>> goodness, let me tell you i have been swearing in's for individuals before this is the largest crowd. she does not have free passes to the movies by the way. ir wonder why all the people are here. first of all, vehicle i'm san francisco mayor london breed it is really great to join you all to swear monty in to this new role as the director of sf phil and the san francisco film commission. i know we have a number of film

commissioners in the house. can you stand. carolyn tile and matt striker... they are her bosses and i'm her boss i guess you got boss she is the real boss and is the one had does the work and i will tell you a bit about mont competence when she has been able to do we are glad to have her in this new role. started off in 2015 and sf film and working on a lot of the nuts and bolts of how we make film happen in the city. most of the stuff that most of us don't want to do. we want to be in the film like mow in the matrix. [laughter]. we want to watch the film. get on the red or green or blue carpel. there is a lot of work guess in

making films work especially in a place like san francisco where everybody has an opinion about where someone should film and had street and what have you. all of those little things require a soft touch. someone when will go in and have that conversation. someone will go in and coordinate and deal with the permits and deal with the cables from muni bus and all of these tien emthings and some of the best accomplishments i think that manny brought to san francisco have had a lot to do with her work on the policy during covid the policy she put together that allowed films to continue to film. small and large in san francisco during covid. we are not just talking about the films on the dig big and little screens. we are talking about the job it creates. talking about the support for

restaurants and hotels and economy. having film until san francisco big or small is so important to the success of our economy. we are grateful for your work on the protocols. and we are also grateful that you know this department under monty's leadership has taken a hold of opportunity for all the program i establish where high school students and young people age of 24 can get a paid internship. fact we were able to get the young people. i visited the sets and i was in the matrix, i was on set. we had young people in this program. this is the first time any of the productions have work the with intern in this capacity. not going to get nile coffee and stacking up the food. it was like set building and lighting and real production

work, working with local 16. working with these various filming companies and creating an opportunity for young people to work on the matrix. to work on mass bridges and the great things. it was like seeing the kids on set and know thanksgiving is a part of their career. it is really something i'm most proved of what you did and the department has done in san francisco and how tell make a difference in their lives and the next generation and really diverse foiling the behind the scenes work. the set crews and lighting courthouse all the stuff we need to make sure that women and people of color are a part of the equation when doing film in san front as well. we know there is a lot of great work you will continue to do. and luckily you have all the wonderful people here to celebrate with you and support

you. people from the industry. from city hall. friends family. because you know this pandemic has challenged our city. and the important part of our economic recovery has everything to do with making sure as beautiful as we know this city is, we want to make sure it is easier to spotlight our city on film. to make sure that it is featured to make sure that we create more than just my san francisco favorite movies the rock and matrix. it is how do we bring other films and make it easy for the independent film make and opportunity to show case san francisco with the new things we opened up the tunnel top park. that beautiful francisco park you had a cable car coming down. this is like you can't you can't find a better vow in the world.

this is an iconic place and beautiful place. first place that people should want to film. we have to make it easier. and i know that there is someone that will lead this department and work william commissioners that am work with the city agencies. that will work with all the neighbors and the folks saying, no to focus what we will do. which is our new notes. how do we get. how do we get to yes. how do we make it happen the person i'm about to square in now will be the one to help us get to, yes, for film nothing san francisco. [applause]. come on up monty. >> all right. wow this is a big crowd. coming out to buy people. >> please, raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, state your name.

>> do swear. that i will support and defend. that will will support and defend. constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservation. for purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithful low discharge. the duties upon which i'm about to enter. and during such time. as i serve as executive director [applause] for sf film and is

it -- film sf. [laughter] come see come sigh. >> film sf. and the film commission. for the city of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> my god i love you guys. this is amazing. um -- my heart is full now. i wanted to wroit down words because the people who be me know i get emotional and i can go after track or forget hay want to say. i wanted to make sure i captured

everything i wanted to share with you all. and i want to say this is better than getting an oscar. and it is funny because i don't like a lot of attention on me but i will not pass up a celebration. thank you for being here. and i mean truly this is each and everyone of you i look around and you have all been part of this journey with our office. with me. to the film committee and san francisco. so, i have just gratitude for each of and you can't wait to give each you a hug after this if i have not already done so. but i wanted to say importantly, mayor, thank you for this appointment. you really see the incredible value of the industry. and not just the importance of our stories being told. but you know it is the economic

impact that productions have on san francisco. you know from want specialing the small businesses to the local jobs and the local important union jobs that are a result when big are productions come to town. you are the biggest champions. and you have demonstrated that [applause]. mayor lee was a big film lover as well. and so it is incredible to see you come in this role and see how much that you echoed all of his leadership and more. >> i want to thank my family for being here. and they are here. this means a lot to them and also, yes, i want this to be a participation. if this is had i share speaks to you shout hayou node to do.

stand up. i'm the daughter of immigrant parents. my father is from iran and my mother from mexico in 1964, they met in golden gate park. my mom was living with the nuns, not to be a nun but living with them i forgot why. my dad was a student taking computer classes with intent of going back to iran. my mom saw him at a picnic with the musn'ts and said, see that man there,il marry him. and 50 years later you know right. 55 or 56. i forget. 58 we are here. and the sack foiss that they had for their children i'm the youngest of 4. and what they did to support all of us to be college bound, to have our careers.

the sacrifice my generation is the first that went to college. and this is the story i'm telling you is more about me it is about our stories are important and node to be told. right. and all of our stories. and how my story started in the city that's yet city health care important top me. because without the city i would not be here. [applause] i want to acknowledge the commissioners -- so, you have to stand up but here, and -- stand up. you want to sit because you are filming? no. the commissioners, i have this incredible group of 11 advisors, mentors, collaborateors. i see it as a true gift to work with all of you. because you are what will help guide our work. and ensure we are accountable to

the city and to this industry and make sure we thrive. you know we already had a run way together. and i am excited for what is to come with our work together. thank you. [applause] i do have more to say. i will try to speed it up. the mayor has an agenda. i want to thank our team and mall and mighty team usa. we had a lot of transnigz this office in the beginning of last year and we have a new team who have really stepped up with all this difficult work and we are really node to build our capacity and i look forward to dog that. to ensure we are serving the production community better than we are. because we need to. and so they stepped up under a tight because we should be a

larger team and a small, motivey team and doing it. thank you for everything. >> our oewd and our city departments this we worked close w. i see you all there. and where is my other, kate and your leadership in getting this position filled and being the other big champion of san francisco. i thank you for your partnership when i started 7 years ago we had strong reps with the city but strengthened them and getting the city to see the value of productions and how for we have come and you get it when we ask you we will shut down financial district for 4 weekends to shoot the matrix. that really happened you made it all happen. and oewd is like --

so proud to sit under this department. it makes sense why our film would be a part of such a huge economic engine and sitting with you. the production community. i node you to stand you are here. and the production community and that includes the film makers. so. >> some of you are all standing this is the organization you are tireless work and our labor partners, right. i asked local 16 and teamsters. and you are from the organization that support and cultivate film making to those that dream up stories of san francisco. to the location managers for showing the best of san

francisco. right? to directors so you enties them to shoot here. sometimes i feel the location managers don't get the recognition they need and those other ones from the departments we work the closest with. we help make your filming help here. and i have so much more respect for you all. in my time here and seen just all the intense work you do behind the scenes. [applause] i have a vision for this city where we embrace and invest in our story tellers and our san fran story tellers and ensure productions staying longer. and i know we need to work on a state wide level to get productions to come to california, right. and we node to get them out of the l.a. zone so they shoot more here. there is a lot of work we have

to do and i really need all and we are all responsible for that. it can't loyal on our department and the city. we all have to be advocating for san francisco. and the bay area. we know that san francisco leads the bay area. and we need that leadership. >> and it is important this we commit to the film makers here to stay. you foal like have you a community here. and that it is community to supported by myself and the city. and that we can commit to resources and think about what the resources are like together and see what does missing. i will embark on listening sessions which i have already done with film make and ares production companies. well is more to come this we have to do so we understand and assess the needs. and really make that happen to support the industry here. last 2 points i want to quickly

touch on is the notion of we are such a large modia production hub here. we are home to lucas film. dolby, pixar and you tube. we need to hire sf. i want to see we create path ways which we have done incredible work with the mayor's opportunity for all program and production will say here longer the organizations based here to get them to continue to hire people in san francisco. i would like to see people of color and young people to provide a path way in this industry. a not in the door. and that is when we will embark on and push those companies and others and other organizations modia organizations to do that. we can hire people in san francisco. [applause].

and something that is important is getting out of the house and getting back and reconnected with san francisco. right. we need to go to theatres we are comfortable on our couches with netflix and hulu we have to see and support our theatre venn use go to rox and he balboa and castro. so i'm inviting you all to challenge yourself. choose a film. there are a ton out there and support your local theatre. and that is including the local festivals they were conversations happening last week and we have to do that otherwise if we don't support the festivals we'll lose a piece of our community here. right. we are home to incredible film festivals. frame line and san francisco international film festival. urban film fest the list goes on and i forget i will miss folks

we have to do that. we have to go to theatres and support that those space. so i invite you and closing to i ini have to you fall in love with san francisco again if you are in the already in love. i'm in love daily. that is true. whatever is story is being told that i think it is important that we tell the story this we want a san francisco that is the positive story. right? this we know it is beyond the beauty we have and we are in the most sin mattick city in the world it is world class. around the fabric and people here the support and soul of the city. right. that is the story we are resilient and strong. we have to tell. i will request you what story you are telling about san francisco? right? we need to uplift that and do

that together. so that we can continue to grow strong and support the industry more. [applause] here is your official city pin for the city and county of san francisco. let's sign you in so you can make it official. thank you.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to

her city. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the time that i could afford to buy a home and i wanted to own my own home. this is where we laid down our roots like many people in this neighborhood and we started our family and this is where we are going to be. i mean we are the part of san francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single

family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [♪♪♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. >> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and

bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up his own spot. we're always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focusing on the family, and the vibe is great and people feel at home. it's like a little community gathering spot. >> this is the part of the city with a small town feel. a lot of mom and pop businesses, a lot of family run businesses. there is a conversation on whether starbucks would come in. i think there are some people that would embrace that. i think there are others that would prefer that not to be. i think we moved beyond that conversation. i think where we are now, we really want to enhance and embrace and encourage the businesses and small businesses that we have here.

in fact, it's more of a mom and pop style business. i think at the end of the day, what we're really trying to do is encourage and embrace the diversity and enhance that diversity of businesses we already have. we're the only supervisor in the city that has a permanent district office. a lot of folks use cafes or use offices or different places, but i want out and was able to raise money and open up a spot that we could pay for. i'm very fortunate to have that. >> hi, good to see you. just wanted to say hi, hi to the owner, see how he's doing. everything okay? >> yeah. >> good. >> we spend the entire day in the district so we can talk to constituents and talk to small

businesses. we put money in the budget so you guys could be out here. this is like a commercial corridor, so they focus on cleaning the streets and it made a significant impact as you can see. what an improvement it has made to have you guys out here. >> for sure. >> we have a significantly diverse neighborhood and population. so i think that's the richness of the mission and it always has been. it's what made me fall in love with this neighborhood and why i love it so much.

>> hello, i'm shannon with the league of women voters of san francisco. along with the league and sfgov tv, i'm here to discuss proposition i, a ballot measure which will be before the voters on tuesday, november 8th. the city closed certain public streets to private motor vehicles reserving the streets as open space for recreational purposes. these closures weren abilitied in response to the covid-19 pandemic. in may, 2022, the board of supervisors at the golden gate and safety program. the closed portion of jfk drive and certain connector streets in golden gate park seven days a week to private motor vehicles and reserving the street asn