>> >> good evening, every one. i'm mirely from culture affairs and it gives me great joy to extend a welcome to mexican independence day organized by the mexican consulate in san francisco. today, [applause]. yeah. today as you all know we're great celebrating the 213th anniversary of our independence and not only that as maybe you saw the banner upstairs, we're celebrating 1 75 years of mexican consulate in san francisco. and 200 of the anniversary of by lateral relations between the united states and mexico. yes.

that shows our rich history which we're proud to celebrate with all of you. while we're so appreciative of the city of san francisco for allowing us to host this event in this mag any my sent building and it makes honor to this beautiful song like san francisco open its golden gates, thank you so much. before i give our floor to our wonderful mc, i want to recognize the president of the brazil and consulate general of brazil. and local 7sciu. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] muy buenos tardes.

this is a great hon hor ob able to stand in front of you but especially that we're all coming together as a city, our great leaders and our consul general to my left here. it's a beautiful moment when san francisco gets to celebrate the joy, right? am i right? [applause] so we're going to practice a little just to warm all of you up, in case the margarita did not do it. right? que viva mexico. >> viva! >> que viva london breed? so that's a good warm up. [speaking spanish] que viva. our lieutenant-governor will get to explain why govern, why am i saying govern? with that being said, for me it's a really great honor. my name is olga i'm the president of local 87. i come from labor.

today we're being seen in san francisco, right? [speaking spanish] we are being seen as latinos in san francisco. with that, i also want to be able to recognize my labor siblings and be able to say local 798 with the firefighters and all of our first responders. with that being said, it's a great honor and i want to talk a little bit about the past so we know where we're going. this grito came out of an idea one of my sibling that's came out of as well. and has been on the josh. i came up with an idea to celebrate el grito here in san francisco. we went to the mayor and it's been 42 years since the el grito had been celebrated. we have many lies in san francisco, mnc being one of our

sponsors. a big applause for mnc. but also the mayor of the mission is present today. roberto hernandez and i want to be able to say more importantly our mayor took this as one of the celebrations as part of the thread of the city. listen, we have to embrace that as latinos we're taking on more challenges. but also a mayor that is willing to celebrate our heritage and our presence in the city and know that we are being seen today. with that being said, i'm asking all of you, just like we practiced a moment ago toxer please give it it up to our mayor, maryland lon breed. --mayor london breed. >> thank you, all happy grito, everybody. viva mexico. let me tell you, although you should be so proud and josh for

everything you've done to make this happen. not just what is going on today on the mayor's balcony but what is actually going on outside in front of city hall. this is an incredible celebration. consul general, thank you for being here. i nor we're going to hear from you. thank you for being and great partnership that continues to persist between our two countries and joaquin, thank you for being here. as well as the mayor of red wood city, mayor jeff ye, thank you for joining us. [applause] our chief of protocol gloria and in just a moment, you'll hear from our lieutenant-governor elani. but you all are welcomed and honored guest today to

celebrate el grito in san francisco city hall. your city hall. and last year when we first celebrated, somebody handed me a little more tequila than i should have. and i admit it publicly that i'm a more of a mez mezcal girl and all of a sudden, mezarrived at my office. what i appreciate between the state of california and mexico, there is a deep rich embedded history. we also know that this was once the territory of mexico, the state of california. and we believe that a lot of that history is celebrating of having a consulate in san francisco has a lot to do with the community that was already here and the community that continues to be part of the rich history of developing and making san francisco what it is today.

whether it's the food, whether it's the wine. whether it's so much things in terms of the, the history, the culture. the beautiful attire and everything that exists in this community. it is truly embedded in san francisco in so many amazing ways. and feshl for those of us who grew up in san francisco. we know how valuable this community is. sxl it's traditional low has resided mostly in the mission district where we see the mission cultural center which continues to be doing amazing work around dance, around history around culture and where we see, other various events continue to take place. one that honestly, i know is not just about mexico, it is kind of about san francisco, the lowriders are one of those things where it has bridged the artistic talents of the

community into creating a new culture of community with the lowriders so much so that when the lowriders roberto hernandez first started crewsing down san francisco, it was treated as something that was i willy as a behavior that was not welcomed. to the point where now, it is welcome addition to the history and culture of san francisco differently than ever before. [applause] embracing the old and infusing the new, is what san francisco does in our communities and as we celebrate the history and celebrate 213 years of independence, it gives us an opportunity to reflect, it gives us an opportunity to remind ourselves that independence sometimes is not something that we should take for granted. it is something that has been fought for and continues to need to be fought for with each

and every generation. whether it's the freedom to exist and be a part of your community and walk and live frely. or or whether it is what is dwg on around our country. we have to continue to fight but there is also an opportunity to take a motion, reflect and to celebrate. and to appreciate the people who came before us, whose shoulders we stand on and why we're able to celebrate in a place like city hall where many many years ago, people like you and people like me were not even welcomed to walk through the doors. and that is not so far in our history. so today, is a celebration. today is a blessing. today is an exciting time for us to come together and to just really support and honor that history and honor that legacy right here in san francisco city hall. so i'm glad to have you here,

i'm glad to welcome you here. and i'm looking forward because today is latino heritage month in the city and county of san francisco and we will be celebrating on september 28th and bringing all the latin american communities to our city to have a big celebration. we appreciate the fact that you are already here kicking it off and making sure that el grito has its own unique important celebration in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] so, with that, i want to again thank you all so much for being here to celebrate. so happy to have each and every one of you here. with that i want to take the opportunity to introduce our lieutenant-governor, eleni. >> thank you so much madam mayor, mr. consul general, ol'

ga, the fabulous olga miranda. what an honor to with are you. for those of you who don't know, i live here in san francisco, it thes my chosen home along with my husband. he was born here but i fell in love with san francisco for our cultural diversity. and i'm here as a guest in the house of the mayor and i'm so fortunate that for these wonderful celebrations, they invites me to come down. and then when i do, she says, well she's the lieutenant-governor maybe she should say something as well. it's a privilege to say a few words on behalf of the state of california. as olga mentioned, the governor is out of state right now so i'm the octobering govern today, the governdora as they would say. but what i would like to share

with you, all sometimes, north california, it's hard to recognize what goes on in the state as a whole. not only, as our mayor noted, do we have a long shared history between california and mexico. not only do we have this extraordinary people to people relationship being the state with the largest number of mexican americans anywhere in the united states, of course. [applause] but i will tell you, i spent a lot of time down on our border. the 150 mile border crossing between california and mexico is the biggest border land crossing in the western hemisphere. and just what that means, if you have not heard the statistics, about 30 million cars cross through the ports of entry every year. one and a half million trucks

with our robust trade relationship cross every year. and you might not know this, but about 15 million individual pedestrian crossings, people walking through the ports of entry across our border and for in san francisco and the greater border region, they don't think of it as transitioning from one country to another or the state of california, to the state of baja. they see it as one region and that is why when govern newsom and i both came in to office, we decided it was time to articulate something very important. it was time for the leadership of california to articulate that mexico is california's number one most important foreign partner. and we say it all the time.

so with that, happy mexican national day. it is so wonderful to be with you with all of you and viva mexico. viva. >> viva! >> before olga comes back, i forgot what the whole reason why i came up here, to do my job as mayor. i got too excited in the moment. so before the consul general speaks and olga comes back up again, thank you so much olga miranda, she is the labor leader for the janitors of san francisco. and let me tell you, it's it's not just folks of mexican dissent, there are folks of diversity and she is leading the union and making sure that she is taking care of the places especially downtown san francisco. so thank you again. olga.

i also want to acknowledge, you know, i think our lieutenant-governor forgot about the flights that go in and out of mexico. it is the number one tourist destinations for people from california but what most people may not know, is that california is a tourist destination for mexican tourist to come here as well. so we truly have an international relationship that continue to persist and we'll continue to enjoy that. and i want today make my specific announcement about what we're going to do in honor of el grito. we are going to light up city hall in the colors of the mexican flag, green, white and red. so make sure that after this event, you get your photographs, you go out and you celebrate with the community. and finally, consul general, on

behalf of the city and county of san francisco, today we're officially making it el grito day in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> come on, are we ready? >> yes! >> i would like to take this moment to be able to introduce our consul general de mexico vincent ventura. who will provide comments. last month, there were changes. but i'm so proud that our consul general stand to go my left is now going to be sharing these remarks. we've all been looking forward to this moment.

ungran aplauso. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm so excited to be here with you all. this is an important celebration, mexico is present here. and thanks to your interest, your visits, your culture is great, thank you, thank you very much. thank you mayor, thank you lieutenant-governor and all the members that are doing incredible effort to have this celebration here to life. thank you. let me write, let me read for you some words that i would like to share with you. we come together to celebrate 213 anniversary of mexican independence, with latino united states. we honored to have the mayor london breed and lieutenant and mary anne, chief of city of san francisco with us tonight.

on september 16th, 1810, i dal go ran the charts in dolores. challenging for mexican independence. our history is marked by resilience and determination. this spirit lies on mexicans from the daca dream inventories essential workers contributing to california's prosperity. our communities extend to achievement in arts and culture, we applaud mexican artist success like diego rivera and cha lo legacy in san francisco. we celebrate san francisco dancers, hernandez, and our ten or arturo chacon. thank you. [applause] as you mentioned lieutenant-governor, mexico's

economy is crucial ties with the u.s. and canada through mca. we also cherish our partnership with california a strong ally ant committed for our border. mexico second largest partner supporting over 850,000 jobs. this year, we are proud to celebrate 1 75 years of the mexican culture being present here in the beautiful city of san francisco. to mayor breed and mary anne, thank you for your warm hospitality in this beautiful building and historic city, today we gather with your friends in california and san francisco to mark this historic and important occasion. thank you very much and que

viva mexico. muchas gracias. gracias. [applause] >> at this time i would like to also recognize supervisor safai. thank you. my next guest is robert negrete continues to provide to our community. i want to take this point right now to be able to say that we cannot take access to technology for granted. comcast continues to be a leader in san francisco and throughout northern california in making sure that our families have access to that. knowing that we can grow and whether it's our children and being able to get access to

their lessons or being able to look up that information. it's thanks to comcast leading that way for all of us. part of the threat leaning and looking towards the future w.that, i'm going to ask you to please give one of our biggest sponsor comcast robert negrete! [applause]. thank you, robert. >> mi gente como estas? that's weak, give me some love. mi gente como estas? look at all of this beautiful people in this building. this is incredible and i'm honored. i come from humble beginings to be able to sit here and speak in front of you having mayor london breed next to me, this is incredible. i'm super thankful and grateful for this opportunity.

so i would like to take this moment to thank mayor lond ond breed and all the dignitaries here this evening, we cannot do all of this without of hard work. we're commit today your dedication to ensure that we're successful. thank you so much. [applause] el grito is such a beautiful day of celebration and gratitude. it's a day of remembrance with the special focus on celebrating a beautiful country and its culture. come on, give it up. let's go! today reminds me of my grandmother. she made the most amazing food y'all, anybody have anybody like that out there. specifically she made this bowl of menudo that was beyond anything you could ever taste. like the taste, the flavor, you can just everything like if i

was sick, i was healed within a half hour, it ha super power. one day i asked her, grandma, what is it? what is the secret recipe that you put in this to make it so good? she looked at me and said "my jo, i make it with love" so today i'm going to ask you to continue to lead with love as we build with these communities and continue to build these wonderful communities in the area. through our dni efforts comcast to develop our leaders and define way to see give back to our communities especially things like partnering with mayor breed's office to be able to give back and do the community, community hubs. so through our partnership, and local community base

organizations for community hubs, we collect collectively walk to bridge divide. i remember that little girl that i heard about having to go to a taco bell to get internet access. in our partnerships and all the things that we're doing today, we're able to build wore automobile to build the digital divide and help our community survive. so with this partnership, i'm blown away, i'm thankful. comcast is grateful for all the things that they do in this room. thank you so much and have a wonderful evening. [applause] >> i'm height challenged.

listen, at this time i want to be able to share with all of you that the daughter of indigenous my mother, i'm proud to be able imatepewama. and as a orphan, indigenous young women, you're a third class citizen as the way she was treated. she called the united states in california, her mother of choice. and for those of us who are emigrated here, our parents that we saw the sacrifices, we are all proud part of the city. whether we are, black and mexican, whether we're filipino and mexican, whether we're irish and mexican, whether we're neighborhood and have no dna, each of the women and men in front of me, you are part of the celebration and the joy of our city. as indigenous, how we were

raised, is donde comen uno, comen did i he is. where one can eat, ten with serve themselves and with ten, it becomes a celebration. with all of that, you don't just in invite anybody in your house. so i want to thank you, mayor breed, to help us host this incredible celebration. but not just anybody sits at our table. these doors are open and we appreciate your leadership in being able to host all of us. we are the threat of the city, we are the make up. estamos presente. for those that we lost during the pandemic and our leaders stepped up and our communities stepped up, estamo presente? are we present efrnlts? with our members, our janitors

our firefighters, are ufc, all our car penters, we were all present. presente. >> si presente. >> mayor, we appreciate you taking the leadership to open the doors of city hall. and with all of that i'm going to ask you to join us in the second portion of the program where we're going to ask you to please join us in the grito outside in the plaza with the entire community as part of the thread. with that, before i ask all of you to join us in the plaza. to please every time i say a sponsor's name say presente. and next year, you are presente with us and you are present with us just the same way. so with that, el consul de mexico. presente.

>> comcast. >> presente. >> goenld state warriors. >> presente. >> giants. >> presente. >> ucsf. >> presente. >> office engagement and affairs. >> presente. >> sciu local 87. >> presente. >> teamsters local 30. >> presente. >> mc. carnival. >> presente. >> sf parks and rec. >> prenlte. >> at that. >> telemundo 48. >> presente. >> don't get tired now. >> estrella. >> hetcho en california. >> que viva mexico. >> viva. >> viva london breed.

>> que viva. >> que viva. with that we're going to ask you to please join us in the second part of this ceremony. thank you to all of you joining us today. the elevators are right there and the second part is only going to get better. thank you so much y que viva mexico. >> viva! viva mexico! happy el grito, everybody! thank you so much olga for your

kind words and for welcoming every one to san francisco city hall to celebrate el grito. we are so fortunate that san francisco has a rich history in mexico history and vibrancy and today as we celebrate 213 years of independence, we acknowledge at one point in time in our history, our not so distant history that black americans, brown americans, people were not even allowed to be in this building. city hall, that now belong to the people, all people of all races and creeds have an opportunity to not only

recognize and celebrate their culture in such a significant way. [applause] but to honor, to honor the relationship between california and mexico and how once this was mexico territory. we want to thank you today is about acknowledging and remembering the history but also today is a joyous occasion knowing who's shoulders we stand on to appreciate our independence and it was w that, i want to take the opportunity to recognize that we have the consul general of mexico joining us here today.

>> mexico, viva. >> viva. >> viva hidalgo. >> viva. >> viva morelo. >> viva. >> viva. >> viva. >> viva. >> viva los mexicanos. >> viva. >> viva. viva mexico.

>> viva. [honking] [bells ringing] [mariachi music playing]

viva mexico. >> viva. >> viva america. >> viva. [mariachi music playing] francisco. >> my name is fwlend hope i would say on at large-scale what all passionate about is peace in the world. >> it never outdoor 0 me that

note everyone will think that is a good i know to be a paefrt. >> one man said i'll upsetting the order of universe i want to do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act god's love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the someplace we became the network ministries for

homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed memorial services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of san francisco so i went back to the board and said we say to do something the number one be a safe place for them to live while he worked on changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution i've seen those counselors women find their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as the daughters of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. >> special things to the women

that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who i've become and you made that possible life didn't get any better than that. >> who've would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in san francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it. >> i don't want to just so women younger women become a part of the the current system we need to change the system we don't need to go up the

ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and they're out there. >> we get have to get to help them. >> >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting.

it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14,

2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go

oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an

organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning. >> (music).

>> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small

spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way

that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio

apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram

lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up to nob hill and the fisherman's area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city would not survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera

devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really, really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people

didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level of ferry building was a gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition

18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80 trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san francisco was hit hard by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke

their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away. >> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcadero on market street was

actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and

wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive but really, really changed having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and 50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible

idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient

for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that

was when a plan was developed for the liquor store. >> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to

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