what you accomplished took a lot of hard work. there was a lot of blood, sweat and tears on that field where you were practicing probably longer hours than you really wanted to. and i know that your coaches really pushed to push to push you very hard, to get to a place where something like this was possible . but these teams are more than just about winning games. it's really about creating teamwork. it's really trying to put forth your best foot and realizing what you're capable of. there are long term relationships that are established as a result of hard work and going through such a challenging time together. and we in the city and county of san

francisco, as the mayor, i want to express just how proud i am of what you accomplish and what you delivered for san francisco, because it's not just about the base ox. it's about the entire city and county of san francisco and what each and every one of you represents. i want to take this moment to acknowledge phil ginsburg, who's going to be talking a bit. i don't think anyone's a bigger cheerleader for the base. oxton phil ginsburg, because. he is so proud to talk about this team, even when you're not present and about what you all are doing and being this all female baseball team that represents san francisco. he, along with our various commissioners who he will recognize in just a moment who are joining us here today. but it means a lot to be here

with family and friends, to take a moment to pause and reflect on all your hard work. i want to just also go back to the 12 you team that even though you came in third, you got to understand why you came in third in the national. and that is a big deal and it is definitely time for you to fight harder and harder and harder and continue to go up the ladder. the 14 new team, from my understanding, they've been they've been working together since they were nine years. i think that's the term that they used. and from the time they were nine news, all the way to 14 news, they had their minds and their sights set on this national champion and they delivered it. and i want to say congratulate to all of you for doing the hard work to make us proud for doing the hard work that even though we know some of you play for teams in your respective schools, you still have to study hard and teamwork

and the work that you do to have good grades in order to play you still take the time out to be a part of this extraordinary team. and i always look forward when we launch our baseball season in san francisco at kimball park. my favorite team to walk by is usually the base ox of all of the women who are playing baseball out there, toughening it out just as much as the boys . so we're going to do two things to really, really exciting things. first, i want to announce that in honor of your win, city hall will be lit up in orange tonight. for all of you. and i want to ask coach burke and coach alcantara to come up forward to accept a proclamation. to all the

coaches, to all the assistant coaches, to the staff, to the volunteers. we want to express our appreciation because we also know know that the reason why you work with this team has everything to do with your love for baseball, but also your love for supporting young people and helping to lift them up and because of your hard work and their hard work combined, what i want to do today is something very special. today, officially , on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, we're going to declare it base day in several cisco. thank you. thank you so much.

all right. and at this time, as i said, you know, if girls can play baseball, men can be cheerleaders. so, phil, i'm looking forward to seeing you in a skirt with pom poms cheering on the base ox team as their number one fan. ladies and gentlemen, the director of rec and park for the city and county of san francisco, phil ginsburg . all right. okay well, thank you, mayor. the mayor says that i am the biggest bay sox fan, but as we all know, the biggest fan of kids and of sports in this city is our mayor who comes out to every opening day at cbl. cheers for the bay sox is loudly as i do in all of our kids so let's make her an honorary part of this team, shall we? all right. are you are you now that's what i'm talking about.

well done, mayor. all right, folks, you're here. you've been in kentucky. you finished third. you won a championship. i think that was that last night. you were no how last week you were at over at oracle with your names on the big screen. this we're having a moment here. bay sox. and by the way, you know, we got women's world cup. we got the bay sox. it is women in sports are having their moment and you know, there's a saying that we like to say is bay sox fans throw like a girl right. amen. amen so a little bit about this amazing history of this program. mayor this started in 2015, and i want to give a big shout out to one of the founding mothers of this program, rochelle rocky hensley or henley sorry, is rocky here is rochelle. oh, there she is.

rocky. rocky played professional baseball for the colorado silver bullets, has been an amazing member of our team. and this in many respects, rochelle, rocky, whatever you would prefer to be called at the moment, you know, this is your dream come true. we started this program in 2015 with one team, 12 girls now we've got five teams. we've got 60 girls, we've got a national third place finisher, and we've got a national championship. so i want to give a big shout out. the mayor singled out a couple of folks. i want to repeat to the 12 and under coaches. sandro alcantara and justice alcantara for can you both stand up one

more time? where's justice. okay. our 14 and under coaches james burke and karen sanchez, a volunteer here. we have a amazing group of practice coaches as well. manny blackwell, dan resnick and vlad hernandez. and of course every program in every sport needs a team mom or a team dad, someone that keeps the trains running on time. make sure people are where they're supposed to be. registers for tournament points is the center point of all the information. and this particular team mom is very special because

she is also a wreck and park commissioner annie jupiter jones is. yes indeed. i also want to sing out, single out just a couple people from the amazing rec and park recreation staff because today is about the bay sox but the broader message is youth sports are alive and well in san francisco. every everybody plays and i want to give a big shout out to our recreation superintendent, nick williams, and our manager of sports and athletics, jimmy chin . so we had 23 or 20 423 or 24 girls playing on these two teams, 24 i think you said about the 12 and under team, all of these girls created such a great team atmosphere. every player was welcomed with open arms. the positive team culture helped

help propel us to an amazing tournament experience. and when asked about the 14 and under, team coach burke said every single player had their moment. it was truly a team win and i don't say that lightly. it was pretty amazing. and before this year, mayor, the 14 and under team that won this national championship had only ever won one game at nationals. one game they put in tons of work and finished as our national champions representing san francisco. and before i close up with a little cheerleading mayor, i definitely want to acknowledge three of our other commissioners who are here, our vice president of our commission, kat anderson commissioners joe halsey, who was very involved in in, in cbl and flame for your entire life,

right, joe? i mean, pretty much at the fire department, you ran the show. did you ever anticipate a national championship for a women's for a girls baseball team? now and commissioner vinita lewis our mayor, our commission meetings, do you think they're serious business and a whole lot of noise? it's basically just a base love fest. all day, every day here at city hall. right all right. so i before i bring back bring up commissioner tim. mom, the mayor asked me to do a little cheerleading this place. we have a microphone, but this place has pretty good acoustics . it's got a big dome up there. they can hear us all over this building. and the mayor hopes that there are still a few people working around here today. so here's what we're going to do. bay sox and fans and supporters, everybody stand up. we're going to raise the roof off this joint. when i say we are, you say base ready? we are. we are. we are. when i say

base sox, you say champs. base sox. bay sox. when i say bay sox , you say sf bay sox base all together. now we are number one. we are number one. we are number one. all right, let's go. bay sox. and mayor. i didn't even do that with pompoms. all right. let's bring up our commissioner , the woman who keeps it all together. commissioner jupiter jones. are you ready to come on up. to the mic is yours. and what i'm going to present to you, i don't have a proclamation, but the mayor asked me to. to bring the magic back. so for each team member, if you guys look outside, you see that little ferris wheel and

there's a big slide that's going up. starting on thursday, civic center gets its first summer carnival, complete with, you know, corn dogs and water ice and soft ice cream and rides and games and for winning the national championship and for finishing third in the nationals. each and every one of you gets one of these free carnival passes which commissioner jupiter jones is going to give out. so thank you. nice to talk you guys. so i didn't know i was talking, but i just want to say on on top of everything else that's been said about this amazing program with its amazing players, it's amazing coaches. it's amazing families is just how much this program could only happen in san francisco. right. because for this to happen, the city has to support it. the city has to believe that girls can play baseball, that girls can do anything and they have to put their money where their mouth is and make sure that it happens and as a city kid, i know that

this could only happen in san francisco. so thank you, mayor. thank you, everyone in this city for supporting this. it doesn't happen without you right? so i'll leave it at that. and i think i'm introducing our 12 year coach coach andrew, to come up and give us some highlights about the 12 youth team. all right. thank you very much, commissioner jupiter jones. i i just want to say when i reflect on the teams i've coached, the most important thing is, is having an atmosphere where girls feel seen by each other and by the coaching staff. and i do want to say that i, i feel like our 12 youth team did a great job of embracing one another, support each other when we had tough times and celebrating like mad when we had good times. so i

just want to say 12 of you, i'm very proud of you and the most important thing to work out and leave with is that we all have this journey of baseball. we fall in love with it. we have big dreams and i want you to know on this journey of baseball , i want you to enjoy it. work hard and remember head, heart, hustle will always get you far, no matter if you go just to the base box, to high school, to college, if you think about those three pillars of our program, head, heart and hustle, you always keep your head in the game. you don't give up on yourself or your teammate and you work hard. even when the coach isn't looking. it'll help you be successful. people and baseball players. all right. and i believe i'm now able to introduce use the 14 year coach james burke, because i'm not it anymore.

uh uh, also didn't really know i was going to be talking for too long, but hello and thank you to city of san francisco and to the mayor london breed for having the san francisco bay sox girls baseball team here today to be celebrated for their amazing special victory this summer. and the baseball for nationals in kentucky. i'm extremely grateful . i was extremely grateful and happy to be able to have the opportunity to coach the bay sox this summer. i've always heard nothing but amazing things about the bay sox. i've had bay sox on my middle school teams and even in rec and park. and when i finally got to step in and be the coach this summer, um, it lived up to all the expectations that i thought it was going to come with the effort, the

amazing effort from all the girls. this summer was just truly remarkable. we were like, hey, what if we practice three days a week this summer? what if we go ahead and practice with the san francisco 14 new team as well? and we just keep getting better and better and better and every girl showed up to every single practice. and the girls, if they couldn't make it to practices because they were breaking other barriers in joining other teams and playing another tournaments this summer and continuing baseball. so again, one of the big things that i really loved about this summer was the base represented san francisco well, and they represented baseball in san francisco well. there's always a lot of talk about baseball in san francisco and the talent. and again, we're just always proving how san francisco baseball does have some of the best talent in the united states. and i love that the base proved that here. i do want to do some shout outs real quick. first to manny, who's sitting there, honjo annie, i saw

firsthand how you kept this program going through all these years. it's amazing what you've done. your leadership is the reason why these girls have won this year and you've kept this program alive through your leadership and the way they just represented everything. so well is because of you. so thank you very much. that was very awesome . also, i want to give a shout out to african park for keeping the program alive. it's been amazing. shout out to the parents. this is a big thing. yeah. um, i'm firsthand knowledge. what i'm saying. if the parents all support and create a positive atmosphere, teams can do wonders. and because of that, the base ocs were able to do what they did this summer and do so well. the culture was just amazing. and again, shout out also to all the past players of the bay sox and the current president, players of the bay sox. you're all

amazing. there's so many cheerleaders from the from the past teams who always come back coach talk up the program team that give back and then the present players today who were keeping it alive and really making this one of the most awesome programs and giving it an outlet for girls to play baseball in san francisco. so again, it was just a really awesome and i said it before, all the girls on this team had a moment. it was truly remarkable. i've i've coached middle school, high school, college and i've won a couple championships and this was truly actually felt like one of the one of the most unique awesome amazing championship wins because every single player on this team did something special to go six and zero in any tournament is hard. we had nine pitchers, three catchers. i can go on and on and on and they did it. they won. it was truly amazing. everybody had a great time. and thank you

again for everybody here. great job. way to put in the effort. thank you very much. all right. i'm back. before we move on, do we have any of our young ladies who might want to say a few words today. come on up. hello, madam mayor. general manager ginsberg, park recs commissioner and the coaches, players and baseball families. my name is simone and i'm the captain of the 14 new team i've been playing with the bay sox for the past five years, and i

know i speak for all the girls in our program when i say that we are part of an amazing organization filled with growth, encouragement and many unforgettable memories and lifelong friendships. playing with the bay sox has taught me many skills, including leadership and determination that translate to all parts of our lives, not only baseball. this summer, we traveled to kentucky for the annual baseball for all nationals tournament. we went six and zero, winning first place in the 14 new minors division. this accomplished. it proves how far we have come as a team over the last few years, despite the fact we were a public and city run entity. unlike most of the competitive travel teams, we play against. last year we won one game at nationals, which at the time was a big accomplishment for us. after losing by a landslide each and every game back in 2021. as a team, we have put in so much time and effort to get to this point and it's so exciting to see our work wasn't for nothing and our perseverance has paid off so that we can call ourselves national champions. we wouldn't have been able to do this without all the coaches who have gotten us to this point. coaches karen, manny, andrew and justise, not to mention the head

of our program, annie jupiter jones, who have stuck with us through the highs and lows of as a team with coach burke able to give us new perspectives this year. so on behalf of all the bay sox team, thank you so much for all your time, effort and constant support. we're also extremely thankful and grateful to have the city of san francisco and its parks and rec department for providing girls like us the ability to grow together as a team and opportunity to represent the city on a national stage. our hope is that the foundation built, which we have been lucky enough to be a part of, will continue to grow and allow us to keep succeeding both on and off the baseball diamond. thank you again. and go sox. hi my name is belén henriquez carillo and i'm the 12 you team captain. and i've been with the base since i was six. i'm lucky to be able to be in this organization for a very long time, thanks to this organization and parks and recs

, i've been able to play in five sf ibl seasons and go to three bfa tournaments. although i'm very grateful for that. the best thing about baseball is the people. thanks to the base oks. i've made many friends and am able to play with people like me now. i can finally have people i can relate with and share the same interest in baseball as me. i also want to thank all of the coaches for being very supportive and accepting anybody, regardless of their experience or skills. that way, anybody has an opportunity to play. bass has had a positive impact on my life. thank you base and i will always be grateful for that because girls belong in baseball. thank you. okay, we have one more thing now . i don't know about you, but i love wrestling. and usually you get a belt when you wrestle or

you box. but today we, the bay sox, they're getting a belt for playing baseball. so so we have some wwf style belts. to really honor the team and to our to our great team captains. didn't they do a great job. so this team is not only creating folks who work well together, but it's creating leaders. so thank you so much to each and every one of you, to all the parents, to all the players. congrats relations. we are again so very proud of all that you have done, which means you got to work even harder. and maybe we make it four days a week of practice next year and so with that, thank you also for coming. and we'll take a few pictures and you can enjoy city hall while we're here. but don't forget to come back tonight.

see, this is why you don't give belts for baseball hall. don't forget to come back tonight and take some pictures of city hall lit up in orange honoring the national champions. the bayside sharks.

>> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public

speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers.

i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to

help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to

sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed.

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>> it took the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire and 500 city blocks burning to the ground for the people of san francisco to realize they had an inadequate water supply. >> the earthquake allowed nation

sin a neuropathy for san francisco. whatever this stricken city wants as a country, we should help them with it. >> years before, mayor james feland explored the sierra for a source of water for a city run water utility. his search led him to a pristine valley along the tuolumne river. >> hetch hetchy valley seemed to be the obvious place for this. it had steep perpendicular walls, 2500 feet and a flat floor. all you would have to do is put a dam across it. >> however, hetch hetchy was in yosemite national park and in order to build the proposed system, san francisco needed federal permission. jon mural opposed the dam and blocked progress for years but in 1913, congressman john from money george would clear the way. signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of

san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. >> for a century now, this dam in a national park brought fresh water to the san francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. >> this will is the moment. it's made possible

[♪♪♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪♪♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service

providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use

it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for

medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services.

>> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this.

we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [♪♪♪]

>> there is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. it is a unique part of the city. >> we are off in a corner of the city against the san francisco county line 101 on one side. vis station valley is still one of the last blue color

neighborhoods in san francisco. a lot of working class families out here. it is unusual. not a lot of apartment buildings. a lot of single family homes. >> great business corridor. so much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. >> a lot of customers are from the neighborhood. they are painters or mechanics. they are like blue color workers, a lot of them. >> the community is lovely. multi-racial and hopefully we can look out for each other. >> there is a variety of businesses on the block. you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. library, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail

salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home.

unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. they haven't totally brought back indoor seating. >> it is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. >> when the pandemic first hit it got really slow. we had to change our hours. we never had to close, which is a blessing. thank god. we stayed open the whole time. >> we were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down.

>> during covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. it looked like old western town. nobody on the street. no cars. >> it was a hard eight or nine months. when they opened up half the people couldn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together.

>> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. it felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. >> my business is picking up. the city is opening up. we have mask requirements. i check temperatures. i ask for vaccination card and/or recent test. the older folks they want to

feel safe here. >> i feel like there is a sense of unity happening. >> what got us through the pandemic was our customers. their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they don't over grow. >> this is only going to push us forward. i sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. >> we are trying to see if we can help all small businesses around here. there is a cannabis club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. my business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. >> in hit us hard. i see a bright future to get the storefronts full. >> once people come here i think they really like it. >> if you are from san francisco visit visitation valley to see

how this side of the city is the same but different. >> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit

worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san francisco both

in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from golden gate park. it includes all the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and families and people to have a cup

of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the southern end of our district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a neighborhood hardware store. been

a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a little bit of everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and (indiscernible)

i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money, and it is something you dont see in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the merchants got together with

interns at our office to do some hands on abatement and we have been doing it regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to

propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a lot of things.

(indiscernible) also not boring. there is stuff to do too. >> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]

>> good afternoon and welcome back colleagues and members of the public to our first meeting in september. today september 5 as we return from our summer legislative recess. i hope everybody had a safe and relaxing time away and are ready to get back to work. madam clerk, would you please call the roll? >> yes, mr. president. i apologize for the echo. we are going to take care of that right away. supervisor chan,