>> 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] >> in august 2019 construction began on the new facility at 1995 evans avenue in bayview. it will house motorcycle police and department of forensic

services division. both sfpd groups are in two buildings that need to be vacated. they will join the new $183 million facility in late 2021. >> elements of the cfi and the traffic company are housed at the hall of justice, which has been determined to be seismically unfit. it is slated for demolition. in addition to that the forensic services crime lab is also slated for demolition. it was time and made sense to put these elements currently spread in different parts of the city together into a new facility. >> the project is located in the bayview area, in the area near estes creek. when san francisco was first formed and the streetcars were built back it was part of the

bay. we had to move the building as close to the edge as possible on bedrock and solid elements piles down to make sure it was secure. >> it will be approximately 100,000 square feet, that includes 8,000 square feet for traffic company parking garage. >> the reason we needed too new building, this is inadequate for the current staffing needs and also our motor department. the officers need more room, secured parking. so the csi unit location is at the hall of justice, and the crime laboratory is located at building 60 sixty old hunters point shipyard. >> not co-located doesn't allow for easy exchange of information to occur. >> traffic division was started in 1909.

they were motor officers. they used sidecars. officers who road by themselves without the sidecar were called solo. that is a common term for the motorcycle officers. we have 45 officers assigned to the motorcycles. all parking at the new facility will be in one location. the current locker room with shared with other officers. it is not assigned to just traffic companies. there are two showers downstairs and up. both are gym and shop weres are old. it needs constant maintenance. >> forensic services provides five major types of testing. we develop fingerprints on substances and comparisons. there are firearms identification to deal with projectiles, bullets or

cartridge casings from shootings. dna is looking at a whole an rare of evidence from -- array of evidence from dna to sexual assault to homicide. we are also in the business of doing breath allyzer analysis for dui cases. we are resurrecting the gunshot residue testing to look for the presence of gunshot residue. lifespan is 50 years. >> it has been raised up high enough that if the bay starts to rise that building will operate. the facility is versus sustainable. if the lead gold highest. the lighting is led. gives them good lights and reduces energy use way down.

water throughout the project we have low water use facilities. gardens outside, same thing, low water use for that. other things we have are green roofs on the project. we have studies to make sure we have maximum daylight to bring it into the building. >> the new facility will not be open to the public. there will be a lobby. there will be a deconstruction motorcycle and have parts around. >> the dna labs will have a vestibule before you go to the space you are making sure the air is clean, people are coming in and you are not contaminating anything in the labs. >> test firing in the building you are generating lead and chemicals. we want to quickly remove that from the individuals who are working in that environment and ensure what we put in the air is

not toxic. there are scrubbers in the air to ensure any air coming out is also at the cleanest standards. >> you will see that kind of at the site. it has three buildings on the site. one is for the motorcycle parking, main building and back behind is a smaller building for evidence vehicles. there is a crime, crime scene. they are put into the secure facility that locks the cars down while they are examined. >> they could be vehicles involved in the shooting. there might be projectiles lodged in the vehicle, cartridge casings inside the vehicle, it could be a vehicle where a aggravated sexual occurred and there might be biological evidence, fingerprints, recovered merchandise from a potential robbery or other things. >> the greatest challenge on the project is meeting the scope

requirements of the project given the superheated construction market we have been facing. i am proud to say we are delivering a project where we are on budget. >> the front plaza on the corner will be inviting to the public. something that gives back to the public. the building sits off the edge. it helps it be protected. >> what we are looking for is an updated building, with facilities to meet our unit's needs. >> working with the san francisco police department is an honor and privilege. i am looking forward to seeing their faces as the police officers move to the new facility. >> it is a welcome change, a new surrounding that is free from all of the challenges that we face with being remote, and then the ability to offer new

expanded services to the city and police department investigations unit. i can't wait until fall of 2021 when the building is finally ready to go and be occupied and the people can get into the facility to serve them and serve the community. the tenderloin is home to families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase

investments in the neighborhood. as city and community-based partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality. we invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. >> we're all citizens of san francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. >> what i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that it's really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. >> [speaking foreign language] >> my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other

community organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses. >> everything in the tenderloin is very good. the food is very good. if you go to any restaurant in san francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. the people are nice. >> it is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. so this is the soul of the tenderloin. it's really welcoming. the. >> the tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. so with all of us being together and making it feel very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are getting there. [♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you

can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging

over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have

the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there

were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in.

there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street.

this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]