>> good afternoon to all of you. [speak spanish] you are not ready. now people are paying attention. i'm miranda the daughter of mexican parents from the great states of nation of the, my father from the state of [inaudible] welcome to all of you and el grito. after 47 years in the halls of this beautiful palace we call, our city hall and the great city of san francisco. can i get a warm welcome to all

of you. today's program will be done in the official unofficial language of san francisco. for those ofow the inside will know. this it is spanglish. we will all on the other hand each other today. i'm joined by 2 incredible women and although our program will be brief tell be memorable to all of you. [speaking spanish]. for mexicanos and latinos and elsalvador and nicaragua and venezuela! there is nothing more intimate than welcoming machine in your own home. for san francisco, and our great mayor london breed, welcoming

all of you in all of us latinos not just in the halls. this hall of this beautiful palace. in the city of san francisco it is no easy ft.. but celebrating well tinos and our contributions to the great city of san francisco is nothing more than can't be a small party when our mir is present. right? everyone knows sheness how to have a good time. work hard and the incredible staff, thank you. and the incredible staff not just of [inaudible] but also our mayor's own staff. thank you to all of you who med this beautiful event happen. my correction. now i'm being corrected. thank you very much. i want to be able to tell you today's celebration is a test am of what happens when you bring 2

incredible women together. right. after 47 years to have inside this beautiful building el grito in city hall is significant cantz for mexicanos every where after the opinion dem and i can losing so many. not just in our mayor and our mayor acted as a governor and president when we were most vulnerable. it is a significant moment and i ask you to give her a rounds of applause like we know how to do to our mayor, london breed! [applause]. of ga, i gotta say this is one of the bandwidth celebrations we had celebrating an independent day in i long time. and -- i really appreciate all

of you being here because it hen a really hard 2 years. and we have to finds joy. we have to find a way to celebrate these important mile stones and important moments. that money so much to the people of our city. and so i want to say, happy el grito! i'm honored to be here with our council general who has been doing a wonderful job. and today we join the country of mexico and thousands of people who represent mexico i feel like i represent mexico because -- it is my favorite place to vacation. thank you for being here the san francisco bay area is really

celebrating and this we know is an important tradition to commemorate the start of the mexican war for independence. tomorrow, friday, september 16th, we observe the 212th anniversary of the mexican nation and we are bring thanksgiving important day foiblely to city hall to give it the appropriate celebration it truly deserves. i'm proud to be a mayor of a city that has such a rich latino heritage. latinos have been in san francisco since before the gold rush and over time, grown root and built a culturally rich and resilient community. we are a great city in many ways because of the contributions and the sense of pride that stems from our latino community. san francisco's history and heritage is rot in the that. and specifically the land where

we stand was once a part of mexico. we have so many artistic and cultural institutions based in the mission and monday and great to see many of the leaders of the institutions joining us here today. our mix condition american legacy includes the music of someone i love and adore and doing well, carlos santana or low rider community i see you roberto. delicious food. carnival. the mural project. galleria delarossa, thank you for being here. the mission latino cultural center and so many accomplices that keep the vibrancy of this community arc live and well in this city. it is important that we not only celebrate but we have to support the latino community. so that we ensurety success of

our city as a whole. i'm glad of the investments and work you do. many of you we sat in the room to talk about the need for investments and worked together when this community was dis impacted because of covid we worked together with the well tino task force and valrow and others to support this community and uplift this community. tonight, as a result of all of your hard work, over many, many years, today represents something different about the independent. reports our opportunity to take a moment and to just reflect but also to enjoy life. to enjoy the fact that we are still here. we still matter. and we will make sure that people all over the city and county of san francisco know that we are celebrating an important community in this city in city hall. in city hall. outside city hall.

all over the city. and tomorrow we plan to light city hall in the colors of the mexico flag of red, green and white. [applause]. thank our council general for her partnership. and i want to thank ole ga for her work and so many others joining us today. i don't know but but i am i don't know if anyone else feels like this about any other toed that exist in the world. i can eat mexican food every single day. so that's why i'm more excite body i think i miss the free tacos but. hopefully someone has my back after we finished with this celebration. ir foal good to be here with all of you today. i foal the good energy and the joy and the excitement of independence. and on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, today

we will declare it el grito day in the city of san francisco! [applause]. el grito independence day in san francisco! i know i butchered it but i tried. thank you for joining us here today! [applause]. [laughter]. okay. at this sometime i want to be able to take a point of privilege, and do the next introduction only in spanish. and at a later time after i had a drinkil translate everything i said for you if you have the time. now with that, [speaking

spanish] the heritage committee. raise your hands for the work you is done!

i would -- [speaking spanish]

[speak spanish] [applause] thank

you so much, mayor. i'm really we are all very satisfied because you allowed that after half a century we is come here and celebrate that day of mexican independence el grito. we are grateful, thank you very much, please and other arc mruz for our great mayor of san francisco. [applause] thank you. for our great mayor of san francisco. [applause] thank you.p for our great mayor of san francisco. p for our great mayor of san francisco. [applause] thank you.l for our great mayor of san francisco. a for our great mayor of san francisco. u for our great mayor of san francisco. [applause] thank you.s for our great mayor of san francisco. [applause] thank you.e for our great mayor of san

francisco. [applause] thank you. i want to recognize all the people that made this possible because it was many, many persons. you already said the -- latino hispanic heritage committee and the city committee and many, many people i cannot mention all of this. then and there we ever deeply grateful with all of you. i don't want to miss recognizing the presence of my colleagues. are here, thank you for joining us. approximate i want to take the opportunity to congratulate all the consulates of central america that today they are celebrating their independence day. thank you, congratulations. they could not make it buzz they are celebrating their independence day, too. i welcome with all the gratitude to our friends. our sponsors, and donors that are here today. thank you. we are so grateful, also with the team of the mexican

consulate. they have been working hard. many color guards they are hiding there to participate. thank you. i want to mention our consulate who has been working very hard with many of you to make this event to happen. [applause]. again, we are like the mayor we are grateful we are here in person with all of you. and that -- we will be able to do the cry el grito from the balcony. and this is manage well deserved. the large mexican community living here. during the pandemic they were and continue front line workers. during the pandemic they allowed us to have the basic services that we need even during the times that were difficult for everyone. thank you again to our

communities that make san francisco and mexico big and great. i will tell you today's celebration consists of tw parts this reception and we will have the el grito mayor's balcony. you know el grito is a tradition of mexico that its long. it started in 1810. when father miguel hildago in 1810, he call everyone to take arms and begin the fight for the independent from spain. happened he had to rush to a call everyone to start the preponder lawyer insurrection because where he was participating had been discovered. he is the father of the mexican nation. father hildago like the george washington for united states. and when we do see then that we

reenact when he did calling for the independence. so today, the mexican president, governs the mayors, the mexican ambassadors all over the world we reenact what father hildago did in september 16. yes. in the morning of upon september 16. but since the end of -- 19th century, we celebrate el grito in the evening of september 15. and the pedestrian mexico conditions to september 16, with military parade in mexico city. you know mexicans we don't only have one party we need 2 days to celebrate. 15 and 16. so that's what happened. okay. so during the ceremony that is about to start. what will happen is that i will make the call for independence.

i will shout in honor of mexico and the mexican heros. i will waist mexican flag and a bell has to be rung hopefully the mayor will join united states with that. and then we will sing the national anthem. so have you all enjoy el grito. and it is not only a celebration of mexico as mayor breed already said. it is a celebration also of san francisco and california. because when we start the fight for independence california of course was part of the pain and when we -- independence 11 years later in 1821 california also did. so -- thank you very much. i think olga will say the logistics where we will follow? okay. well, thank you so much and thank you, mayor.

>> thank you for this history lesson. we appreciate understanding and knowing our history and olga mentioned said, when she tuesday is like your george washington in the united states. minus the slaves. i can appreciate that. thank you olga. >> today i wanted to take a moment in acknowledge 2 of our elected officials of mexican decent joining us joaquin torres. and our treasurer jose cisneros. the handle all the money the city and make an arc rain thank you for being here and -- i know we will do this ceremony but the council general mentioned party another event and activity.

we have a celebration of latino heritage month. this will be held in city hall on october 14th at 5:30. if we want to keep the party going have a good time tonight. make sure you before we raise the flag and olga will give you instructions. feel fro to come back this place is just as much yours as it is mine. belongs to all of us. we work hard in this city and deserve to have a good time. thank you so much for joining us. [applause].

happy el grito, everyone! [applause] and supporting 7 years since we had this celebration here in san francisco city hall. i'm honored that we are celebrating the independence of mexico and the mexican heritage in san francisco. we know that this state once of a part of mexico. to remember -- history 212 years ago. mexico stood up and fought and you all are the results of that

legacy. a proud legacy a rich heritage. i want to thank you all for joining us here today in san francisco to raise the flag and celebrate independence and to celebrate what makes san francisco so special and unique the people who are part of our mexican heritage in the city of san francisco. thank you all for being here. and happy grito! [applause] hello everyone are you ready? [speaking spanish].

i'm proud to be here with the mir london breed after half a century we are celebrating el grito. >> thank you all.

[speak spanish]. [speak spanish]. viva mexico! viva! viva mexico! viva! viva mexico! viva! [bells chiming] [horns honking]

[laughter] [music] viva! viva! [music] viva! viva! [music].

>> okay. good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco historic preservation commission hybrid hearing for wednesday september 21, 2022. to enable public participation sfgtv is broadcasting and streaming this meeting live and we will receive public comment for each item and opportunities to speak during the public comment available by calling