>> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ] >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning, mayor. >> good morning. my name is dr. gina frommeer and

i'm the president of the southeast community facility commission. welcome today. look at this building! the southeast community facility commission provides a forum for discussion on broader issues facing our community. our job is to continue the legacy and work of our founders known as the big six. harold, ethyl, eloise, shirley and the famous dr. jackson. my girl whose unyielding advocacy in leadership led to the mitt geation agreement. i am going to ask the families to stand. we want to acknowledge we're on

then ceded an ves tral homeland of ramaytush ohlone. as the indigenous stewards of this land, the ramaytush ohlone have never kredded or lost their responsibility as caretakers of this place as well as other who reside in their traditional territories. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living, working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our rear expects by acknowledging the ancestors of them.

>> he greetings to you my relatives. thank you for having mere here today. i'm greg castro, a ramaytush ohlone. i'm here to represent our community and chair jonathan cordero who is with us today and wish to give good thoughts and prayers to this place that is opening here, that is reflection of not only this community values and hopes and he dreams dreamsbut our own val excuse dr. we might have been under water but near water and our ancestors

took care of these waters and the earth surrounding it and the delta that came from it that sustained and that nurtured the community for thousands of years. and we were here from this place that made us who we are can. for the last 200 years it's been challenging to say the least for our community, but we're still here. now we welcome this opportunity to join with the community in a new village place. that incorporates the same values that our community has carried forward from ancient times of compassion, care, love, integrity and respect for all people. for all members of the family and whoever comes to this place is a member of the family.

in ancient california tradition, all appraisers and rituals and ceremonies and songs are foms of prayer. i would like to offer you a song here as a prayer for opening this place. it is a good luck dance song from the ohlone community borrowed from our rel tifers inn monterey county. i offer this as a good way to open this place and bring people together in a good way. [indigenous singing and

chanting] thank you. [applause]

>> all right. thank you, welcome again. i want to acknowledge the southeast community facility commissioners here today. our former commissioner, other dignitaries and the families of our founders. calvin chan is here as well. i would like to introduce dennis herrera. [applause] >> thank you dr. frommeer. from. i don't know if this is a good omen, how many people noticed that the lucky bayview sign just came up on the building recently because they knew we would have a great turnout today. thank you, everybody for being here today. we're here to deliver on a promise, a promise that really was decades in the making.

you heard dr. frommer mention it a little bit. it was about the strength, foresight and determination of a community that embody itself in six people, the big six as they came known. but they were representatives of a community. and their call was a call to action. a call for inclusion, a call for accountability. ever you see here today is drr everything you see here today is their legacy and the legacy of the community that fought for today's day. thank you so much for being here. at the san francisco public utilities commission, we heard and answered the community's call to reinvest in the people of bayview hunter's point.

this new center is a direct result of extensive outreach and engagement with the community and years of planning and pushing forward. this center truly belongs to the community and would i like to thank the community for continued partnership and i look forward to our joint stewardship and management of this facility together. we hope that the more than 100 million-dollar investment in building this new center demonstrates the puc's commitment to doing the right thing. we hope it shows our intention to be a good neighbor, to do good and be accountable to our community partners. it's my privilege and honor to see this project across the finish line. let's be real. i'm new at this job. not evenly a year yet and i had very little to do with putting this across the finish line. it was the function of hard work of countless others.

too many here to name. but they all need to be recognized. there we go! we wouldn't be here right now without the unflagging support of our southeast community facilities team. i'm talking about victoria bryan, carla von, jason barcelona, nicholas cresta, larry ferry and the executive director of this amazing facility. all for everything you've done to allow us to be stand hearing today. i would -- standing here today. i also want to thank the alan group, our trade part eroners and our team for designing and constructing a stunning building and campus. and i want to thank the arts commission for the great job they did in commissioning local artists to inspire us all.

we know this pandemic has created uncertainty everywhere. but we knew it was critical to maintain our momentum to get this project done. while keeping our trades workers safe and employed and working with the trade partners, we were able to develop policies to achieve that goal ultimately delivering this beautiful project filled with 100 percent union labor. [applause] we're proud of our local hire and local contracting efforts that exceeded the city's goals. on this project, we had a contract commitment of 30%. we exceeded that. nearly 40% of the hundreds of hours it took to build this fantastic center were worked by san francisco residents. even more importantly, almost 100 of the individuals who built

this landmark destination are from right here in this community. [applause] there you have it. in some ways, this is a project built by community and for the community. but this is only the start. the puc is committed to providing robust programming at this foilt expand access to resores and opportunities which will lead to better outcomes for youth and families throughout the bayview hunter's point community and beyond. in keeping with our commitment to be a good neighbor, there are more investments including at the southeast treatment plant down the road. we're investing over $3 billion in critical upgrades to not only make the it better prepared for earthquakes and sea level rise but transform an aging sewage plant into a modern resource recovery sent that are smells

better, is an attractive workplace, and most importantly is a neighborhood asset. these are the right kinds of investments to make. they're good for our communities, they're good for our city, and they are smart investment of the funds that all of our customers entrust to us. you have my commitment that our investments we make it this community will going to make life better for all of us. i can tell you no one is going to be more important in keeping me up to my promise. she tells me what to do and i can assure you that she's going to make sure that we are living up to the commitment that i am making to you today to be the best possible neighbor that we can and that is our mayor, mayor london breed. [applause] >> thank you dennis.

and i think that you were selling yourself short in saying that you didn't have anything to do with this when in fact, you served as our city attorney and did all the legal documents to get this process done. but more importantly, the bayview hunters point has a challenging history we know in the city. a lot of the reason why we celebrate the big six has everything to do with the fact that they sood up imns a lot of -- stood up against the environmental injustices until the day jackson passed away, she was an advocate around environmental just physicaller it the community. this is advocacy started in the 1970s because of all the different levels of the power plant, the treatment plant, all the different things that had happened here at the bayview hunters point and seeing high

rates of asthma and cancer and other issues around health that impacted this community for so many years. many of those advocates at that came before us started a movement, a movement where i must say continues on and it continued when supervisor sophie maxwell became supervisor for the district and her along with dennis herrera worked hard to shut the power plant done, it was one of the first major things that happened that set off a number of advocacy and things to come. i see oscar james in the audience and incredible consistent advocates. people who show up and linda richard and people who stay actively engaged in the community to make sure the city meets its promises that we deliver on our promises. the old southeast community

center was a promise that was delivered on, with you not necessarily sufficient. when toya moses ran the facility, he made sure every person in the community had access to the nilt. it's not just about a program and child care center and playground and all the great activities that are going to be here, people from the community would go to toya and say we need to use ifer this event or something. and i want to make sure that you all know this is your facility. this facility should be prioritized for the residents of the bayview hunters point community. because of the blood, sweat and tears over the years, this community deserves this and so much more so i'm happy to be here today, but more importantly, i'm excited to see the use of this space which members of this community.

i don't care if you just want to play dominoes. whatever it is, this is your facility. hopefully this is money involved. i like to win. nevertheless, i'm excited about what this new facility means. it's a new day and along with what is happening with the investments made to make this waterfront better than any other waterfront in the city, to bring the attention and resources and the support of all of these things are going to be truly transformative. so i'm so excited about the future. and i am grateful to so many of the leaders who are here today and so many of the family members of the leaders for the work you continue to do. i know it took a long time, but here we are. god's -- your prayers have been answered and just because there was a delay does not mean there

is a denial. here we are -- here we are celebrating something absolutely extraordinary. and i'm grateful for your work, advocacy. mildred hour las sculptures and so many other incredible people played a role in this. i want to say thank you to emily and the members of the board. we finally got it done. thank you for all who played an important role in making this a beautiful facility for the community. i want to introduce your supervisor. >> thank you madam mayor. something special is happening in bayview. something special is happening in bayview. i want you to look across the

street as general manager hararea said earlier, we have a new lucky store coming next we go. i want you to look around you and look at this amazing space built for the benefit of this community. and i can't talk about being dpl this amaze -- in this amazing space without saying people didn't want us to have this space particularly right here. there were people who fought us every step of the way when we were fighting to make sure this would be a state-of-the-art community center and have a state-of-the-art education zone. i want those people to know that people power, resiliency of the community will always win. if we go back to '79 with the

conversations with the mitigation, if we go back to the work of the big six and we can stand here today and say that we have actually realized a big chunk of the promises made because there is still one more step. there is still a state-of-the-art community fiment that has -- facility an education nailt has to go here as promised. we needed to have the bond money available and now we have to make sure the building gets built. working with our partners from city college and the puc. as your supervisor, as the person that you put fla place to represent you, i said -- in place to represent you, i told you i would fight for things on our agenda. we'll see all of this. we're going to continue to fight

until everything that was promised happens. if i'm fortunate enough to be reelected in november, we only have four short years. the same resiliency we brought toalgt together we'll need moving forward because time constraints are always against us. i want to thank everyone who showed up-to-date, if you think several mayors ago, several commissioners ago, several directors ago, several community leaders ago, promises were made to this community. because everyone came together and said, we're going to make sure that we're not denied what is owed to us, we were able to get to this point. i am proud to stand here with all of you and the supervisor who is able to be here when this vision was realized. but i definitely want to thank

supervisor maxwell for all of her work. i want to thank supervisor corn for all of her work. because we don't do any of this alone. i want to make sure that everybody who played a role in making theur this facility was here gets their proper due. if you screwed in a bowl, if you nailed in a nail, if you stood up at a community meeting, if you came down to city thool say this this has to happen, if you were on oakdale making sure that everyone understood that we needed a better, new improved community center, any role that you played, i want to thank you for that and thrchg this community for their resiliency and i am proud to be your representative of this new facility. now i have the opportunity to bring up someone who has always

stood with us in this community. when i go to him even though we don't always agree on everything, when i go to him and say we need support in our community, we need resources in our community, he's still with us, he's with you and i am thankful for that. i want to bring up our state senator, scott wiener. >> thank you supervisor. thank you madam hair. -- madam mayor. this is -- first of all, this is like breathtakingly beautiful. this is one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire city of san francisco. i don't say at that lightly because we always talk about the new design. this is one of those examples of what it means when we really put our heart and soul into what something looks like and what we

deliver to the community. this so beautiful and i want to congratulate the community and puc and everyone who is involved in this amazing project. i'm a big fan of the san francisco puc. this is an organization committed to sustainability whether it's around clean water or clean energy. this is a clean environmental agency. it's awesome. this building, of course, is so incredibly sustainable. it's a model for what we need. we also know that environment sustainability, yes, it's about energy and water and all that. but it's also about the sustainability of the community. and this is a community -- the bayview hunters point is a community that's been under intense prescriber for so many years. it's not always been prioritized by our city government.

at a time it was cut off and felt neglected. it's important that we be intentional about investing in this community, about supporting

he made sure this building happened. he had a vision. and along with the community, you all helped him make it happen. he made sure the community was involved every step of the way. when i look back at this building, i see this is what a utility of the future is posed to be. our policies -- supposed to be. our policies go beyond do no harm. our policies are do good and

build. that's why licky store is here. this is what a utility of the future has to be. this was harlan's vision but is also my vision and should be everyone's vision. a utility of the future goes beyond. in this neighborhood we've fought for environmental justice and fought to breathe. we have the highest rate of asthma and cancer. you mention it, we had it. this building helps to with the three goals. intentionally, we have water conservation. intentionally, we have good quality air inside. intentionally, we are environmentally sound. everything that was not outside is now inside this building. that's what a utility of the future does and we need all of

you to hold us to that. not about money, it's about what you need. and then in a family, you say what do we need? then you find the money for the need. you don't say what money do we have first? no. that's not what you do. you prioritize. and that's what we have do. i want to make sure that all of, young people, old people are environmentally conscious in this neighborhood. and that's what this facility can do and that's why it's important to have the educational facility. and we also know that opening the doors is the easy part. holding us accountable to making sure up keep and maintenance is done way into the future. holding us accountable as mairt said, to making sure that -- as the mayor said, making sure we have good programs that are exciting and relevant and take

us into the future. i'm excited about this building and i was going to say i know it's going to be shaking off this foundation, but i'm not going to say that. we also have had taken advantage of a $250 million asset and that's the third streetlight rail. that's the buses. when you come in, this is the first thing you see. had you leave, this is the last thing you see. and children are playing and it's green and beautiful. thank you, community. thank you harlan kelly and thank you all of you who had something do with this. [cheers and applause] this man needs to introduction. >> thank you so much. my name is ralph remington director of cultural affairs. it's my pleasure to be here with you today on behalf of the san 8ñ [cheers and applause] i've only been at my role for

two years now, but i have to say this this building -- say that this budding is incredible. a lot of it is due to community activism and political pressure and a lot of it is due to conscientious politicians and a lot is do due to our artists in the community. i want to give a thank you to the san francisco public utilities commission and bayview hunters point community. we're here to celebrate the opening of the beautiful new southeast community center and robust public art collection featuring new collections by local artists,. everyone stawnd, please. descrsh everyone stand up please.

canada, mildred, there they are. thank so much. and we have 37 two-dimension the artwork purchased from 27 ar cysts. each were selected from the bayview registry and each has a meaningful connection to the bayview hunters point community. the art was made possible through the enrichment ordinance which allocates 2% of construction costs from capital improvement projects for the production of art. in collaboration with southeast community facility commission and staff, project stakeholders and community members, they developed the bayview arts master play which established the registry and guided the use of the art enrichment fund improvements in bayview

including this new artwork and collection. joan me in acknowledging the artists here today. as i mention your names again, if you could stand up, i would greatly appreciate it. you deserve to hear the appreciation of this community. mildred howard! mildred howard and her bronze sculpture takes its inspiration from west african currency that was traditionally for the success that embodied their power. philip boi. this honors the six founders of the southeast community center. and canada hinkle. thank you, thank you. whose vibrant mural a reflects

the milestones and relationships that connect community members across time and generation. i would also like to thank the 27 artist whose contribute their artwork which can be found on the center's second and third floors on the wails. i would thank to thank -- as you tour the center, please be sure to stop and take in the magnificent work created to reflect and honor the bayview hunters community. and i would like to thank mayor london breed for guiding us. thank you mayor london breed. and i would also like to thank the art's commission staff who worked on this project including mary chu. mary chu.

jackie von tresko who worked tirelessly with project stakeholders and artists to see themselves if this project through this work. thank you so much. enjoy the work. enjoy your community center. have a ball! thank you everybody! >> before we go back to dr. frommer, i want to acknowledge we have three of our puc commissioners here. two are new. we have tim paulson. kate stacy and tony revera who are our new commissioners and we're happy to have you here. thanks very much. >> all right. you guys be quie oat. this building is a a piece of art. let's give the building a hand! you know, i had my wedding reception at 1800 oakdale.

my memories go deep. i think about the new memories that you're going to make. we feed a place for events. right? and i'm always going to remember that memory from there. now we have a new facility to create new memories. we're honored and want to thank. i want to acknowledge the southeast community center team lead by emily farr rogers. larry barrie concepty director. jason barca clt lon. carla von along with victoria bryant. and nicholas cresta, let's give them all a hand. i don't think i said enough about my commissioner, southeast

community facility commissioner. we spent hours looking at artwork and touring this building. we spent hours crossing stuff out that we didn't want. what they have in presidio, we need betterçc9■ here. i want what they got! we fought for that. i'm honored to be the president of this commission and we have so much more work do. on behalf of the commission, i want to extend recognition to the white water enterprise and the san francisco puc for the commitment to this community. thanks to our tenant partners and the non-public hud, there will be a pavilion to share the information over there about the programs and services and i want to close out and invite the commissioner to gather around this wonderful mayor to take a picture. and thank you for coming out

today. i was born and raised right on this hill. i'm a six generation san franciscan. i got gentrified out but my intlood in this community and i'm not going anywhere. thank you and enjoy your day. we have great food and music and family. congratulations, everybody. ♪♪kz

>> wonderful, i'm david perry, welcome to the 75th anniversary of the saving of cable cars. women save the cable cars. let's have a round ever applause. [applause] , i want to introduce melissa rodriguez. >> thank you for joining us today. i'm excited to be here. it's a warm day. it's beautiful. we're all back together here at the cable car turn arounds. i'm marisaa rodriguez, we're an

organization whoa whose mission is to create a beautiful environment for all of our members and our community. all of you here warms our heart especially as we celebrate this important day. we're here today to honor our cable cars. and most specifically, we're here to honor a champion. a woman in 1947, at a time when women weren't standing up to bee establishment. this woman fraught to save our beloved cable car. today we're celebrating the 75th anniversary of that event. and so behind me, i have some wonderful women leaders and of course, male allies as well who continue do the hard work to save our community, to bring us back after a difficult time and of course, to further support this very important asset to our

community, our beloved cable cars. freedo had a vision and understood the important role of the cable cars to our community. not far long ago, the business improvement district set out to do a survey to find ut when visitors come to san francisco, what do they want to see? those bells behind us tell you they want to see the cable car more than visit the golden gate bridge. she understood the importance of that. they wanted to take away the cable car in 1947 in the name of progress. of course good intentions. if you look behind you, you can see an historic monument as a super bus has it was called in those days. this bus was supposed to replace or cable cars but she said no way. i want to thank the market

street railway association for bringing us this landmark, but also for bringing us this day. i want to thank rick lohseer who i know is here. rick, wave your hand. it's his leadership and his organization and team that brought us here today. can i i want to stharchg the union square alliance and my team as well. i think i see folks from our team. i saw ben horn. thank you, and our other team members as well. it takes a village to do so much for our community. i also want to acknowledge the strong women leaders behind us. you're going to hear from some of them today. before i go through the list, i want to acknowledge individuals here starting with julie birch

kirchbalm. shawna, thank you so much. ashley goshmire of the hotel across from the ferry building. lori lincoln, the v.p. for san francisco travel. and executive director of the mid market. i don't know if she's here. carmen clark board chair of the market street railway. [applause] darcy brown executive director of san francisco beautiful. president fisherman's wharf. melissa marketing in james town. did i mention lily representing the chinatown merchants association. i see mandy hall as well.

karen sly, thank you for being here as well. and no pivot to our male allies. i see rodney baum here from the chamber waving. we have jeff tomlin director of transportation. i often see alex bastion hiding there. thank you for being here. roger maranka, where are you? hi, roger. local 258. randall spot. the executive director 069 fisherman's wharf. david louis, i saw him here earlier. the general manager offer the hyatt hotel.

without further ado, i want to welcome a very special guest, someone who really needs no introduction, but what is important is is this san francisco native understands and loves or cable cars. she is someone who is fight the fight every day for our city as we come out of a very difficult time. we're super fortunate to have here today to acknowledge this day. i want to welcome our mayor, london breed company. >> hello. which one is the microphoner in? okay. i know they're all mine row phones -- microphones but only one where you can hear the sound. i'm grateful to be here today to celebrate this historic

occasion. and when we talk about san francisco as a whole, we always talk about how resilient san francisco is because of our ability to not only survive through earthquakes and pandemics, but our ability to thrive. during the late 1800s, the inventer of the cable car, you know, it was said that they invented the cable car as a result of seeing the horse and carriage struggle up san francisco hills. what a challenge it was. and so this cable car came to be and as a result, san francisco, i think, because of this and so many other incredible events and milestones has been known as an innovative city, a place where things created, a place where people look to for ideas and i want to thank market street

railway for protecting and supporting and engaging and making sure that history is not forgotten. today we celebrate 75 years of saving the cable cars in our city. [indiscernible] who would he know in 1947 when the mayor roger lampman said we're going to change -- we're going to get rid of cable cars and bring in other transportation options. she stood up during a time when oftentimes women were ignored and neglected. and she said, no, i'm going to pull together all my girlfriends and we're going to stop the cable car from being really vanished in our city. as a result, she fought and she won and the cable cars remain. and then in 1979, our first woman mayor, dianne feinstein,

she not only raised private money because of how much it cost to create this system and to enhance it, she raised private dollars matched with federal dollars matched with city dollars and she -- it should be attributed to her as well the fact that the cable cars are still here today. why is that history important? as you heard from marisaa rodriguez, one of the things that people talk about most when they visit san francisco is where are the cable cars? this line on this street is always packed for people waiting hours in some cases to ride the cable cars to see our beautiful hills and beautiful views and what makes san francisco one of the most iconic cities anywhere if the world. i remember during the pandemic and how we had to make some changes in our city. and changes included closing

town temporarily the cable car. jeff tomlin, the director of the mta, he knows we had this conversations on a regular base. when are the cable cars coming back to ?rks we're inviting visitors back to san francisco. one of the biggest disappointments wa was when they showed up and where are the cable dismars. the cable krars open. what that dmon descraits to so many of us is how important they are. how our transit on exprairts thank you, roger for being here from labor, how our transit operators show up every single day to give people, not just visitors, but san franciscans a wonderful iconic experience rain sore shine. and so today, we celebrate this milestone. we celebrate women, not, it's not women history month, but we

are celebrating women nevertheless and the advocacy of women and what women represent and what we bring to the table in terms of our leadership and our involvement in our transportation network. even though there might be a man who runs mta, there are a lot of women that work behind the scenes to get this work done. we honor their work, but we also honor the legacy of those who came before us to make sure that this iconic cable car remains an important part embedded in the quality of life that exists in san francisco. thank you all so much for joining us here today and with that, i would like to introduce gwyneth gornd who works hard to help create transportation opportunities that work for all

san franciscans. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome gwyneth imorden. >> thank you so much. i can't tell you what a wonderful and amazing day this is. it always seems advocating for their families and community. women have always stood up in injustice and. we often think progress means leaving things behind thattero that are old fashioned. the commissioner understood the role of cable cars and part of our future. it took another woman, dianne feinstein to make sure that the cable cars continue to thrive. i feel so fortunate to chair an agency that has such an iconic

identity. we were doing work on the lines and got letters from people all over the world saying i'm coming to san francisco for the first time from australia, my lifelong dream is to ride a cable car. that's how iconic it is. when i was in my 20s, i took the cable cars every day. i would see all the locals and you have people running down to catch it. it was such a community. people think the cable cars are only for visitors, but it's a local line. they know the regulars and try to like wait a few minutes to let them get on. i also love sometimes working here and taking the cable car home. whenever i get off add hyde and jackson, i feel look i live

here. cable cars are special and iegennic. the great maya anglou worked the cable a cars. they were crucial for the cities and world. i want to thank everyone for being here today. we have to keep the cable cars thriving for now and the future. thank you for organizing this. come on forward. [applause] these ladies -- this is what it's about. continue to empower women.

>> she is a strong woman here. she's been working the cable cars for 12 years straight. [applause] thank you for that. i've been here 13? >> i've been here 20. i praise god and we love our job. thank you. >> we thank you for your work. >> thank you so much gwyneth and i also want to let everyone know hashtag sf cable cars. take notes and hashtag. round of plaza. we also have from the chinatown community development center

jane cheng as well as [indiscernible] who is commissioner of belle view. i'm happy to welcome a partner in preserving and enhancing our public transit, shirley chang. >> thank you so much. good morning, everyone. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for having me. mayor breed, chair rodriguez, gordon and clark and honored guests. thank you for ine including me, iement executive director of the san francisco county transportation authority. thank you for including me and the agency in this wonderful event as well as pioneering women. she took on a male-dominated government and business community to save the cable car one of our most precious gems

recognized around the world. no wonder "national geographic" named san francisco one of the tomorrow sedations for 2023. another list san francisco son. she mobilized other women who joined her campaign. thanks to her efforts in 1947 ballot initiative to save the cable cars won in a landslide, i think 3-1 based on what i read. i'm powd to be part of this all-women line-up of speakers that led this activism 75 years ago. the transportation authority has been around half that long. one of our former executive directors appeared today, carmen clark. i'm honored to be one of her successors and working with my colleagues. a round of applause for our

director of transportation. julie. >> as rick noted, our cable car system was highlighted as high tech back then. it replaced the horse-drawn carriage ask they're still a marvel today. they're iconic and functional. we couldn't get through our daily lives and tourism without it. weld the pleasure of the transportation authority to sport cable cars over the years providing over $35 million to pull down the big federal dollars. the infrastructure bill passed last year, the leadership of president biden and vice president harris. we have lezzie waters here. helping us to security big dollars and we have to appreciate our speaker nancy pelosi for helping us win the state and federal grant.

as a reminder, more funds are includessed in the measure l on the ballot and we must keep this going. it's before the voters in a couple of weeks. it's a pleasure and honor to help preserve our cable cars for future generations. our pride ask joy and a distinct product of women's leadership. here is to 75 more years of cable cars in san francisco. >> and let's keep the spirit alive. let's hop on a cable car to the other end to keep the party going where my counterpart, randall scott and team. they have something for us there. thank you so much for joining us. another round of applause for our mayor.

all our esteemed imes and the cable car. thank you. >> any excuse to ride a cable car, right?

[cable car rings] ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> five, four, three, two, one -- [applause] [cheers and applause] ♪♪

>> tonight's forum will give you an opportunity to learn and to be better informed before you vote. the questions for forum were submitted by san francisco residents. many of you are in this room as well as community organizations. >> on your mark, get set -- [laughter] we will start off with 75 second opening statements in alphabetical order. beginning with brook. >> i