please stand by for mayor london n.breed, state of the city address.

>> mayor breed: wow, a lot of

people here. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. [applause] i was a little worried for a minute that no one would show up. but thank you all so much for being here. and if you need a seat, take whatever empty seat if you need to sit down. first of all, good afternoon! and i want to say welcome to pier 70 in the dog pad's neighborhood. dog pat's is in the house. recently voted one of the hises neighborhood in the city. i want to start by telling you a story about a famous san franciscoian, born in 1835 held from connecticut and named the

niantic. yes it's appropriate that we gather at a pier today because the niantic was a ship, a commercial ship destined for trade with khien' until in 1849 her captain got word that hundreds of migrants were in panama looking for transportation to san francisco where no doubt their fortune and gold awaited. so the niantic crew rebuilt her for a passenger ship and left panama with nearly 250 pioneers. arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the

nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much of the niantic so the san franciscoians built the niantic whole known as one of the best in the city. then it too burned down in 1872. the next incarnation, the stone niantic atop the old ship and

hotel would not burn, instead, it was toppled by the earthquake of 1906. now surely any rational city would give up at this point, right? no. in fact, you might know where the niantic rest to this day, right at the foot of trans america building, an iconic part of our city where shavo is investing a billion dollars to the building and surrounding area from connecticut to china to panama, to gold rush to hospitalities offices, from a bond onment and fires and earthquake, the niantic persevere, our downtown persevere, our city san francisco will persevere! [cheers and applause]

if our ship, if our ship runs aground, we hang a welcome sign and we get back to work. if our hotels burn, we build a bigger one and if that crumbles, we built a grade pyramid. we are san franciscoians, we surpass to catastrophes, we are the city that knows how. [applause] the last few years have been tough. and our challenges ahead, even tougher. public safety concerns, a spiraling fentanyl crisis and

learning law among our children. i know that we can overcome these, in part because four consecutive concessions last year, our voters reinstilled every level of government with a mandate to get the basics right, to deliver the basics! [applause] to put children before politics, to put results before postering,ing and thank you to the voters of this city for electing our new city attorney! [cheers and applause] our district attorney who is combating open air drug dealing, taking on perpetrator of gun violence, prosecuting

hate crime including against our api communities and sending a strong message that accountability and equity can and in deed, must coexist. [cheers and applause] thank you, for elected supervisor matt dor see and joe longardio, who champion public safety and who like me refused to accept the rampant drug sales or struggling schools. i've been waiting for help like this for a long time. now let's talk about, last year we came together to fund new strategies, to recruit and fund new officers, to add new police

academy class to see add new louse against vending of stolen goods on our streets sko to allow for common sense tools like access to private security cameras. but our public safety challenges are not going to be solved in one budget cycle, the gap between how many officers we need and how many we is vas. we are at least 100 officers short just as hundreds of more are approaching retirement. this is not unique to san francisco, police staffing is a national problem, but we must solve it locally. to do it, we will expand recruitment strategies and work to retain officers, we will give them the resources they need, yes!, we must hold officers accountable but we

must also respect the hard work they do every day and respect them! [cheers and applause] we can support and ease their work with complimentary alternatives to police intervention that means ambassador in our tenderloin downtown and all across the neighborhood that provide that positive presence in our streets. it means our street crisis response team are out 24-7 respond to go people who are in crisis. our residents are demand thating we build a safe city, that we build back our police force and we need to deliver for them. the push for full staffing has to be consistent and it has to be sustained. the full staffing is still years away.

right now, our officers are working overtime to meet the basic needs of our city and in order to do that, we're going to have to make some hard decisions. so i'll be introduced a 25 million dollars supplemental to fund overtime and to keep our officers walking the beach, making drug arrests and dealing with [cheers and applause] , we need to keep our officers walking the beat, making drug arrests and addressing retail theft. [applause] and i want to make one thing very clear, i am not okay with open air drug dealing in this city, period! [cheers and applause] the families who are losing people to fentanyl are

certainly not okay with it. and the people who live in the tenderloin every day they're not okay with it. yes, we are pushing to innovative programs to get people into care and treatment including on working overdose prevention program, but we need to enforce the law. like wise, home and business break ins require a timely police response. and investigation and arrest and all of this requires having officers. and those officers need clear support from the leadership of the city. because public safety is not only about taking care of our residents, it's also about taking care of our economy.

over the last year, i visited business not just ceo but workers these are the people who ride bart and every day, who go to our bars and restaurants and who we need to bring downtown back to life. they're number one concern that i've heard over and over, office to office, public safety. and we have to listen. but even as we do, we must accept another tough fact. san francisco downtown, as we know it, is not coming back. and you know what, that's okay. empty office buildings have fuelled dire preconvictions of economic doom and screaming headlines about the death of downtown. but let's keep some perspective

here, in 19 07, downtown was ash, that's worse than today in how people are working. we have our challenges but that does not mean it's the end of downtown. like the niantic, it's a call to action to reimagine, what our future holds what we can be, to think about what kind of city we are and what kind of city we can be. the truth is that it will not be one thing that fixes downtown. it will be many things and the good news is that downtown san francisco, that's so many advantages, a beautiful water front location, local and regional transportations, a dense walkable neighborhood, restaurants, bars entertainment and iconic venues like or cal,

park and chase center. and most importantly, we have unparallel talent, a culture where it's common to dream of the next great idea that will change the world. behind me is astrandous a high speed internet across the world. millions of people can benefit from what is being built and designed right here. when asked why [applause] when asked from as tranous located in san francisco, their ceo pointed to the talent, the people, the denses collection

of engineering talent, anywhere, anywhere! [cheers and applause] pier 70 has a history of fostering the future, the fire that drove through the city's early history and two world war, the bart tunnels right here. and now a satellite company here building the future? that's pretty amazing. as people think about the changing nature of the work place, we have a once in a generation opportunity to recruit new business sectors and companies and to create a more diverse and resilient local economy, whether that's in finance or healthcare or green tech bio tech or

driverless vehicles that are out testing our narrow streets or artificial intelligence, a ground breaking industry that is just tapping into a new vision of what is possible and growing. right here in san francisco, they're talking about it across the world, it's growing in our city. [applause] our airport was just named the best in the country. [cheers and applause] you see, this city, it is ready to foster a spirit of success. and for the past several months, i met with business leaders, small businesses and workers to seek and share ideas. and today, we are releasing my plan. a road map for the future of downtown. [cheers and applause]

it called for reforming our tax structure to make san francisco more competitive, right now! we cannot until next year, right now. i'm proposing legislation to protect our existing companies by pausing tax increases on our retail businesses, hotels, and arts and entertainment. [cheers and applause] and to attract new businesses, we will be offering tax breaks for three year for any company that wants to start business in san francisco. [applause] we will work on tax reform

legislation for next year's ballot by collaborating with our controller, the board of supervisors, the business community and labor because taxes require serious thought and planning. and we have to stop the endless cycle of one off ballot measures around taxes thrown on the ballot without any real thought or any analysis. [applause] we're feeling the impact when businesses pack up and leave our city because of it. we will prioritize arts and entertainment downtown, to bring the streets alive! [cheers and applause] through rezoning efforts and investments and a new arts culture and entertainment district. we will dedicate, we will dedicate cleaning crews and is ambassadors to work alongside

our public safety officers. we will make it easier to open and operate small businesses downtown through improving our permitting process. [applause] we will hire for transit operators who we desperately need to bring muni service back to our city. and of course to recruit police officers and muni operators to create a more resilient thriving local economy, we need home that people can actually afford. [applause] the approval of our housing element, a plan for what we need to build over the next 8 years was a major first step.

but it was only a first step. to build the 82,000, the plan calls for me need to build homes three times faster than we did over the last decade. and that's in a market right now where builders are struggling to make project financially feasible. my plan, housing for all is how we make this happen. [applause] and it's built on a simple premise, we need to remove the barriers to build new housing, period. that's it. that's it! [applause] the plan starts with my executive directed setting out what our departments need to do. we will remove all barriers to all new housing, open up the

housing pipeline, untangle city processes and get the departments delivering results faster, cut fees and other costs, identify the funding for affordable housing to fund the goals and rezone areas all across the city and all neighborhoods, all neighborhoods have to be a part of the future of this city. [applause] and we have actually created much of the housing we need on paper. in addition to the 18,000 homes we built since 2018, we have more than 52,000 aoubts that have been approved, can you imagine that? but for many reasons, they're simply are not being built to open this pipeline, i will

introduce legislation to built the public infrastructure of our largest project faster. [applause] what does that mean? we will get the road, the pipes, the power lines built quickly so that housing construction can start. the portrayal power stations just down the road from here, is already on board and ready to go. [applause] you see, this project alone has 2000 new homes stuck in the pipeline and will create over 1,000 union jobs. [applause] this one project, with our legislation, we can break ground on new workforce housing this year. this one policy can help unlock tens of thousands of homes

including nearly 13,000 affordable homes. housing for all, is a promise. a promise that the next generation of san franciscoians will be able to afford to live here. that our families will have homes to raise their children that are workers can live near their jobs and not forced to long commutes that choke our roads and pollute our air. [applause] you cannot support families, workers, the environment without supporting and fill housing. you cannot say you want to address homelessness, without building homes. and yet so many of the critics who claim homelessness and all about and only about the lack of housing are the same critics

that block prohousing policies time and time again. [cheers and applause] time and time again. [applause] not anymore, we must build and we must build now. and speaking of housing the homeless, look at what we were able to do over the last couple of years, san francisco was the only county in the bay area to reduce homelessness, a 15% reduction on persons on the street. [applause] over the last year, we placed 2400 households into permanent suppose i have housing, 7,000 into shelter, nearly 10,000 households have received rental

assistance and other support so they would not end up on the streets. i know, homelessness can be frustrated and seem unsolvable, but remember, this is a national crisis impacting every city large and small up and down the west coast. we are in this city treating it like a crisis and making progress. this year, we will launch our new five-year strategic plan on homelessness. [applause] it will set clear goals for our department and nonprofit partners which we will demand that they meet. we will work to complete our plan to add new mental health beds and we will work with the state to add even more. we will push forward our overdose prevention plan,

working with supervisors dorsey and ronon to continue to bring overdose deaths down in our city. [applause] work withing supervisor mannedleman, we're start to go see some success in the castro reaching people who refuse service for years. that targeted coordinated consistent approach is working and we need to expand it to other neighbors. we will also continue to fight for reforms to california's mental health laws. our reforms have been defeated again and again in the legislature despite the heroic efforts of senators like scott wiener and susan eggman, but we're not giving up. we're bringing reforms back this year.

because our opponents will not be able to overcome the glare of public scrutiny forever, californians will not let people to suffer and die on our streets because we can't get it together. this year we will also continue to better serve san francisco's family through our children and family recovery plan, providing vouchers and subsidies for early education, paying early educators more. developing a pipeline to recruit and train more educators, offering opportunities and academic support to combat the law and paid internship for our kids, and mental health support. [applause] and we will build on what has

been a historic era, a renaissance for our parks and open space. and i see a number of our local 261 gardners and folks who take care of our parks here today. thank you. [applause] the renaissance is because of the hands of the people who take care of these parks every day. in 2022, we opened tunnel top, bal rebluff, francisco park with views that are unmatched anywhere in the world. [applause] the great highways, slow streets and shared spaces, transition from temporary pandemic responses to key

elements of our city dedication to safe and open spaces. and we maydaykay promenade a permanent safe place for all san franciscoa ns. we'll continue this in our park like india basis will transform for decades to come. [applause] san francisco will keep implementing our climate action plan aggressively, expanding ev infrastructure and electrifying and seeing our greenhouse free by 2040, five years ahead of state goal. we will continue to lead on innovative equity programs like

dream keeper initiative. [applause] the dream keeper initiative which does not talk about what we're going to do for the black community, it does what we need to do for the black community. [applause] an opportunities for all which is already made dramatic positive change in people's lives. we will continue uplifting and defending our trans people in the face of unspeakable bigotry around the country. [applause] we will do all of this while continuing reforming how our government functions. we started with hiring the new city employees, that means getting our mechanics, street

cleaners and nurses and union workers on the job sooner so they can take care of this city. [applause] supervisor stephanie is leading the efforts to bring accountability to contractor and she has my full partnership and support. we will make the hard choices facing us with our budget. i know work width board of supervisor under president aaron presston we will achieve our goals of while achieving our $100 deficit. we going to do it, filicia. we will not solve all of san

francisco's problems in a year and we cannot fear trying new things. because if we standstill, we fall behind. when we push forward, even if we stumble, we stumble forward. there is a whole ecosystem of in a sayers, counting san francisco out. of course we heard it all, earthquake destroys city, summer love, earthquake destroys city again, bubble burst san francisco. i want to say something to the media talking heads, the critics, to the men who point out how the strong man stumble or where the doer of deeds could have done it better. maya angelou said, you may shoot me with your words but

still like arrow, i rise! [cheers and applause] but you can write us off but you better write in pencil, because we have proved you wrong every time before and soon we will again. it's what we do. we endure, we adapt, we lead and in this city anything is possible! we turn ships into hotels and offices, power plants into housing and new neighborhoods, we built satellite that sweep across the sky and we create a world where young girls from the projects can be mayor! [cheers and applause]

that's what we do! [cheers and applause] i am, i am committed to you, i'm committed to this city. and i am inspired by the knowledge that together we will do what has always been done. we will rise, we will stumble, and we will rise again. with our voice in uni sense with our eyes to the world and we will show the world that this is san francisco and we will never ever give up. thank you. [cheers and applause]

thank you. the san francisco music hall of fame is a living breathing world that's all encompassing about music. [music playing] it tries to do everything to create a music theme. music themes don't really

exist anymore. it is $7, the tour is two floors, (inaudible) so, each one of these frames that you see here, you can-you are and look into the story of that act, band, entertainment and their contributions to music. affordability is what we are all about. creative support. we are dedicated to the working musician. we are also dedicated to breaking some big big acts. we like to make

the stories around here. ultimately legends. >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising, and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are safe and accessible for all. people with disabilities enjoy all types of spaces. please provide at least 8 feet of open uninterrupted sidewalk so everyone can get through. sidewalk diverter let

those who have low vision navigate through dining and other activity areas on the sidewalk. these devices are rectangular planters or boxes that are placed on the sidewalk at the ends of each shared space and need to be at least 12 inches wide and 24 inches long and 30 inches tall. they can be on wheels to make it easy to bring in and out at the start and the end of each day. but during business hours, they should be stationary and secure. please provide at least one wheelchair accessible dining table in your shared space so the disability people can patronize your business. to ensure that wheelchair users can get to the wheelchair accessible area in the park area, provide an adequate ramp or parklet ramps are even with the curb.

nobody wants to trip or get stuck. cable covers or cable ramps can create tripping hazards and difficulties for wheelchair users so they are not permitted on sidewalks. instead, electrical cables should run overhead at least ten feet above sidewalk. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone, so that we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf.govt/shared spaces.

you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. today's special guest is jeff tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance

between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure muni is there for san francisco's larger economic recovery because downtown san francisco doesn't work without muni. >> quite right. i guess the other impact of the pandemic was that some projects like the valencia bike

improvements had to be put on hold. are we starting to gear up on those again? >> yes, so it's an interesting case study. of right before covid hit, we were about ready to invest in quick build bike lanes. arguably the most important bike order in san francisco. that got stopped with lockdown and then as you'll recall, during covid, we invented all kinds of other new programs like shared spaces in order to support our small businesses as well as sunday street light events for neighborhood commercial streets where streets were closed off to cars and turned over to commercial activity. those successes now that they've been made permanent actually interrupt the draft design we had put together. so we've gone back to the drawing board and we are looking forward to having some additional community conversations about other design ideas for valencia. we're committed to completing a

quick build project on this calendar year. >> that's such good news. valencia is a really great street for biking. so there are two huge and exciting projects that are about to be or have just been completed. let's talk about the bus rapid transit project on van ness avenue. how extensive have the improvements been? >> what's called the van ness transit rapid project is in fact more about complete reconstruction of the street and most importantly, the 100-year-old utilities underneath the street. so all of the water, sewer, telecommunications, gas lines under the street were basically rebuilt from market street all the way to lumbard. the part on the surface which provides dedicated bus lanes for golden gate transit and muni, that was relatively straight forward and we're so excited we're going to start

revenue service for muni on april 1st. >> that's fantastic. i understand there were some sidewalk improvements too. >> there were sidewalk improvements. we planted 374 trees. there is new storm water treatment including infiltration in the sidewalk, there's a bunch of art. there's all kinds of things. we put in new street lights for the entire corridor. >> finally, the other big news is about the central subway. can you briefly describe the project and give us an update. >> yes, so the central t-line project, another stop at union square that connects directly into powell station and a final stop in the heart of chinatown at stockton and washington. that project has also run into

challenges. it's 120' under muni, under bart, 120' down and out under chinatown in some unexpectedly challenging soils. but that project is nearly complete. it's at about 98% completion right now which means we're testing trains, we're testing the elevators and escalators and the final electronics and we're still on track to open that in october presuming all of the testing continues to go well. so fingers crossed on in a one. we're really looking forward to allowing people to have a subway ride from the heart of chinatown all the way to the convention center to the caltrans station and all the way down to bayview and visitation valley. >> it's great to see all these projects coming to completion. we're all grateful for your team's hard work and i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. tumlin.

thank you for the time you've given us today. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this episode. for sfgov tv i'm chris manors. thanks for watching.