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. [♪♪♪] >> thank you very much everybody for being here.

we are so happy to do fleet week this year last year we were on the edge off of our seats whether we have should v a program. we pull today off. sailors and marines walking around town meeting people in san francisco and feeling the hospitality 've the city this it is a fabulous city and so welcoming. fleet week is a community event. it is an event with a plan and all of the operations are volunteers from neighborhoods. city hall the city, we are thankful for their help we will hear from city officials. this year our air show thankfully united airlines was gashs enough to help us with the [inaudible] side the air show will have 2, f-35's the most

advanced aircraft in the world. and pilots that guide them and the blue angels will be happening down on the marina drenal you see the human tear yen assistance and stem education center. fleet week is pervasive throughout the city. off the waterfront in the neighborhoods. saturday the t-9 her over freshman 10 to 2 at debose park. this band will appear there. support our k-9 heros. check out all of overhaul events the great things fleet week has. look at our website you see everything happening. i will pass it on to the mayor who is supportive, what a great friend to the military and fleet week. mayor london breed.

thank you. good afternoon i'm san francisco mayor london breed i'm so happy to be here to sick off fleet week in our city! you know float week is a time honored tradition in san francisco. we know every year during october, all of the sudden we hear the planes flying through. but fleet week is in the about the extraordinary talent of the blue angel its is so much more. about developing a relationship with our military, the people who put their lives on the line to make sure that we retain the rights and freedoms we enjoy in the united states of america. when i think about how wonderful fleet week is to see folks walking in uniforms and the time they take to talk about the work they do. the opportunity to visit the ships and tour and know the sacrifices that are being made, day in and out, people who are

not able to be around families regular low wlo are spending their time every day to serve and protect us. and when we appreciate about fleet week other than loving the blue angel system how it is expanded and become such a community event. how it brought people together weather the band in japantown and all over the city and the castro for the first time this year; [applause]... it is also all of the various events the parade of ships. excitement. last year was the first time that after the pandemic we were able to get together in person for fleet week. let me tell you the city was packed. people were excited. lines to see the ships and conversations and people smiling and excited all over san

francisco not just san francisco but people visiting from all overnight bay area and the country. this is a great event. it is also an opportunity to, yes, celebrate our military. celebrate the folk who is make sure the waters are protected, navy, marines. the coast guard, it it is an opportunity for us to remember that san francisco such a major city is also our quick prone. also disaster prone. and so we have to get prepared. we do have our police chief. bill scott and fire chief and our head of the department of emergency management mar ellen carol and others who are running regular drills with our military. to make sure that when because it is in the a matter of if, it is when we are faced with a natural disaster or other disaster that we are prepared to work together to keep the people

of this city safe. so, i want all of to you go sf72. org and check on your neighbors. know your neighbors the pandemic gave us an opportunity to know each other better than before. at the end of the day we want to make sure we are able to protect one another. that's what all the people here in uniform do every day. they put their lives on the line to serve and protect each one of us. and so on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, i like to ask admiral bask to come up and accept this proclamation. we are now official low not only kickoff fleet week in san francisco but it is considered officially fleet week in the city and county of san francisco, inform for being here to celebrate this auspicious

occasion in our city. [applause]. thank you. all right. let's get going! i do introduce. okay. so it it is now my pleasure to introduce the executive director for the port of san francisco and i said, there will be ships and tours and lots of activities. don't forget to eat at our restaurant s and shop and enjoy what san francisco has to offer. new partialers open. san francisco will be so exciting during fleet week i hope you will join you and the person this manages the port for the city san francisco is e lane forbes. >> thank you mayor breed.

i want to echo comments, welcome to fleet week. the water front is open, it is exciting and thrilling we cannot wait to welcome the young men and women in service to say thank you. buy them a bore. have a good time. enjoy the water front. welcome people who sacrifice for our country and keep us safe. i'm very happy to thank the navy. marine core, coast guard and the army core who are keeping our waterfront and city safe. sea services and our city departments the chiefs of police, chief of fire. director of emergency management and our director of public works carla short, we work together and we work in a fashion that has manageds behind us. we get ton each other before we are on the battlefield and the groups come together strongly in

terms how we set mission. who is responsible of huwe set strategy and deploy am. because of the hard work being an exciting in person event we dot own in person emergency preparation. and that's what make this is event so important to our city. i want to go become to our water front because it has the best vows. best food and experience of san francisco. we have our navy vessels here. historic finger pearce are amazing and demonstrate a rich maritime history. we have an exceptional experience for everyone who is coming. i want to welcome everyone and welcome now the director of our emergency management departmentful she used manageds and worked hard in the covid pandemic and now she is keeping us appropriated for natural

disasters like earthquakes. with that mary ellen carol. [applause]. thank you so much. a pleasure to be here i'm so happy that we have we are back to normal. ish. and can have float week again. i want to echo the comments that everyone said and that everyone already said including our mayor. fleet week is an extraordinary week we are entering in the d. emergency management and other public safety partners coit year round what we do is what has been referenced already is our emergency preparedness exercises. so this year we focus a different skill or asset and this year we looked at air

operations. transportation lines could be cut off. could have different areas of the city like islands our ability to do air operations is critical in an earthquake or sdaft they're affects our infrastructure. i want to thank my partner who i will introduce here admiral days for his partnership. thank the emergency managers and i want to thank float week sf and the staff there that does coordination. all my city partners and all of our military partners that criminal we're luck tow have this relationship that we can develop we know who to call and that our -- our responders are working throughout the year with our military partners we don't have to figure this out in the moment. we are proud of that. with ha, i will bring on the

admiral to talk about the work. [applause]

>> all right. wow. this is intim dath. thank you mayor and colleagues for letting me be a part of this today. again. my title is commander expedition. the reason i'm talking i'm in charge of naval forces. my honor to speak on behalf of service members out in the communities for those here last year, the restart of in person fleet week was an epic success. do you agree? yea. it was pretty cool and thanks to the generosity and spirit of the city why it was successful. this year will be bigger, better and more epic. more shipps. different types coming. we did this so you see something new. a parade and open tours during the week. navy, marine bands playing throughout the community. sporting events, team building and social events going of displays of military equipment. aircraft and ships and also the equipment we use with crisis response and finishing to natural disasters you will see that and we have noticing group. the blue angels, whatever. they are pretty cool i'm a helecopter guy. they are notice and back. that is in the when the most cool is we are bringing a lot of young sailors usual marines and coast guard men and women to get out in your community and that's important to me that is what fleet week is about. yea celebrating the members and commitment is important. but more important is you know our service members what they are about and bh they do. guess what, we work for you.

military works for citizens. when you see us out in the community, and you rescue noise us because of the sterling uniforms and the short cuts. say, hi, ask us hard questions about when we do it is important. i think when you see the folks you will be impressed like i am. >> we mention today fleet week is fun and doing hard work. we talked about the training. this is us the military working with your emergency respondors the police, fire, pork medical people. emergency response agencies what we do is hone our skills to respond in times of natural disaster together and effectively. i done missions like this they are hard you have to practice like everything. we did this last year. and again thissier and keep doing that. i will start where i finished and say thanks to the warm hospitality. and all the high 5's on the

streets i appreciate it. and thank you for honoring the men and women that serve our military it means more than you know. i look forward to seeing everybody at fleet week. i will kick it over to lewis? [applause]. thank you admiral and all the speakers we cannot ends without me pointing out the fwie who started fleet week the chairman of the board of san francisco fleet week association retired general mike meyer, right there. his vision brought us together in 2010. revitalized fleet week the assistance disaster responseful i also want to mention on monday just as this next monday at the golden gate park we are the return of the high school band we will have high marching bands appearing and they will compete for prize money. if you make it there.

support the kidsure watch them they are energetic and it gives you hope the next generation will be fabulous. thank you to the band and instructor:it up. thank you! [applause]. [music]

. >> my name is ana renzi. i'm a fire investigator for the city and county of san francisco. the job of a fire investigator is to go after the fire has been put out and to determine the origin and the cause of the fire. so we are the people who after the firefighters have come in and done their magnificent work to extinguish the fire, we go through the fire scene and we are able to find how the fire started. just showing up, being who you are can mean a world of difference to someone. when someone sees you as an identifiably queer person, an identifiable female presenting person or a person of color

walk into their home, they can feel more comfortable and more trusting just knowing that you are around and that you may have some insight into their situation and to their community needs that others may not have. the san francisco fire department i'm proud to say goes out of its way to recruit women, minorities, and to the lgbtq+ community, we are awaiting you and wanting you to come join us as a san francisco fire department. no one is going to represent us like you are going to represent us. no one is going to care for our communities and for our departments like you are going to come and represent our communities and our departments. i am a proud black queer member of the san francisco fire department and i'm especially proud to be part of an organization that respects and

values our diverse communities in san francisco. [♪♪] >> ♪♪ ♪♪ we are definitely pioneers in airport concession world a world of nationally if not entirely or internationally >> everybody is cop us right now. >> the people that were in charge of the retail this is where that began. >> i didn't think we would have a location at the airport. >> we've set the bar higher with the customer commerce. >> telling me about the operator and how you go about

finding them and they get from being in the city to being in the airport. >> so first, we actually find a table and once we know what we want a sit-down we go to the neighborhoods in san francisco and other people seminary of the retail let us know about the rain water and are excited to have the local operators in the airport. >> we have to go going through the conceive selective process and they award a lease to the restaurant. >> they are planning on extending. >> we that you could out the china and the length evens and the travel serve and fourth your

minds and it's all good. >> how long for a vendor to move through the process. >> i would say it could take 80 up to a year from the time we go out to bid until they actually open a restaurant. >> i don't know what we signed up for but the airport is happy to have us here. and, you know, even taking out the track simple things there's a learning curve >> with once we're here they are helpful. >> it's an award-winning program. >> we're prude of your awards we have won 11 awards the latest for the best overall food address beverage program and . >> like the oscars (laughter). >> the professional world. >> tell me about the future

food. >> all the sb national leases are xooirz and we're hoping to bring newer concepts out in san francisco and what your passengers want. >> well, i look forward to the future (laughter)

>> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the

opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. the city.

>> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural.

growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in

chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come

in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of these products here.

>> good morning. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the october 6, 2022 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor preston chair, joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor mandelman. the clerk is stephanie cabrera and want to thank our team at sfgotv for staffing the meeting. any aanounssments? >> the board and committees are convening hybrid meetings that allowed in person attend ens and public comment while providing remote access. the