>> good afternoon, hello. welcome to the ferry building's birthday, yoo hoo! what great weather we have to celebrate. i'm elaine executive director of the port of san francisco and i have the distinct honor of opening up this grand celebration. as the executive director of the port, my team and i have the awesome responsibility of 7 and a half miles of water front and it includes this they majestic building. i want to thank the people who put this together, lillian and justin of my group. thank you people behind the scenes who made it happen. [applause] we've got some very special people here today to make this celebration very grand. we have our mayor, mayor london breed, who will speak shortly and we have supervisor peskin and also, thank you, and also

we have commissioner ed herrington joining us today. thank you ed herrington. so it was exactly in 1898 when the first vessel arrived here, opening the newly fashion pier and opening an era of prosperity and diversity for our city. for nearly 40 years, it was the bay crossing that welcomed everyone in and out of the city. the bridge went up in 1936. so today, this building is such a special place of travel, of welcoming, of diversity and we know that our ferry passenger ridership is going to go to prepandemickship as we have new routes and ferrylandings. [applause] this is a place where people gather for the most important city celebrations, whether that be the pride parade toxer

juneteenth to markets and festivals or just to have a day of enjoyment. in our time, this building stayed open during the covid pandemic, getting farmers market getting ready to return safely as soon it could and getting our stores open and being ready for the first passengers ready to travel and now in our economic recovery and vitality, we're hosting millions in celebrations and enjoyment. now, we are going to make a capsule today that will be open in 25 years, in 2048, and when it's opened, i know we'll have one thing to be extremely proud of, we are investing in the future of the ferry building to prepare for sea level rise. so in 25 years, the folks that are standing up here in the community, there would be a grand project that we're preparing to raise this building maybe up to 7 feet and to redo this plaza to make it

as grand it is today. in 25 years, the people will be thinking about sea level rise and have plans that we're preparing today. i know this building will be a worldwide symbol of san francisco, of welcoming and new opportunities and that's what we're honoring today, the promise of the city. i want to introduce victor coalman who is ceo of hudson community properties. they ensure this building is beautiful and well maintained, that's why the clock tower is covered because she is being painted. and we ensure that we have spectacular diversity and great opportunity for san francisco made products and that the building really reflects our values in san francisco. the team has worked hard to make this building special. with that, please welcome mr. coleman. [applause]

>> thanks, eileen, welcome everybody to a great celebration. on behalf of the hudson pacific team, we're here and proud to be part of this 125 years. this building is iconic as everybody knows. this very building has lasted through many many events and has been most recently the pandemic. and after the pandemic right now, when you look behind you, we're 90% lease where the san francisco's tenants occupancy. and i could not be more proud than the team in hudson who has catered to the city of san francisco to all the dynamic that we deserve. this building and the city, will celebrate this and many other things to come going forward. with that, as you can see, as eileen mentioned, we're about to paint this building and refacing the historic clock tower and on our way to many more exciting things here in

the building. we diversified the tenants in san francisco and our marketplace and this city is reflective of what we see here at the ferry building and what we see going forward in the ferry building in the future. as we said here, there is a time capsule and i'm going to put in a time capsule right now, some photos that 25 years from now, will be picked up that will be redone and all the work that we've done to date, will be part of this photos. i'm going to drop this right here. as a little commemoration. [applause] to that end, our company the hudson pacific, we believe that the future is our hands, we're excite today work with civic leaders and future business leaders to protect and maintain the safety and security and vitality of the city of san francisco. we have a lot to look forward

to. applaud yourself, this is one of the greatest cities in the world. and we're here to celebrate this. [applause] our local leadership here is second to none. through various levels of diversity and positive attributes, you can see the future is going to be very bright and currently, i'm standing here today to segway to introduce, our leader of this city currently today who is focused on business, social, and the future of this city as we stand and as we look forward it is very bright. our mayor, london breed, is a testament to the future of the city and the current aspects of where the growth of the city is. please welcome our mayor, because she is going to continue to make massive differences for us. mayor breed! [cheers and applause]

>> good afternoon, everybody! welcome to san francisco!, we're so happy to see each and everyone one of you here at the ferry building celebrating 125 years! let's give it up for the official band of san francisco, the lesbian gay freedom band. [applause] don't you just love this city? before there was the bay bridge, before there was the golden gate bridge, there was the ferry building. and this iconic building was home to trains, to cable cars, to street cars, to all kinds of vehicles, to ferries and the fact is, it was iconic back then in terms of its significant during a time way during a time when we needed a place like this for so many different modes of transportation to come.

when we think about the iconic ferry building, we think about san francisco and we think all of the extraordinary things that this building has evolved to over the years. yes, it was a place that was created for trade, for different modes of transportation, but over the years with changes, we have seen it become this incredible place with over 40 vendors and businesses and playses for people to shop. to eat, to enjoy and to really experience the vibrancy of san francisco. whuz thinks about many of the challenges that this city has faced, in fact, the 1906 earthquake, the 1989 earthquake and two global pandemic, this building continues to stand strong. before, the 1989 earthquake, there was a freeway through the embarcadero and some of us remember that freeway which really cast somewhat of a

shadow on this building. even though an earthquake can be seen as a devastation, here in san francisco we saw it an opportunity, an opportunity for this location what it can be for the people of the city and those who visit and work in the city and use the ferries and other modes of transportation to come here. that's why being here today and celebrating 125 years of what we are today, is so special. because it's so important to remind us of the past and what we've been through and the challenges. and when we talk about san francisco as a resilient city, one of the most iconic resilient buildings that exist, the ferry building is one of the places that we think about. a place that is withstood earthquakes and withstood pandemic and has withstood transition from the smaller buildings that were once the tallest buildings in the city to some more, iconic buildings and the city continues to grow.

we know san francisco has experienced challenges but we're grateful and excited to take a moment in time to pause and to celebrate, this extraordinary mind stone, a place that people visit from all over the world. a place that i visit frequently and enjoy smft venues and places to eat and shop. and what i want to say to hudson properties, they have done a really great job of making this space, a vibrant space, providing opportunities to local vendors. and creating a place where anything is possible for anyone who wants to come here. and i want to express my appreciation to elaine and the people that work for the port that commissioner, here and commissioner john burton, let's see looks like he's walking towards this way.

i want to thu for all the work that you've done and i express my appreciation by giving victor a proclamation and officially declaring ferry building day in the city and county of san francisco! [cheers and applause] i also want to say, that city hall in recognition of this special occasion will be lit up in a cobolt blue so make sure that you take pictures and also we're going to be giving out ice cream. who doesn't like ice cream, 500 lucky people here today, will get ice cream to really celebrate this incredible occasion. and what i plan to put in this time capsule, let's see what my team put together. first, i'm going to put my

challenge coin that shows a picture of its city hall in gold and it also shows the iconic san francisco skyline and it has my name on it. and also because technology is changing and i think in 25 years, you may not have the ability to print these but you're going to open this time capsule and some people may say, when did they start making actual prints of photos. so i'm going to put in a print of my photograph because in 25 years, there would probably only be digital photographs and my hope is that people will look in this time capsule and think, this stuff is really cool. when i talk to kids, they don't even know what a typewriter is, some of you don't know what a typewriter is, that scares me a tad bit. but 25 years from now, we'll be able to open this time capsule

and look at what was and as we see technology changing here in the city and county of san francisco, we know just like the ferry building, we'll be leading the way for our technology and innovation and all great things and we're grateful to be here to share with you on this time on this 125th anniversary. and with that, i would like to introduce the president of the board of supervisors, who is joining us here today and represents this district, please welcome aaron peskin. >> thank you, mayor breed. always hard to go after our mayor who said everything i had to say. i will add ad lib.

this place, since the days preceding the gold rush. this is the building that for 125 years, welcomed our entrepreneurs, welcomed our immigrants, welcomed our residents, welcomed our visitors and established san francisco as a center of commerce on the western seaboard of the united states. it is also an edface that we can learn from. the mayor referenced the mistake that we as a city and state made by wowing this incredible building from our water front and yes this building has survived two pandemic, the 1906 earthquake and 1979 and as a result of that, mayor agonos and the board of supervisors, used that opportunity to reunite the ferry building and our water front with downtown and the

rest of san francisco which we should be profoundly thankful for. [applause] this building was designed by an architect named arthur page brown who designed another civic structure that we know and love, our city hall. and coy tower and the war memorial all iconic memorial buildings in san francisco. and the reason i evoke him is because there is a lesson to be learned from this building that on occasion of celebrating the anniversary, should not be lost on us and we should remember for the next century, as we raise, the ferry building which is that we have a tendency to muck up our historic buildings.

we did that to city hall in 1996, then mayor willie brown and the board of supervisors, made the command decision at the taxpayers expense to return it to its grandeur and in deed the same decision was made here in 2003 where we unmucked this building and we should remember that. until 1948, 50 years into this building's life, there was a proposal to raeze, raise this demolished building, and the city fathers they were all men and the state board of harbor commissioners wanted knock this building down because of the advent of the car and the freeways and the fact that ferries were no longer the form of transportation. guess what, it's 2023 and now ferries are back in and this

building is still here let us, remember those lessons. [cheers and applause] and while i do not for some reason, i do not understand how the power to proclaim ferry building day in san francisco which somehow has been reserved only to the mayor in a charter section that i will undoubtedly try to change, i do on behalf of the board of supervisors have the ability to recognize with our highest honor, the ferry building on the occasion of this 125 years. and this will be the first time that i do not actually present the certificate to a person but place it in a box that we will open on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of this incredible edifice. thank you for your steward

ship, thank you to your staff, thank you for the unmucking of the building and thank you to those who have stewarded along the way, equity office and now hudson pacific, and let's get another 125 years out of this building. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, so much. weren't those fantastic speakers. the mayor and president peskin taught us so much about this building and what it represents. and i'm going to put a challenge coin into the box and about the soils and what it needs to raise it up. we'll get more information before the 25 years is unfailed. --unveiled. it's time to celebrate this building. thank you all for being here, on the 125th anniversary of this most beloved, exquisite, historically utmost building, let's hear from our official

band, lesbian and gay freedom band, let's celebrate. thank you! [band playing] >> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you

know, it's not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. you got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. this was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. cable car museum is free, come on in. take a day. come down. rediscover the city. you can spend as time you want and you don't have to make reservations and it's important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. people love cable cars and there's none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, you've got to come to san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask

they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san francisco. we would lose part of its heart and soul. it

wouldn't be san francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] . >> (musical).

>> wow. welcome to chinatown first of all, let me say thank you to ryan and i was yesterday on an event for c y c today

there were they're doing performances and getting the clouds u crowds in chinatown excited about being part of that streamlined committee you know san francisco we celebrate our diversity we really talk about chinatown as being one of the highlights of what people want to come to when this he visit san francisco and in performance from this is icing on the cake so we have some incredible restaurants and businesses fact of the matter after spending time with c y c i walked to ryan avenue and decided i want to get 5 chicken wiggins at capital and in chinatown will was so many people here and even this past weekend we officially started san francisco we had grand

masters from all over who came here to celebrate this extraordinary art the streets were packed people are everywhere and seniors and kids and visitors and commenting and staffing and dining and spending time in chinatown at chinatown station this is the place where people want to live here and travel through san francisco. but that is also the place where people from downtown and other parts of the city come to visit they goat of the station it is clean and nice we have ambassadors that are with us today that can be cantonese and speak other languages to make sure we are able to answer questions and meet the needs of people in the communities is just wonderful a have the captain from center station and thank you for the south miami

for the work at the substation and is broader chinatown community yesterday they were everywhere. but we want to do more we want to activate this space and make sure that the cafe is on we're going to work on mta to make sure we get moving quickly and a place for people that buy food and pastries and what have you it is station but activate it and that takes resources and working with the chinese consolidate ben last night association and working with the chinatown administering thank you, eva for today and as well as c y c the incredible working we're going together to make sure that chinatown is the supported but activated. we have events and activities by people working with a various nonprofit

groups and organization here celebrating art and culture and celebrating the experiences of the chinese community specifically in chinatown is what in movement it all about to why are we here to make it clear every weekend during the spring and summer months this plaza will be activated on the weekend and to 5:00 p.m. to get over at the station and who is going on i need to stop for a moment before i head over to capital or to any place else he came here to visit and enjoy the great performs for visitor and community and more popular we are online in our stop and dine 49 campaign launching a chinatown campaign that highlights all the great businesses here and all the

things to do the activities and waverly place a great celebration down to alleyway and other events activities non-stop plenty of surprise i don't know about you but i had had fear of missing out. (laughter) i have that myself going to i don't like to miss anything so if you want to show up in chinatown everyday but especially on the weekends when this is the most active and the most fun and of the $3 million of it city to invest to make those activities happen and make sure we have thriving chinatown we know things have been challenging over the years but you i've been victorville and talking to city council special meeting/budget study session this evening at 5:00 pm, wednesday, june 7, 2023.) who is going on they said thing are mr. carroll good we can use more and

i'm here to shine a light on chinatown to recommend people of what san francisco is an amazing community that is here to say a resilient through criminalization pandemic and other challenges and shill here stronger and bigger than ever and looking at to the things happening you may see me out there every now and then stopping at the restaurant without the councilmember detoy or councilmember detoy to introduce a person used to be the supervisor but assembly mu-n member has make sure that one million dollars you activation supportive of chinatown happened have not state he served at the state assembly member and now our city attorney and doing great things for chinatown in the city and county of san francisco ladies and gentlemen please welcome, david chu.

>> (clapping). >> thank you, a madam mayor and good morning san francisco chinatown who is existed for the summer you guys existed bring on the fwrog i'll start by saying we're standing in a special place not just referring to say that buff mini station but the neighborhood the fact is in 1848 three immigrants came infrastructure chino and two years later on 20 thousand immigrants decided to come and one hundred and 75 years later chinatown is not just the old historical chinatown in the country we are the culture and social and spiritual comparatively the chinese-american and want to say the first certificate of achievement to represent city hall i think about the history

of our asian neighborhoods in san francisco the old in the country here in our city and the little saigon and the currently vicinity and chinese in the richmond and sunset and portal we are here. and we know over the years have gone through challenging times whether that is the side and chinese he rra under the 1800s or rethis after the 1906 kathy we always come back one of the last things i do in the legislative was to work with folks here to bring one million dollars back to the community. and the reason at that time we wanted to do if we had our communities were struggling after the pandemic. and after the impacts of and italian hate but a year and a half later this was more

importantly because we are evolving did good news things are moving toward receipt to the retail businesses are going our night life is coming back we have more to do and thank you, mayor, and thank the office of economic development for working with the community on programs and grants to revise and bring back the small businesses and residents and visitors together building community and building the town thank you all the mannerism that are standing behind us represented the organizations that are actually doing this work in the coming months during the summer self help and the dp and cpa and chinese companies and, of course, the chinatown merchants and the chinese camera and the legacy each you have represent in our own way communities and

businesses and let me close by saying that just as chinatown after some difficult narratives we come back and rise recognize is flexing i know what we're doing this vitality and energy will continue to bring san francisco back like the flexing we always rise and with that, my honor to announce my successor and predecessor on the board of supervisors president supervisor peskin. thank you very much. >> (clapping). >> thank you, city attorney chu and thank you for being here mayor breed it is important to every you once in awhile take stock where we're been and say thank you. and this is an streamlined stop dhoun has the highest dent not only in to but

the western sea board of united states and has been staved for open space? not overly the new chinatown rose pack station this is a new open space chinatown. i saw the movie rally how many of you have shown the moving rally everyone has to see this moving shown and theatre around the corner a store about the last of late great rose pack and the community led fight to name this dhoun station the rose pack station more than that that is really about the community and the way this community leads all of us this community leads and the politicians follow it is true. this is the first time that the mta has been an open space business and rec and park they've been programming open spaces for decades for centuries

but the first for the mta and i had no doubt that with the community association with the chinese chamber of commerce, with the chinatown market street association with the chinatown administering united and chinatown neighborhood association the c y c and the elders louisiana and tom ma gunfire your job is easier because this is the neighborhood that knows how to do it for hold your feet to the fire and come up with the resources and become an attraction far beyond this neighborhood. now we have - that is not just chinatown it is great are chinatown with raufrn hill and north bacterium beach to jackson square the reality all of san francisco is greater chinatown. and this is the center and this segue connected

to the rest of the city a remarkably important state and this rooftop some the icing on the cake and in a way that attracts visitors flu all over the state and country that makes the center of this chinatown and then let me say that because of that leadership this government under the leadership have been london breed has been consistent about the infrastructureal needs not just about having financially finished in project was also about what next up the lake superior of chinatown dougherty have will have groundbreaking and recorder to everything can be to market library on palace street not far beyond the broadway and also on our list so this is just the beginning and with that, that is

my honor and pleasure to i'm going to turn it over to tom ma gunfire from the san francisco pta had the pleasure and pain of residing over this plan thank you, tom and others. >> (clapping). >> thank you, supervisor and tommy ma gunfire the street director for is transportation and welcome you here to our newest subsidy and network every month nearly 50 thousand passengers and community and chinatown voifrtsz pass through the station this is the busiest station in the subsidy not a surprise we built if not just building contractors but we're building contexts and connecting this we're very, very excited to be hosting the event to

celebrate the community and this is what transit it all been in san francisco so takes many people to do the job will be background of the community recovery and working really hard through the ambassador program community partnerships and with the san francisco police department to make sure that everyone customer feel safe with the rearview mirror bus and welcoming to people no matter their background to get from a to s so pleasure and honor to be here to open this station and happy to introduce and with all the organizations and elected officers officials to make that plaza space so great this summer and now introduce fire one from c y c. >> (clapping). >> good afternoon negative declaration my privilege to

thank the tell you on the community leaders and from chinatown we have the living room of chinatown and as a parent paris joy a good is where you have you can remember this is the place on top of of this subsidy station and definitely last weekend had our chinese wellness screening and sold over one hundred not only chinatown but actually of the city i know some visitors came all the way from sacramento to checkout the space is all those are happening because of partnerships with the different partners that are behind me i feel thumbnail to stand in front of them they make chinatown so vibrate and take

the opportunity to take the partnership with mta for their resources and investment to make that a chinatown paris possible and more than that thank the community who is station at the chinatown station from 10 hours a day to provide support and they speak two or three languages to direct the tourists to get to the best restaurants or local resident whether they wanted to take the train or subsidy. >> the other thing to mention personally a lot of people come out buttons the public safety but chinatown we have the best the central stations will have

control in chinatown but some - happen on second street when - young you know what all the neighbors and the people that backpack bad actor ask for help and just ran down the street to capture the suspect and within two minutes and take the whole community to keep us safe and chinatown is stronger than ever because everyone behind me worked together so thank you very much. >> (clapping). >> thank you, so many and for all the guests joining us here and david chiu and aaron peskin thank you for mepgsz the community centers association and thank you for joining us as well as the chinese (clapping)

and doing extraordinary work and thank you to the greater green is advocating for all things chinatown this strictly group of people and thank you for improving the lives of businesses not only for the people that live here and not only the businesses it strive here but visitors to have a warm and welcome experience or experience we appreciate the it takes a village and partnership that's the community and the elected leaders and making that happen thank you for being here..

>> the stewardship program is a (indiscernible) based program. we work with student kind r garten through 12 grade and work with scrks fusd and (indiscernible) focus on 5 themes. sense of place, plant adapation and animal adaptation, water soil or (indiscernible) depending on the grade level and accommodations the class may need the educators work to adapt the programming to be whatever works best for the

class, so they can gain activities (indiscernible) some don't, we try to meet students where they are at and get comfortable connecting in the space and feeling a sense of ownership and safety within their (indiscernible) >> the first component of a youth stewardship program trip will be a in clasds visit where we go to the school, we give a presentation on the natural history of san francisco, we talk about the concept of a habitat, so what does a habitat contain, understood, water, shelter, space. >> children at this age, they learn best through using their senses, having the real life experience and (indiscernible) students also learn about responsibility and it is a great message for student to learn, if you take

care of environment, the environment will take care of you. >> so, when we finally get the kids outside, we have two main components to the field trips. one is going to be the restoration component where we are working on the habitat and parks by pulling out (indiscernible) or maybe watering, and then the other side of our trip is going to be the educational component, which can range from a nature walk with a sensory theme where we are talking about what we smell and hear, to a focus on plant adaptation and animal adaptations. >> (indiscernible) >> just a great opportunity for students to learn more, connect with nature, and hopefully what they learn from the youth stewardship program they can

take with them for the rest of their lives, and they will appreciate their environment more. hopefully, when they appreciate it, they take care of it more every day. >> (indiscernible) >> so every year we open the application up in the fall. interested teachers can apply for a classroom visit and up to two field trips to the city park of their choice. field trips are 2 and a half hours long and like i said, they can happen in any city park (indiscernible)

>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake

roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about

casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward.

>> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there.

>> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

>> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the

avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪♪♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show.

the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one

era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and

appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great

resources for images for my painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuff from their grandparents, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future..

public i>> welcome to the tuesday july 18, 2023 hybrid in person and virtual megging of the san francisco entertainment commission. my name is ben and the commission president. >> we would like to start the meeting with the title. we the entertainment commission acknowledge that we are the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone and we're the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards and and in accordance with their traditions to their traditions the loan have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of