electronic ankle monitor, $1,800 upfront to pay for three years of monthly $50 probation fees. people getting out of jail can't pay these. they need to get back on their feet. we weren't collecting much on them. it wasn't clear what we were accomplishing other than a world of pain on people. we were charging mothers and grandmothers hundreds of dollars in phone call fee to accept calls from the san francisco jail. we heard from black and brown women struggling to make

terrible choices do. i pay rent or accept this call from my incarcerated son. the list goes on and on. so much of this looked like lose-lose for government and people. these penalties were high pain, hitting people hard, low gain. not bringing in much revenue. there had to be a better way. >> it is important not to punish people financially there. are issues to address. >> sure. there are three core principles that drive our work. first, we believe we should be able to hold people accountable without putting them in financial distress. second you should not pay a bigger penalty because your wallet is thinner. $300 hits doctors and daycare workers differently. they can get in a tailspin, they

lose the license. we dig them in a hole they can't get out of. these need to be proportioned to people's incomes. third. we should not balance the budget on the backs of the poorest people in the city. >> financial justice project was launched in 2016. can you talk about the accomplishments? >> sure sometimes it is to base a fine on the ability to pay. consequences proportional to the offense and the person. other times if the fee's job is to recoupe costs primarily on low-income people. we recommend elimination. other times we recommend a different accountability that does not require a money payment. here are a few examples. we have implemented many sliding

scale discounts for low-income people who get towed or have parking tickets they cannot afford. you pay a penalty according to income. people with low incomes pay less. we also became the first city in the nation to stop suspending people's licenses when they could not pay traffic tickets. we focused on ways to make it easier for people to pay through payment plans, sliding discounts and eliminating add on fees to jack up prices of tickets. this reform is the law of the land in california. it has spread to 23 other states. we also stopped handing people a bill when they get out of jail and eliminated fees charged to people in criminal justice system. they have been punished in a lot of ways. gone to jail, under supervision, the collection rate on the fees was so low we weren't bringing in much revenue.

the probation fee collection rate was 9%. this reform has become law from california and is spreading to other states. we made all calls from jail free. the more incarcerated people are in touch with families the better they do when they get out. it was penny wise and pound foolish. now phone calls are free. incarcerated people spend 80% more time in touch where families. that means they will do better when they get out. we eliminated fines for overdue library books. research shows were locking low income and people of color out of libraries. there are better ways to get people to return books, e-mail reminders or automatically renew if there is no one in line for it. this has spread to other cities that eliminated overdue library

fines. these hold people accountable but not in financial distress can work better for government. local government can spend more to collect the fees than they bring in. when you proportion the fine with income they pay more readily. this impact can go down and revenues can go up. >> i know there is an initial group that joined the project. they had a boot camp to introduce the program to large audience. is this gaining traction across the country? >> yes 10 cities were selected to launch the fines for fee justice. they adopted various reforms like we did in san francisco. as you mentioned we just hosted a boot camp in phoenix, arizona. teams of judges and mayors came

from 50 cities to learn how to implement reforms like we have in san francisco. there is a growing realization the penalties are blunt instruments with all kinds of unintended consequences. it is the job of every public servant to find a better way. governance should equalize opportunity not drive inequality. >> quite right. thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the

field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived

anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille,

can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best.

she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire

adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning