let's move a little closer over here. you will be able to participate in the program. perfect. we have seats over here available for anybody that would like to be seated. all right, good morning. welcome. i'm micheal lambert and i'm proud to serve as your city librarian. it's wonderful to see all of you here and be in community with all of you here in the mission district today. i'm joined by the library commission. yes, thank you. [ applause ]

let's move a little closer over here. you will be able to hear better and participate better in the program. we have seats over here available. all right, good morning, welcome. i'm micheal lambert. i'm proud to serve as your city librarian. it's wonderful to see all of you here and be in community with all of you in the mission district today. i'm joined by the library commission. oh, yes. [ applause ] thank you. i'm joined by the library commissioner dr.lopez. come on up here dr.lopez. [ applause ] on behalf of the san francisco public library we'd like to welcome you to the historic mission branch for the kickoff of this construction project. i'd like to begin with our

land acknowledgment. i'll pause for the translator. moving too fast. [translator speaking] >> thank you. the area known as the unseated ancestral homeland. the people of the land have

never seated, lost, or forgotten that responsibility as the caretakers of the place. >> okay. >> we recognize that we benefit from living and working. the sovereign rights for people and. elders and relatives of the people.

>> thank you so much. before i welcome the supervisor to the microphone it would be fun to share fast facts with you about the library.

>> the mission branch library is the very first neighborhood branch of the san francisco public library system. the first location was just a few blocks from here at 1109 olympia street. >> the construction of the current building was funded by the industrialist and from donor. he donated $50,000 to construct the library. the location opened in december of 1915. this is one of the business i

librairies. so, this major renovation kicking off today, it's going to restore the historic firsthand door of the majestic library and upgrade the aminities to be worthy of expectations in 21st 21st century standards and service to the community. i'm excited we will restore the original entrance on 24th street. we will push out on the orange ally side for a new dedicated space. we'll have a new community

room and more restrooms. the renovated mission branch library is a model. this will be including solar panels, battery storage, also an upgraded heated and hvac

system.

>> with this once in a generation we'll continue to be a neighborhood hub for another century and beyond. it's the pleasure to introduce our supervisor hillary a supporter of the library and loyal patron as well. [ applause ] >> hello. thank you for being here on this exciting day. i just want to acknowledge how has been and lucky we are for district nine. it amazing.

this is really a dream come true. to have a community room and space to have a fully resilient building for the days that are hotter and hotter for people. we have extra bathrooms for people in the neighborhood that need them. this is the type of project that's exactly right for the neighborhood and such a beautiful and historic building it's perfect.

so, i just wanted to give a few things. i wanted to start by recognizing and thanking suzanne. the executive director of the latino cultural district. [ applause ] >> representing the voice of the community and helping to design you know, and make sure the priorities are respected and included in the project. also i'd like to recognize -- they will come up shortly.

we are so lucky to have this world famous artist who is going to make an original piece for the building and it will capture the latino history and native-american history that makes it the special place it is. thank you for doing that. >> i'd like to thank all of the folks in the city that prioritize the project. there is one finally after

this. from the dpw. architect which will and engineering and incredible library staff. who consistency the only apartment the library commission and the friends of the library. this was a team effort and one project we can feel proud of as san franciscans.

>> finally finally, truly finally. i'd like to thank you for voting for the library preservation funds. [ applause ] that vote is what made this project possibility. that vote is what make our librairies the jewel institutions they are in the city. thank you san franciscans.

thank you. proximate cause. >> and now, it's my great pleasure to introduce carla short. >> thank you. good morning everyone. thank you supervisor and also thank our supervisor librarian for hosting us today. >> it's a pleasure to be part of the gathering.

>> the branch library is a true gem. we are excited to partner in the renovations. >> in collaboration with library staff and community public works architect will reassert the his historical significance of the building more than a century years old and meet the modern day san

francisco. >> in addition to architects they created landscape design and project and construction management services. i'd like to thank andrew who is here today leading the branch project team. >> we are also pleased to work with sc as the contractor for the project. sc was a proven partner with the city and delivered

successful project including the ambulance deployment facility for the san francisco fire department. >> i'd like to give a big shout out to micheal lambert and his team. san francisco's public library system is a model for the rest of the nation with amazing resources at the main and neighborhood branches.

>> ensuring access to information is the bed rook of our neighborhood. this is a big part of our mission. >> the mission branch renovation project is an example of the commitment to not only maintaining and improving san francisco's vital and beloved public library system. thank you for hosting this public event.

and now, i'd like to introduce rebecca, the library chief of branches. >> good morning, everyone. my name is rebecca. i'm the chief of branches at the public library. i'm the head of neighborhood

branches. before i introduce the next esteemed guest i'd like to acknowledge my incredible team at the mission branch. you know and love them. they are our best resource in the library. today, wave your hand. please go to 1234 valencia to hire them.

>> we are so lucky to be in a city that believes that all residents deserve to live in a beautiful city and have access to world class art. and librairies.

the work will be featured on the second floor of the reading room. that's the focal point to the

space. >> i'd like togy the arts commission a thank you for this project. i'm happy to have you with us today. let's give her a warm welcome. [ applause ] >> hello, it's a great honor to be with you this morning. i'd like to thank the arts

commission and library commission. only the staff. >> my sister would take me to the library in downtown detroit where i grew up. it was a place of refuge for

us as little latinas growing up with the heritage of so much black progressive leadership and the cultural explosion at the moment. right now, we find ourselves in celebration and resistance. so, right now we find ourselves in the moment of celebration right as the country tries to continue the legacy of burning books.

this library is a testimony we are resisting that. it's the beautiful center of cultural resistance. >> so my role here is to create. it's not a stained glassed but a fused glass window.

it will be at the top of the grand stairway to the second floor. it will be part of our cultures in many places in the world and beauty and resistance and survival in a hostile environment. i'd like to share with you today a little piece of it. i have to warn you. my granddaughter -- she's a tremendous artist. she's 7 years old and told me, this isn't as good as your paintings. this is just a little sample of a 12-inch by 12-inch

section of the stained glass window. [ applause ]

>> i'll be working all weekend fabricating the window.

we paint both sides of the glass and the leaves, flowers, and fruit. each one will be standing off the surface. i'm excited for this opportunity i'd like to give my love to the mission. >> thank you so much to everybody.

>> thank you so much. your remarks are so timely and spot on. you know, all of you because of your library supportallers we are all intellectual freedom fighters here in san francisco. thank you for being here. alisia your time is what we will all get to enjoy with the mission branch library. >> thank you. >> in closing i'd like to echo our chief of branches. i'd like to echo her gratitude for the staff, mission branch library staff that's maintaining continuity of service at our temporary

location. >> i'd also like to recognize the heart work of the capitol projects team. they are not all here but represented by the chief operating officer and capitol project manager lisa where is lisa at. also roberto lumbardie back this there. [ applause ]

our partners at work and public design andrew and, julia, thank you for your partnership. thank you for your leadership. >> i odes like to thank you for all of the generous support of the capitol project. we are honored by the executive director. the chair of the board daphne lee. other board members and staff. thank you so much for your

partnership and support on the project. >> i'd like to thank again suzanne na for being here today. >> thank you for your support and partnership. >> so, following the ceremony. take advantage of the table

with the staff are. i'd like you to tell us what you are excited for. i'd like to hear your hopes and aspirations. we would like to display them on the dream wall in the new space. >> rebecca will conclude the program while restoring the blessing on the project. [ applause ]

>> we'd ask that everybody move back a little bit. >> good morning to all. >> good after afternoon. we are here to offer prayers. this is a place of learning and culture and we are happy to have our blessings.

i mope you can hear the way we offer dancers. with that, we'll offer them. we will have the person that carries the smoke bless the place and all of you. we are thankful that you ask us to be part of this very important event. >> thank you very much. >> my name is rebecca flores.

if you are interested in having your children come and dance. i offer dance classes for free for the culture, for our people. >> thank you. >> we are one with the creator. whatever that is if the all of you. when we say that, we are one with the universe. ♪ [ music ] ♪♪

>> i don't want to be involved in the process after it happens. i want to be there at the front end to help people with something in my mind from a very early age. our community is the important way to look at things, even now. george floyd was huge. it opened up wounds and a discussion on something festering for a long time. before rodney king. you can look at all the instances where there are calls for change. i think we are involved in change right now in this moment that is going to be long lasting. it is very challenging. i was the victim of a crime when i was in middle school. some kids at recess came around at pe class and came to the locker room and tried to steal

my watch and physically assaulted me. the officer that helped afterwards went out of his way to check the time to see how i was. that is the kind of work, the kind of perspective i like to have in our sheriff's office regardless of circumstance. that influenced me a lot. some of the storefronts have changed. what is mys is that i still see some things that trigger memories. the barbershop and the shoe store is another one that i remember buying shoestrings and getting my dad's old army boots fixed. we would see movies after the first run. my brother and i would go there. it is nice. if you keep walking down sacramento. the nice think about the city it takes you to japan town. that is where my grandparents

were brought up. that is the traditional foods or movies. they were able to celebrate the culture in that community. my family also had a dry-cleaning business. very hard work. the family grew up with apartments above the business. we have a built-in work force. 19 had 1 as -- 1941 as soon as that happened the entire community was fixed. >> determined to do the job as democracy should with real consideration for the people involved. >> the decision to take every one of japan niece american o japanese from their homes. my family went to the mountains and experienced winter and

summer and springs. they tried to make their home a home. the community came together to share. they tried to infuse each home are little things. they created things. i remember my grand mother saying they were very scared. they were worried. they also felt the great sense of pride. >> japanese americans. >> my granduncle joined the 442nd. when the opportunity came when the time that was not right. they were in the campaign in italy. they were there every step of the way. >> president truman pays tribute. >> that was the most decorated

unit in the history of the united states army. commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. they chose to come back to san francisco even after all of that. my father was a civil servant as well and served the state of california workers' compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. my parents influenced me to look at civil service s.i applied to police, and sheriff's department at the same time. the sheriff's department grabbed me first. it was unique. it was not just me in that moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there alone. i felt everyone standing next to me.

the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my father couldn't be there. he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comment. when i say that we want to be especially focused on marginalized communities that have been wronged. coming from my background and my family experienced what they did. that didn't happen in a vacuum. it was a decision made by the government. nobody raised their voice. now, i think we are in a better

place as country and community. when we see something wrong we have change agents step up to help the community affected. that is a important thing to continue to do. you talk about change and being a leader in change and not knowing whether you have successes or results. the fact of the matter is by choosing to push for change you have already changed things. through inspiration for others, take up the matter or whether it is through actual functional change as a result of your voice being heard. i think you have already started on a path to change by choosing that path. in doing that in april of itself creates change. i continue in that type of service for my family. something i hope to see in my children. i have a pretty good chance with five children one will go into some sort of civil service.

i hope that happens to continue that legacy. >> i am paul, sheriff of san francisco. [ music ]

>> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we

can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet,

but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just

right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american

experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia.

there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my

childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve.

>> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture.

i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy,

the plight of united states of america and to the republic for which it stands. one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. vice president carter, i'd like to take roll, please. mr. walker. president mr. benedicto present. mr. yanez. present. commissioner byrne. here. commissioner yee here. vice president carter was done. you have a quorum also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the san francisco police department and diana rosenstein from the department of police accountability. could you please call the first item line item one weekly officer recognition certificate presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. officer michael grande star number 302, investigator bureau general work .