>> 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]

>> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling,

composting, all the different things that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san francisco's recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling.

other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can

recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material. >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become recycled. now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is

vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there. and i believe now is the time we will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order

just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we have this available in our restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about it and rolled it out as customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can

integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this. >> one restaurant we converted 2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the

community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students to reach about 1100 students. and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day

and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded in the environmental ethic and hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco.

i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place.

you are unmuted. wherebying to the july 25, 2023 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam clerk, could you call the roll. >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor chan. >> present. >> supervisor dorsey. >> present. >> supervisor engardio:supervisor mandelman. supervisor melgar. >> present. >> supervisor supervisor peskin. >> present. >> supervisor preston. >> present. wroo supervisor ronen? >> present. >> supervisor safai. >> present. >> supervisor stefani.