stay here because i'll never learn everything to learn about this system >> good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining me today. joining us all here today. my name is special agent jeremy brown with united states secret service and i'm the asian pacific enomic coordinator. the secret service and federal and state local partners joining me here today have been preparing for the apec leader

summit, which was designated a national special security event. this event will take place in san francisco from november 15-18. the apec summit is a part of the apec leaders week and designated a national special security events. we refer as a nsse. due to the size significance and anticipated attendance. this will be the united states secret service 75 national security event. this designation is given to insure the full weight leverage talent and resources of the federal government and our state and local partners to this event and other events like this. when an event is designated the u.s. secret service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for it design and implementation of the operational security plan.

however, the success of these events cannot be obtained by any one agency alone and i can say it has been a collaborative effort between the u.s. secret service, the san francisco police department, the california highway patrol, the federal bureau of investigation, the federal emergency management agency, u.s. coast guard, san francisco fire department and many federal state and local partner tuesday design the security plan. during the last several months and in fact today, this collaborative team has conducted numerous training exercises, one of which we finished this morning a table top exercise to prepare for this event cht this insures that each agency is properly prepared for this event of this magnitude. the number one priority for the secret service and everyone standing here today is the safety of the world leaders,

the attendees coming to the apec summit, but as well as the general public here in san francisco while the apec summit is here in san francisco. because of the nature of this designation and impact to the normal daily lives of san francisco residents and visitors is unavoidable. however, the team here has taken extraordinary measures to minimize that impact where possible while maintaining our obligation to the safety of the attendees oof the apec semt as elwith as the general public. the public will experience increased traffic on both roads and walkways in and around the apec venues. vehicular public transportation and pedestrian impacts should be expected in the downtown area around the muconey center. around the san francisco waterfront, as well as the nob hill neighborhood.

residents and businesses generally will have access to their normal residents and their normal businesses, however, they may under go a security screening and mild inconvenience to traverse these areas. specific road closures and pedestrian and vehicle access information have been provided on a map like the one displayed behind me here that can be accessed online. also made available to mapping software people are familiar with here in san francisco that they have on their personal smart phones and other devices. secret service establish remote delivery and vehicle screening at pier 27 that allow all delivery vehicles going into their zones to be screened and then they will be given specific instructions once they are screened. their vehicle will be sealed and can access the perimeter

under certain conditions. deliveries should occur between 10 p.m. 7 a.m. there will be temporary flight restrictions. this will impact commercial and private air traffic as well as drown operators. the federal aviation administration this and notice to all airman for all effected air traffic. again to include drones. there will be restrictions for commercial and private maritime traffic around the waterfront area. those restrictions will be communicated directly by the u.s. coastguard and notice to mariners. the summit security plan is part of the secret service zero no fail protective mission and also a part of each and every state federal local agency participated in this security plan. we have absolute confidence in this plan and we have taken extraordinary measures to minimize the impact to the

public and to the residents and visitors of san francisco. we thank the residents and visitors of san francisco for their patience. we will do our best to collectively keep the public informed of changes or impacts or incident that occur during the apec summit. i like to personally thank chief scott with the san francisco police department as well as the san francisco department of emergency management and many other federal state and local partners who mentioned for all the work thus far. it is truly a collaborative effort and i thank you all for your continued partnership. my pleasure to introduce chief bill scott. >> thank you special agent brown. first of all, i want to thank our partners and like to start with special agents jeremy

brown for leadership and professionalism planning the apec alongside the sfpd. i want to thank and acknowledge the partners at the cal highway patrol. we have [indiscernible] here and also thank commissioner [indiscernible] for their assistance and commitment of resources to this event. we cannot do this without their help and this is a unprecedented event for the city of san francisco. we are very excited to take part in this event and putting the global spotlight on the city and county of san francisco. we are expecting up to 20 thousand people from across 21 member apec economys, ceo's around the world and expecting close to 1 thousand media representatives. our city is ready to meet this moment. the san francisco police department has a full time team working with all department bureaus to insure adequate service provided to the apec event and to the city as a

whole. our department of emergency management headed by director carol and mayor office are working full time to coordinate all city agencies to be prepared for this epic event. the san francisco police department is also partnering with federal, state and local agencies to support the u.s. secret service, their security mission. sfpd is working to insure first amendment activity is properly facilitated and remains peaceful and let me be very very clear, any act of violence against any member of the public or law enforcement will not be tolerated. this department has a lot of experience in handling large scale security events. yearly we have the pride event. the 2018 global climate action summit superbowl and victory parade for golden state

warriors and san francisco giants. we have experience with this but so do all our partners. that experience will make us successful with this year's apec event. ypt to talk about our staffing. the san francisco police department is staffed up and prepared to make sure this event is safe for everyone. work wg our department of emergency management and will have a joint information center to respond to inquirys and get information out in real time. we do not anticipate apec impact city services by ems or 911. emergency responders will be available everywhere in the city. several hundred sfpd officers are dedicated to normal operations, including calls for service and emergency response acrauz the city. and we plan to maintain adequate service for the greater city in our 10 district stations outside of the apec conference boundaries in order to handle our routine normal calls for service and provide

the public safety needs of this city. all of our sworn members will be working. we are mobilized for that week and we will have hundreds of sfpd officers ambassadors, volunteers dedicated to this apec conference to insure the safety of visitors and dignitaries in both the city limits and at the san francisco international airport. the california highway patrol and over a dozen local agencies are providing personnel to supplement the needs for the uniform law enforcement as designated apec venues and events. our san mateo county agency is supporting the san francisco airport so we are well prepared for this events. here is our call to axz. we are asking the public, stay vigilant. if you see something, say something. we should do that always no matter what you see, we will

check it out. don't be afraid to call. be patient. as special agent brown mentioned, many areas of the city will be impacted by street closures, detours, buses rerouted, public transportation rerouted and dignitaries escorts. it will take all patience to get through this week. we will keep you informed and make sure you know what routes you can take for public transportation, what routes are closed so you can plan accordingly. we encourage you to take public transportation or walk, but most importantly, please enjoy the city as you would normally. this police department and our public safety partners will be out 24/7 as always insuring our community is safe. last, let's please be respectful and tolerant of one another. many people from many cultures and many different countries with many different ways of life will be converging on the city of san francisco during

apec. we are that city. we are a welcoming city that respects every culture, so let's make sure that we model that this week and beyond. let's show the world that we are truly a world class city. the map has been provided. working closely with city partners and agencies to assist with road closures. working with mta on public transportation but pay attention to the alerts because that will help us get through this with hopefully minimized disruption to normal routine. with that, i like to close by saying, thank you, thank you again to our partners. this will be a exciting time for the city of san francisco as we will be on the global stage. we are prepared. we have done this before. we have the experience. we have the collaboration. we have partnership and we are committed to making this a safe

event for everyone and with that, i like to introduce special agent in charge from the fbi, bob trip. >> good afternoon everyone. thank you chief scott. my name is bob trip. in november, apec will bring together the leaders of nations that account for 40 percent of the global population and 50 percent of global trade. the fbi is committed insuring these leaders, other visitors and the city and residents of the bay area can enjoy these events in a safe and security environment. we are bringing all fbi resources to bear to fulfill our own mission and to plan for contingencies. our role will focus on crisis management, investigation, and intelligence support as part of our preventing terrorism mission. we will work together with partners to collect threat

intelligence and mitigate any threats in support of this event. a driving force behind the summit is the power collaboration that same principle is guiding the planning and engagement of the federal state and local partners that you see gathered here today. the fbi is proud to stand among our partners and to provide them all with our full support. i'll turn things back over to secret service for questions. >> we can take some questions related to the apec event. first up. >> hi. there. what measure s might the secret service might conduct sweeps to make sure any unhoused individuals in zone may be removed, is that something the secret service will be working on? >> first off, thank you for

that question. i know there is a lot of concern in san francisco regarding the homeless population. we have a plan that we work closely with san francisco police department on. i will turn it over to chief scott. i think he has more detailed information to answer this specific question. >> thank you for that question. first of all, let me say, we are not conducting sweeps. we have a infrastructure in the city to address some of the challenges with our unhoused population and we will plug into that infrastructure to make sure people need help need help. the main thing, the main focus that we are all here for is public safety and the safety of this event. there will be places where we wont allow access and we are prepared to deal with that if we have unhoused people that are displaced. they will have opportunities for shelter. they will have opportunities for help, but the main thing is to make sure it is a safe

environment, so we will plug into our regular infrastructure. the department of emergency management. the fire department has a street crisis response team. we have shelter beds available. we have the resources to make this work and that's what we intend to do. i want to say this, it isn't a crime to be unhoused. it isn't a crime to be homeless. we are out there to make sure we help people. we are out there to make sure this event is a safe event but we also want to represent our city in the finest light, so all these components and infrastructure pieces we put together over a number of years will come together and help guide us to a successful event. >> should people start expecting to see like,

[indiscernible] things in the ramp up to this since they are necessary to [indiscernible] heads of state. >> thanks for the question. in the days leading up to the period of the nsse, you will see what we would call administrative movement of motorcade vehicles throughout the city to prepare. you will see instillation of various physical barriers to assist with the restrictions displayed on the map here in the days leading up to the 15-18 period. it is slow ramp up a few day ahead and culminating the evening of the 14 to early morning hours of the 15 of november. >> on the map, what are all the colors mean? can someone point out what everything up there means [indiscernible] >> if i could get a map here i

can refer to real quick. i got one with me and will try to talk through it. so, the colors and everything on the map are self-explanatory. there is a legend at the bottom corner and so i'm happy to visit privately after this to answer those questions, but for me to explain entirety of the map, there is a lot on the map. there is vehicle restricted zones. there is pedestrian restricted zones. there is closures of public transportation routes. there are reroutes available to the public of san francisco to take in lieu of the closed public transportation routes. those are all displayed on the map. those are what the different things mean, but detailed explanation of the map for the purpose of time here today, not going through from a-z on that. >> [indiscernible] for people listening at home.

where can people read and find out the closures that effect them? >> excellent question. i know this map is going to be most important to the public so i'll differ that question to a san francisco pd or city partners. >> [indiscernible] >> you are saying there is a [indiscernible] can you elaborate on that? people are wondering [indiscernible] we had the president here. we had a lot of people from out of town. what type of extra security are we expecting, especially 21 leaders? >> great question. again, as i said earlier, this event has warranted full resources of the federal, state and local government, so i'm not going to speak to specific numbers. what i can tell you is there will be a extraordinary amount of law enforcement, military and public safety personnel in san francisco for this event,

so well above what anybody has ever seen here before. >> can you give us the idea--we have seen the president in san francisco before. can you give comparison how much more locked down the city will be? >> i can't give you a detailed comparison other then to say, it will be much more then a normal presidential visit to san francisco. we are anticipating not just the president of the united states, also the vice president, also potentially heads of state from 21 other countries that are coming to this event, so you know, minimum, 21 times what you would normally see might be a good opening ball park, but again, very hard to specifically describe and compare because you are comparing apples to oranges. >> [indiscernible]

>> that's a great question. so, the major closures around muconey will be from second street to 5 ethstreet. those streets will be open beyond the points the streets will be closed. then from market street to harrison street. again, both streets being open, but anything beyond that boundary is closed to vehicular traffic. >> [indiscernible] >> i'm going to differ to the city of san francisco on the public transportation questions because they are the experts on that. >> good afternoon. i name is jeffrey tumlin the executive director of the san francisco municipal transportation agency. we are very grateful how closely the secret serve iss worked with us to minimize negative impact to the transit system and particularly to center naerbds like chinatown, union square, south of market

and the whole southeast quadrant of san francisco. that said, for security reasons, the yurba buena station and 4th and brandon station of the central subway will need to be closed for it duration of the event. we are grateful we are able to reroute trains, so the t3 trains instead of going into the central subway will simply follow the old route to market street subway and very importantly will be able to run high frequency shuttle trains between union square, market street station, and chinatown. this is very important for us to make sure we maintain strong conductivity to chinatown. bart, caltrain will be fully operational uneffected. sams trans and golden gate experience very miner reroutes so if you are coming to san francisco that week, please do take public transit. very importantly, we will be publishing very detailed traffic walking biking and especially transit updates

under our website later this afternoon and will continue to update that as we get more information. please go to sfmta.com/apec. where you can not only find information, but also sign up for regular alerts and updates. >> what about the cable cars and [indiscernible] >> yes. the cable cars will be disrupted by the nob hill area zone but grateful to the secret service and our team who found a way to continue operate the hyde street line from the cable car barn at mason street to the hyde street terminal so that will keep running. the rest of the line needs to be replaced by bus connectivity. >> it sounds like there are three areas.

there is muscone, nob hill and waterfront portion. can you talk about the waterfront portion? >> i will differ to secret service for the details of the dates and boundaries, but for each of those, they worked very closely with us in order to develop plans to make sure public transit can be rerouted around those closures as needed. >> i wondered about the-- >> if i can answer that question first and come to you. so, your questions about the waterfront. >> [indiscernible] three security [indiscernible] >> that's correct. so, the question i think is about the waterfront, and that will primarily be on the day of and especially the afternoon and evening of the 15 of november. we expect the embarcadero to be closed that day on the 15 of november from battery to broadway that will be a closure

there. you will also see diversion of traffic before you get to battery or before to broadway to prevent congestion. also on the map you see a area in the water that is maritime restriction zone. that will be in effect the afternoon and evening of 15 of november that include ferrys and such diverted around that zone. we made large enough to account for safety needs and security needs we intend to have for that particular venue, but also allowing as much traffic as possible around that zone to take place. >> [indiscernible] >> i wondered about the people in the area they might have to undergo security check. is that bag check or beyond that? >> great question. for people that live around or operate businesses around some of these venues, particularly mos coney if you are trying to access for example the met rion

or something of that nature, you will have to go what is effectively a bag check. any packages or bags you have with you would have to be inspected, but nothing beyond the bag or package check will be the procedure there. >> how are you planning to respond to protesters and can you confirm if and where there will be zones that protesting cannot take place. >> appreciate the question. the question is regarding protest and demonstration. so, i'll answer part of it and turn the rest to chief scott. so, from secret service perspective, to answer your second part first, secret service does not designate protest zones, no protest zones. we designate general public areas and areas restricted from the general public. as far as your question regarding any concern over protests, as chief scott stated in his remarks and i'll second

this, during this planning, we accounted for the fact there will be perhaps many different groups and many different type of people that want to come to san francisco and exercise their first amendment rights and we are prepared to see that. we dont want to discourage that, however we want to make sure that if anybody is doing anything in conjunction with those activities that result in violence or criminal activity, that will not be tolerated by the u.s. secret service or the san francisco police department. i'll turn it over to chief scott for any second comments on that question. >> thank you special agent brown. i just reiterate what was just said. it is about facilitation of peaceful first amendment activity and also about the general public safety for this event and the public as well. including the protesters themselves. we will facilitate like we always do first amendment activity. we do that very well and we

will employ similar tactics and strategy we always have and it is about facilitation. if and when protesters show up we will be deployed to handle that. we have extra officers that we will be able to handle that type of event if it occurs. the message is this and want to reiterate, criminal activity will not be tolerated and anybody think they are going to come in name of protest and hurt somebody or do crime or start fires that will not be tolerated so want to reemphasize that. we will do it consitutionally and respect rights and professional in our actions but will not tolerate the nonsense so i want to make that clear. we are all professionals up here. we respect the country consitution and will facilitate that, but we also want to make sure this is a peaceful event.

>> question for chief scott. well aware sfpd had under staffing issues working with mutual partners in other counties and cities, is it safe to say during this time that sfpd might be fully staffed? >> everybody is working, so we will be fully staffed and we have assistance. i said earlier in my remarks, can't thank the california highway patrol enough, the u.s. secret service, all our partners, we are all in this together but the municipal policing is the san francisco police department with help from other local agencies. we have motorcycle officers from other agencies, squads to deal with the security assignments and we have squads to deal with the fixed posts and we are prepared to adequately police the rest of the city during this event, so we are ready, and we are short,

but thank goodness we do have the assistance of calling everybody in that make this work. thank you, great question and fair question. thank you. >> businesses operating in some of the security zones, is there going to be any impact to their hours and also, is there cases where there is inconveniences because of dignitaries? is there compensation for some of the [indiscernible] >> so, appreciate the question regarding the impact to businesses. with very few if any very rare exceptions there will be no businesses asked to effectively close. there will be impacts. already discussed that people that are patrons of the businesses may need to undergo

screening if they wish to do business with these places or perhaps the business workers or owners. there will also be impacts during motorcade movement. there is restriction of traffic and restriction of pedestrian traffic during key times so there will be impacts, but we are anticipating any full closures of any private businesses here in san francisco as a result of this. because of that, we are not anticipating any need to compensate business owners due to these impacts. it is something that as part of this national special security event and the fact it is here in the city of san francisco and hosted by the city that is anticipated these types of impacts will occur and i'll turn it over to the city for further comment on that, but that's effectively comes with the territory of with these type of events. >> from a city perspective, our

mayor's office worked very hard to coordinate with small businesses, with all businesses. office of economic development, our office of small business development have been working at this for monthss to keep everybody informed as to what the impacts will be. online there will be a lot of people in the city that attend the conference. we hope it helps our businesses economically, but that only happens if we are well coordinated, people well informed and people understand what the closures are, how to get to and from daily routine of life and we will do that well. the department of emergency management does a great job informing the public when we have these types of events and public notices particularly if there is a emergency that are tied into this or as a result, or emergencies around the city. we will keep everybody informed and i think that will be the key to making this a smooth as possible, but we definitely are--we understand the

businesses will be-people will be disrupted and why we are here today and continue to message to the public to make sure we minimize the disruption and businesses can go about their routine. thank you. >> [indiscernible]. >> hi my name is jason jones a xaefrp and communication capture at the san francisco water department i hnlt a high volume of calls and radio communications i enjoy coming to work i still find it challenging i still learn everyday and i'm

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francisco rising with chris manner today's special guests i'm chris you're watching san francisco rising the rebuilding and reimaging and our guests the executive director of the homeland security and today to talk about the city and solutions and welcome to the show. >> thank you an honor to be here. >> let's a start by talking about people traeld don't consider that much the business programs what does the city need to have that. >> most people think of homeless they think of people

they see on the street in the tenderloin and many people experiencing homeless have not visible to the average person and a lot of those people are children or older adults and families that is what we see at the department of homeless on top of homeless among the black community we don't realize there. 40 percent of our homeless populationist with the african-americans and only 5 percent of the population today the with the african-american and the same thing about the communities that over represent and we we try to make sure there is equity in the system and reaching the goals not seeing by the public as much we know that housing is essentially what everyone needs to thrive in the

community. >> quite correct some of the solutions often vulnerable or smaller scale how do we expand those solutions as we go about. >> a attended in the homeless he roman numerals seeing none, three interventions need presentation for the people experiencing homes in the first place and pouting are ways for people to get to permanent housing on their own and need shelter so really need all three of the intefrjz for people to assess one the things we often don't understand meet people where they are and sometimes did have the documents or other things to move into housing. they maybe waiting on disability income or themes so we have to

be prepared to have things ready to use the sheltered are reality important. we know that ultimately preservation ask one of the most important toltz we can put into our systems if people don't have that mri better off for many reasons but way cheaper to have someone out of homeless in the first place and the permanent housing is a wonderful tool for many people can't get housing on their own and needed case management or other services to be able to assess the other part of their life employment and things. >> so the home by the bay plan can you explain the basics and how to address the needs? >> sure the home by the bay the strategic plan the 5-year plan

to prevent homelessness i want to do what at mayors said homeless is not just owned by the department of 40e789s but the responded didn't has to include a number of stakeholders what that requires is really a collaborative approach we're really continuing to work very close with the 0 department of public health and law enforcement or the department of - aye. >> by linking to the voices of people exercising homelessness need to create programs without listening to the people experiencing and finding what is like for them to go through the system we're not going to make that better and ultimately will not be successful. your first goal really to produce inexacerbated in our system remarkably equity and also want

to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in 5 years and over all address homelessness by 15 percent your offer arching goals for us and some people said that didn't seem like enough or didn't seem bold enough to given where we are not just a a city but country wiring proud of that goal and look forward to implementing the work that it takes to get there and hoping will be can he have in 5 years. >> we are here the property interrupt trip to the lovely agreement can you talk about that and then maybe talk about how public housing will be a solution? >> one of the very exciting things about that building it

accommodates names families in a neighborhood with grocery stores and transportation a little bit out of the tenderloin when we think of families with children finding places in the area that are enacted by homeless. so very again community space and actually have a partnership with the housing authority the housing authority has different kinds of vouches they have available and in case with the vouches we use those vouchers with the unit and help to cut the cost we have homekey dollars that provide money to the counties our acquisitions and able to leverage that. >> can you you, you talk about the voucher programs how they help public housing and help landowners into the whole thing.

>> sure we have a few voucher emergency vouchers from the federal government during covid and dispersing those with the housing authority and the programs one they can help prevent people from 0 becoming homeless and people are in danger of becoming homeless with a necessity they can stay in the place they have and people are experienced homeless and in a shelter and kwobtd with the system the best way for them to find it themselves with the help of a case manager or a housing locate our that makes sense in san francisco we will have a number of buildings in certain neighborhoods in san francisco and a number of places in san

francisco we find people experiencing homeless across the decide but don't have an easy option with a number of neighborhoods so emergency housing voucher program we partnered in bay view and been successful in making sure that people from that neighborhood and that neighborhood kind of a proximity for people who have experienced homelessness with born and raised in bay view and, you know. instead of putting them in a place across town a unit available able to work with them to find their units in the neighborhood eventually and we hope when lvrndz will see the value got a number of landowners buildings with a lot of vacancies we think that it is really um, helpful for them and

hopeful for us we can work together and see the number of units in partnerships we can get people housed with a steady income from the rent. >> thank you i appreciate you coming into here today. you know. this is great. >> thank you chris appreciate that. >> that's it for in episode and for sfgovtv i'm chris thanks for >> i view san francisco almost as a sibling or a parent or something. i just love the city. i love everything about it. when i'm away from it, i miss

it like a person. i grew up in san francisco kind of all over the city. we had pretty much the run of the city 'cause we lived pretty close to polk street, and so we would -- in the summer, we'd all all the way down to aquatic park, and we'd walk down to the library, to the kids' center. in those days, the city was safe and nobody worried about us running around. i went to high school in spring valley. it was over the hill from chinatown. it was kind of fun to experience being in a minority, which most white people don't get to experience that often. everything was just really within walking distance, so it make it really fun. when i was a teenager, we didn't have a lot of money. we could go to sam wong's and get super -- soup for $1.

my parents came here and were drawn to the beatnik culture. they wanted to meet all of the writers who were so famous at the time, but my mother had some serious mental illness issues, and i don't think my father were really aware of that, and those didn't really become evident until i was about five, i guess, and my marriage blew up, and my mother took me all over the world. most of those ad ventures ended up bad because they would end up hospitalized. when i was about six i guess, my mother took me to japan, and that was a very interesting trip where we went over with a boyfriend of hers, and he was working there. i remember the open sewers and gigantic frogs that lived in the sewers and things like that. mostly i remember the smells very intensely, but i loved

japan. it was wonderful. toward the end. my mother had a breakdown, and that was the cycle. we would go somewhere, stay for a certain amount of months, a year, period of time, and she would inevitably have a breakdown. we always came back to san francisco which i guess came me some sense of continuity and that was what kept me sort of stable. my mother hated to fly, so she would always make us take ships places, so on this particular occasion when i was, i think, 12, we were on this ship getting ready to go through the panama canal, and she had a breakdown on the ship. so she was put in the brig, and i was left to wander the ship until we got to fluorfluora few days later, where we had a distant -- florida a few days later, where we had a distant cousin who came and got us.

i think i always knew i was a writer on some level, but i kind of stopped when i became a cop. i used to write short stories, and i thought someday i'm going to write a book about all these ad ventures that my mother took me on. when i became a cop, i found i turned off parts of my brain. i found i had to learn to conform, which was not anything i'd really been taught but felt very safe to me. i think i was drawn to police work because after coming from such chaos, it seemed like a very organized, but stable environment. and even though things happening, it felt like putting order on chaos and that felt very safe to me. my girlfriend and i were sitting in ve 150d uvio's bar, and i looked out the window and i saw a police car, and there was a woman who looked like me driving the car. for a moment, i thought i was

me. and i turned to my friend and i said, i think i'm supposed to do this. i saw myself driving in this car. as a child, we never thought of police work as a possibility for women because there weren't any until the mid70's, so i had only even begun to notice there were women doing this job. when i saw here, it seemed like this is what i was meant to do. one of my bosses as ben johnson's had been a cop, and he -- i said, i have this weird idea that i should do this. he said, i think you'd be good. the department was forced to hire us, and because of all of the posters, and the big recruitment drive, we were under the impression that they were glad to have us, but in reality, most of the men did not want the women there. so the big challenge was constantly feeling like you had

to prove yourself and feeling like if you did not do a good job, you were letting down your entire gender. finally took an inspector's test and passed that and then went down to the hall of justice and worked different investigations for the rest of my career, which was fun. i just felt sort of buried alive in all of these cases, these unsolved mysteries that there were just so many of them, and some of them, i didn't know if we'd ever be able to solve, so my boss was able to get me out of the unit. he transferred me out, and a couple of weeks later, i found out i had breast cancer. my intuition that the job was killing me. i ended up leaving, and by then, i had 28 years or the years in, i think. the writing thing really became intense when i was going through treatment for cancer because i felt like there were so many parts that my kids didn't know. they didn't know my story, they didn't know why i had a relationship with my mother, why we had no family to speak

of. it just poured out of me. i gave it to a friend who is an editor, and she said i think this would be publishable and i think people would be interested in this. i am so lucky to live here. i am so grateful to my parents who decided to move to the city. i am so grateful they did. that it neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr >> welcome to i'm a cochair for san francisco mayor disability. today is october 20th.