today for the budget signing. i know supervisor chan, there were a lot of challenging time and doubt and frustration. when i am surprised throughout this entire process no are matter what you kept a smile on your face. thank you very much for your heard work and for working with your colleagues and you know getting us through, i know we had to make hard decision in light of 780 million dollars, two year deficit.

fact we got through it, and almost record time is pretty surprising. and add moirable. congratulations and thank you to each and every one of your colleagues for the work you put in the budget as well. [applause] >> the entire budget team um -- [applause] you know, i don't know if you know but i don't have turn over with the directors of the budget team because i am a difficult person to work for. [laughter] you know this budget process is so intense this they are like, look i'm doing one budget process and i'm out of here. we are grateful to you ana you have been with the budget team for year bunkham get us through the process and adjustments from the board and from the budget, the legislative analyst from the board and also the various

departments and me and everything in between. and to come up with this balanced budget. thank you to each one of you for your hard work. [applause] i don't know if ben rosenfield is here. he is not here. you drove him out of here. [laughter] these budgets are hard. so, you know thank you to ben because you know, this is like superbowl to him and he gets excited and when it is over he is out. like i know most are. i'm surprised president supervisor peskin is here it is because he is president now and has to be a responsible leader. thank you, gwen to ben for your heard work. and i gotta say, usually the mayor never thanks the board of supervisor budget and legislative analyst because usually they are taking all of the money. i know this harvey rose and his team took all the money that

they could. you are losing your touch i did not hear shouting or anything. so, we must have been knead too easy. next year don't worry. we will make it real hard and your blood pressure will boil and you will be able to yell at people. looking forward and thank you, harvey rose, for being with us today. to our various department heads, boy. you guys gave them the blues i had a resignation and begged them to stay with the promise i will be nice. thank you to the department heads for your work and fight and all of your you know, what we will do to help get this budget to be of use to the people and the city and county of san francisco. it has been a difficult couple years. more recently, i have been out in the community meeting with

accidents. talking to people. and reminding the public of who we are as san franciscans. i think, we can't forget had san francisco has done in the past. we can't continue to puts ourselves down or to criticize a lot of the things going of because like any other major city, san francisco has problems. it has problems. but unlike any other major city, san francisco has been a lead and beacon of hope and a place that dreamers come and a place of possibilities. you know, as we prepare for a peck. the asian pacific economic cooperative this will be the biggest events international events that san francisco has experienced since 1945. when the united nations was established here in the city and

county of san francisco. and why this matters, it matters because san francisco will be on the world stage. and unlike what is happen negligent press now with when people are trying to say to define us as a city. many people don't live here and they are writing the stories. the press will be here to make up their own minds based on their own experience about what we are. and what we represent. and because of this budget. they will begin to see. they will see that san francisco streets are clean and safe. they will see that people feel safe in neighborhoods and communities. because of wonderful programs like first year free and the investments in mall businesses. they'll see our neighborhood corridors packed. they will see a different san francisco with new neighborhoods like mission bay and pier 70 and the shipiard they will see the

magic of san francisco this people continue to talk about. because even though we may fight it out in city hall. the end of the day when the decisions are made, it is time for us to roll up our slows and get the job done. we will deliver on some of the commitments we made. our economic recovery, definitely dependsos reforms to our taxes, over the past 5 years, we introduced 14 tax. what accidents have said to me time and time again, stop changing the rules in the middle of the game. we want certainty about our future. look, there are some differences that can make it rain for san francisco they can ford to. there are other businesses like retailers that are struggling. we are seeing the impacts on a lot of the decisions that we made around taxless. and so i appreciate the board of supervisors and their wellingness to make adjustments.

so this we can move forward. to think about tax reform and how we make it more fair and equitable depending whether or not you have a mall business or a big business. because now, everyone is talking about artificial intelligence when is help with artificial intelligence is happen nothing san francisco the top 20 companies in the world. in the world. then in the bay area and 8 in san francisco. that new technology. they are looking for in the process 10 companies in ai are looking for 800,000 square feet of office space. there are great things happening. how do we balance that? with the future of when we need as relating to our economy? and part of had been is helping us do that. i appreciate that. when we do around homelessness and behavioral health, around

people struggling with addiction. the behavioral health beds, the shelter beds, the permanent housing we'll provide will with a game changer. we'll not as a result of the budget, did in the cut any beds we provided since 2018 from 10,000 units of permanent supported housing to 15,000 units that provide a second chance for people to have a home. [applause] and this budget has not only maintained when we are able to have, so we don't lose any of those beds provides more resources. to add more. this budget helps us address the challenges that continue to exist with our children. invest nothing our public school system. in city college. resource for childcare and

facilities. making sure that food security despite the cuts from the federal government. resources to continue and thrive. providing our in home support service work and nonprofit workers and increase because they are doing the difficult jobs that we need them to do to help with some of our real challenges. this budget represents our values. this budget representatives real challenges that we need to continue to invest in. i also want to make sure we understand. every dollar that each one of you are responsible for. make sure it does not go to waste. people are counting on us to use this money wise low. to help change and save lives. to help make san francisco better. to help make sure people have a decent living wage to be able to take care of themselves. it does so much and we should be

proud. and next year, will be harder. we think that this year was hard. next year will be harder. and that's why i'm looking forward to working with the board of supervisors on the work that we need to do around tax reform, around changes to investments. and around aability accountability for dollars spent in san francisco. it will be hard. we live for hard. san francisco is in the called a resiltien city for nothing when quakes and pandemics and challenges happen and backs are against the with you we move forward and demonstrate to the world why san francisco is a great city. that will hab when we host a peck and when we host fifa. with the soccer legends from all over. yes it has been happening at

fifa and the superbowl but guess where they will stay and do things? san francisco. there are many wonderful things about this city. in addition the grateful dead with john mayer hosted 3 day sold out events everybody was dress in the tie die all over the city. it was an exciting time and people who visited said, this is a great city. this is a beautiful city this is an amazing city. it is clearly the city that tony bennett wrote about where the cable car help you reach halfway to the stars. let's remember that. as we start to go know the days of doing our work and the challenge this is continue to persist am people are counting on us to make this budget live up to when we are promising. a new day. a new dawn, a new hope.

new excitement. but still make sure every dollar counts. with that, let's sign this budget. [applause]. [laughter] [background noise] [quiet talking] all right.

>> thank you. it is official! [applause] today i visualize the goal. we get to the space where you smile. i smile, too. and you hundred mow that pen after you sign. let me say, though, with that i know this it was a difficult path. to get here. the reason why i know is because i was a good legislative aid for almost 20 glorious this place. and let mow actual, there were men lessons i learned including that this beautiful dome that we stand under every day is like cryptonight if you have super

power and come in the space day in and day out, it will consume the pettiness. the anger and the jealousy and all that ego and power trips this people have will consume you the only way out, in my opinion, is to get out. while every day. make sure you talk to labor partners you talk to the workers. you talk to the seniors and the most vulnerables and the community advocates outside of the place. and you bring their strengths and their power to this table. in negotiations and make sure you remember them when you are at that table with that power and at that seat. with that i bring that strength. their strength at this time table and let me tell you, it is not easy to commonality among all of us that are different and

direfers with madam mayor and i, different people. we have commonality. we are both grads and the lion ~esses. the loud one i'm the quiet one. we are the lion ~esses and bring our power and strength to the table when we northern and talk. i think that what we have in common like mayor breed said this , is about the people. budget is in the just about numbers. budget is actually about people. this is the people's process. it is about how do we make sure we take care of san franciscans in i agree with the mir that with this budget we take care of san franciscans. not just the san franciscans today. but the san franciscans to come. we want to welcome big business, small business, workers and

families and immigrants they are welcome and belong that's when we need them to know. i see that board president skipped out. with board president supervisor peskin said that we are knee deep in blood with this budget deficit. but with this process and with mayor breed and her team and her city departments, it is when i believe even knee deep in blood, again. that is the visual. and it is trough. that is where we are now with this budget. with our future. but even with that, the strength that every single one of us bring to this room under the stone, we will over come. and we will over come all the challenges. the budget is already signed. i agree, get back to work. thank you. [applause].

>> very excited moment for us as we get to recognize our san francisco police officers for the month of april, may and june. i'm assistant chief daved lazar. chief of the department. on behalf of london breed and bill scott, i want to welcome oo your today's ceremony. as background we had

gone many many years without have formal recognition. we would have award ceremonies and recognizing officers for crisis interventions and things like that, but nothing specific and separate and stand aloneered raing regarding the day to day work the police officers do every day. this is a very challenging award to decide on because our officers do such great work. it is hard to pick the best awards for the circumstances. today hear a couple great things our offices have done so able to find good things and recognize our people for. happy to be here today. last-our first ceremony was room 201 and we stuffed in there and had a great time and recognized officers and families but grateful to make it formal and thank you mayor breed. alright. round of applause for

mayor breed, please. [applause] >> so, before i call the mayor up, i just like to recognize many people in the room today and many of our sponsors. chief scott unfortunately couldn't be here. we were all planning to come together. we had a incident in the city the chief had to respond to so i'll fill in for him and his remarks. i like to recognize the president of board of supervisors aaron peskin. [applause] thank you. supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] our san francisco police commissioners walker, benedicto, yee and burn. thank you commissioners for being here. [applause] our sheriff for paul mimamoto. see this is

what we put together, a nice backdop so identify have something to take a photo with. i like to recognize members of command staff and professional staff here today. very grateful for all the support. tenderloin station, i see plain clothe officers and i know that take you off the street, put you right back on as soon as we can, because you is a lot of work to do out there, but we are grateful you are here to support your fellow officers and thank you to aaron pera from community engagement to put this event togethers. i also like to thank the sponsors, without the sponsors it would be very challenging to make this happen. bxp, specifically bobpieceer, rob dale, steve cullven, retired chief sur. it was chief surthat pushed all this to get this going again. and

retired deputy chief john loftus. the hiat reej agency, hearse corporation, san francisco police officer association, and jp morgan chase. i like to thank prologueus,boma, hotel council, alex bastion, union square alliance, melissa rodriguez, the neighbors for better san francisco, the san francisco counsf of district merchants, thank you for being here today and ground floor, alex turk thank you for being here and all friends and supporters, that you can so much for making today a possible. with that, i like to call up mayor breed for a few words. [applause] >> good evening everyone and thank you all so much for joining us here today. let me start by thanking the members who are being honored

from the san francisco police department for continuing to put your lives on the line to serve and protect the people of this city, despite the challenges that knroe i know we all know law enforcement continues to face. thank you to family members and friends and those joining us here as well to support these extraordinary officers who are being honored. your support is extremely important. your prayers are always welcome because we need to make sure they continue to be safe as they go about the work of the people of the city and county of san francisco. thank you to our elected leaders and our sponsors and our supporters, our commissioners and so many people who serve in the capacity to insure that when we are doing the work of the people of san francisco, that we are reminded about the people who are actually out on

the streets doing the work on our behalf. the city has been experiencing a lot of challenges, and as i said, law enforcement has not always been treated like they should. in some cases by the leaders of the city, including myself. and bringing this event back has been an opportunity to really make sure that we are not just pointing the finger, making policy decisions and not having discussion and talk with the men and women of the department. i had an opportunity to visit many of the police stations throughout san francisco, and have really hard conversations with the people who are doing the work, because often times as policy makers, as leaders, we are making decisions about policies, we are making decisions about investment, yet

we have no idea what it feels like to actually roll up our sleeves and put ourselves on the line the way the people we are honoring here today do every single day. this is a way to just really highlight some of that work, because we hear enough about the complaints. we hear enough about the people who are trying to put our city down and in particular, put this department down. this is an opportunity to elevate this department, and elevate the work that you do and the hard choices that you have to make in the split seconds that you have to make them. we know that it is complicated. we know that people may not all understand, but we know that you also love this work and you love what you do and you enjoy being out there making sure that you're able to make these decisions to save lives. we appreciate it and today as you hear about some of the stories, some of

the stories of-from a different perspective. you hear about car break-ins in san francisco, but what you don't always hear about, is the fact our officers are on the ground making those arrests and recovering property. going out of their way sometimes to make sure that someone who's suit case was stolen, they are looking for information and they are delivering their suitcase personally so their trip isn't completely ruined. what you don't hear about, is when people are asking for help and making the calls and they are the ones that are showing up, and i know that it is hard, i know it has been challenging, but today really is about making sure that your stories are told. making sure that the people in this room, some of your families and friends and leaders, that we all know and understand and value it, but also members of the public. because i will say that we hear about the stories. we

see that on social media. what's happening and the complaints, but you don't always see the arrests and the work and some of the things that occur and that happen after the fact. because we don't just walk away after a crime is committed. that's when a lot of the real work begins. the investigations that happen. the search warrants that occur. putting together the evidence necessary to make sure that perpetrators of crime in this city are really brought to justice and all that work takes place because of the men and women of the san francisco police department. so, i want to thank you all so much for being here today to celebrate. we were at the last officer of the month event in a very small conference room in my office, and i thought, this is a important celebration and it is

only appropriate that it's celebrated in a important venue like city hall in this magnitude to recognize how important each and every one of you are to serving and protecting the city and county of san francisco. thank you all so much for your service and congratulations. [applause] >> okay, thank you very much mayor breed and all your support. i like to call up the president of the board supervisors to represent the board of supervisors, president aaron peskin. >> thank you assistant chief lazar, on behalf of myself and the ten members of legislative branch of government and my colleague, rafael mandelman, let me add to the mayor's words to say that, we see you, we

appreciate you, we thank you, and as district supervisors we actually as acting captain mureno knows, we hear the stories up close and personal and we actually know the rank and file. i know (indiscernible) i know gary and we see them every day interacting in the community. many years ago, there was a controversy at city hall where one of my colleagues who was post certified by the way, said, that we needed to mandate community policing. i was a new supervisor. this was about 20years ago. i said what is community policing, explain this to me. when he explained it to me, i realized that is exactly what i had at company a. police who knew the names of shop keepers. police who knew the stories of what was happening with a individual who was on the street. police who

went above and beyond the call of duty and dug into their pockets to make things right on the streets of san francisco. that is what i experienced and like mayor breed, i have to say, we haven't said thank you enough. i think we all live in our worlds and if there is one thing i have gotten out of the covid experience is that we just have to say thank you and acknowledge all of our city workers more often, particularly the city workers who have the toughest jobs who see the toughest things. i will say, because i don't want to steal my acting captain from company a's thunder that gary dexter, the two of you went so far above and beyond the call of duty in saving the young person's life, and aphending the individual who perpetrated those crimes. it just sends shivers down my spine. i cannot thank you you two enough, as well as

your colleagues from tenderloin, southern and northern stations for similar deeds. thank you. [applause] >> okay, thank you president peskin. before i begin pmy remarks i want to echo something that mayor breed said and really just thanking the families for being here and for supporting us. today is about you as well and your loved ones receiving the recognition but you are as well, because without you there is no way we can do this work day in and out so grateful you are here today. i got to meet families and look forward meeting everyone after so thank you. today we are acknowledging san francisco police officers who went above the call of duty showing bravery, professionalism and compassion in the work for the first 3 months of 2023. the officers work around the clock and prepared to respond to emergency jz crimes in progress throughout the city. these officers show dedication and commitment to the people of san francisco and the members of

the sfpd. their tenacity, diligence, propossessionalism were on display for incident responded to as a primary unit or backup to assist fellow officers. i want to thank perry and dexter who rendered aid to a stabbing victim on stockton and sutter streets. stopped the uncontrolled bleeding which may have saved the victim's life and the victim was a student from galileo high school. i want to thank officer (indiscernible) working robbery and burglary enforcement in san francisco on april 21. the officers assisting a visiting youth base ball team after their van was burglarized. the officers helped recover the team stolen property and arrest the suspect. the coach was so impressed by these officers he wrote a letter saying we have never seen police officers like

them and you'll hear more from acting captain merino about the letter. i want to thank oser chilly. he goes by chilly, he isn't here today. and officer victor from tenderloin station who on june 22, respaubded to a fatal shooting in holiday plaza. both officers or officer chilly administered cpr to the victim and later located video footage orphthe incident. officer (indiscernible) located suspect and weapon minutes after the call. these are exciting cases you'll hear about and at this time, i like to call up acting captain mark marina to offer up two of the awards. mark, if you can come on up, please. >> good afternoon everybody. my name is mark merino, the acting captain at central station. i want to

apologize because when i typed this out, size 14 font looked like a appropriate font. not sure it is with the lighting here. thank you chief. the first award i want to present are two members from central station where i work. very proud of these two individuals. first dexter sang and gary-- [applause] i want to read what happened and why they were chosen for this award. march 13 this year 4:30 at sutter and stockton was there was a attempted homicide that took place on board omuni bus. dispatch broadcast the stabbing occurred in stockton and sutter. suspects pointed out by witnesses. they were able to detain without

incident. the suspect two companions fled but before they were detained as well a short time later by other officers. meanwhile central patrol officer gary and dexter responded to the area to assist. they were advised by witnesses in the area that a stabbing incident occurred on-board a muni bus. they boarded the bus, which parked on stockton street and found the victim on his knee in a pool of blood with lacerations to neck area. officer sang and (indiscernible) removed the upper garment performing life saving measures to stop the bleeding. transportded to san francisco general hment and the actions by the offices saved his life. numerous officers assigned assisted in the complex investigation which included the stabbing weapon, conducting multiple interview jz obtaining

video surveillance from numerous sources. the suspect was booked. attempted homicide. i like to congratulate for their fine work officer gary and dexter sang. [applause]

[applause] >> okay, i'm privileged to also give out the next award. there is a incident occurred

in central station and like to call from southern station officer hector and northern station, officer david- [applause] i'll read this as well. this occurred in the central district april 21, 2023, north and mason, burglary arrest. working the robbery and burglary enforcement operation downtown san francisco. outside the normal assigned area of responsibility. during the assignment he assisted in the arrest of auto burgry suspect responsible for multiple burglaries that day. they located unoccupied van with damaged window. minutes later contacted by kyle crandal a base ball coach. mr. crandle confirmed the van was theirs and had been broken

into. a important bag containing critical med caution was missing. immediately sought to recover the medication by calling the officers transporting several bags of evidence recovered from the suspect veem vehicle. the partner was able to locate the bag and at request of officers turned around and returned the medication to the scene and returned to the coach. medical emergency averted. crandle was so imprez #79d chief scott, high school teacher and base ball coach for the base ball team in rochester new york. a inner city school and our varsity baseball team is in san francisco. we dropped player and coaches off as fisherman's warf and parked the van on the street. parked less then 40 minutes. when we returned we were greeted by two offices who asked if the plan belonged to me. victims of smash

and grab. officers identified themselves as san francisco police department in civilian clothes. they were on detailed in unmarked car for smash and grabs and saw the van being burglarized. they arrested three individuals. we found not only did they stold one bag but a bag of player just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. insulin and medical equipment in the bag. as the head coach i had a range of emotions and shared this was going to ruin our night. the officers saw our team and responded with, we will not let this ruin your night. they immediately asked for the victims to describe his bag then called the partner transported in the 7 or 8 other bags. the partner identified the bag, the officers asked the partner to turn around and bring the bag to the scene. officers advised how to clean up the mess and secure the window. helped locate a broom, cardboard and duct

tape and filled out a police report. within 20minutes the players recovered all items, the window secure and on our way to the giant game. we got to the game on time. the players oen the team commented in the van, we have never seen police officers like them. they made such a positive impression on the players. in a day and age with so much negative attention towards the police, i want to share your officers exalismifyed what police work should be about. your offices should be very proud of the impact they made. with gratitude, coach kyle crandle. [applause]

[applause] >> i like to acknowledge captain luke martin and acting

captain sylvia lang. luke martin from southern and sylvia lang from northern. last i like to invite up for our last presentation is acting captain matt mason from tenderloin station. [applause] >> lieutenant mason, tenderloin station. it is my honor to introduce officer victor custudio star 1547, officer chilly is on vacation and also will be honored today. on 6-22-2023, approximately 2440 hours, tenderloin station officers respond to call of shooting and homicide at holiday plaza. upon arrival, officer chilly, as he gave permission to call him, because i don't want to bircher his

name. chilly initiated first aid. used a chest seal and cpr to help work on the victim. maintained life saving efforts until the victim transported to sfgh. after ambulance departed began-witnesses located video footage orphthe incident. in the video chilly discovered a image of the suspect. direction of travel he relayed to the officers. officer custudio one of the top plain clothe officers under (indiscernible) had to go off script there, located a potential suspect. entering a taxi cab at 8 and mission. custeedio was in plain clothes, maintained visual of the suspect, (indiscernible) team members to the area, met with sergeant jones and developed a plan. once the plan was developed,

resulted in them arresting the suspect and taking into custody safely, the suspect and officers. eracying officer located the gun used in the crime inside the taxi cab where the suspect had been seated. the suspect was positively identified by witnesses. booked in homicide investigation ensued. the officers learned the victim did not survive his injuries and passed away. this is a textbook example of outstanding police work. the officers involved in the incident utilized all the principles of san francisco police department, rendering aid to the victim. responding to a crime, running to the fight as we like to say, not shying away, going to a homicide suspect with a firearm in a area freak wbted by tourist in holiday plaza. conducted a thorough investigation, identified on the suspect with minutes that danger criminal was placed into custody and booked in jail. these officers are deserving of the

award for their teamwork and taking this violent offender off the streets. [applause]

[applause] >> okay, mayor breed reminded me about the best part for last. not only today's awardees get it meet the mayor and elected officials and get recognized and get a beautiful plaque and a lot of thank you and photos, but also-they also get gift certificate presented by the san francisco police department-for the san francisco police department cop of the month, they get a complementary one-night stay in a beautiful hotel here in san francisco, the h hight regency.

congratulations on your awards, your accomplishments and more importantly for your fantastic careers. congratulations. [applause] okay. and $500 cash, thank you very much acting--yes, thank you very much. mayor breed, i'll do better next time on all the gifts, but thank you for the reminder. she helped me on that. at this time-before we conclude, if we can have the entire group of photo with mayor breed, elected officials and others and then when we are done there, please enjoy the complementary food and beverages in the back. thank you again for attending today. congratulations. thank you to the families. have a great afternoon. [applause]

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city.

like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on

sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco, there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard

fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak. >> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared.

>> 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