tv Mayors Press Availability SFGTV September 16, 2024 5:30pm-6:01pm PDT
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pa celebrate el grito. we especially thank councilmember valejo and city staff and our community members for their hard work in putting together this very special event. we would like to recognize the councils here this evening. i see consul general from chile, peru, ireland, columbia, sitser land, korea and singapore. thank you so much for being here, please round of our applause for our consul. [applause] it is my honor to present a very special person, our speaker today. ladies and gentlemen, it's my
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honor to present joaquin torres, for city of san francisco and my friend elected in 202 2, mr. torres previously served as director of economic and workforce development where he played a pivotal role in supporting businesses and workers through the challenges of covid-19 pandemic. his unwaivering dedication and fostering growth and creating opportunities has made a profound impact across san francisco. benefiting small businesses and local nonprofit and the community. it's been a pleasure to work with jacque win and please welcome to the stage. [cheers and applause] >> gracias. buenas noches a todos.
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[speaking spanish] it's great to see so many brown faces here in city hall, is it not? of course i want to say a very good big and heartfelt congratulations to our honorable consul general ana. if he will i --felicidades. thank you so much. all of us tonight are honored to be here to join not only the mexican consulate but also senators as well as all the nationals in the region to
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celebrate this cry of dolores el grito. the we look forward to see you on the 15th to celebrate the real el grito. we also want to take a moment, please por favor. yes, i am. [applause] we also want to take a moment to recognize as marrian just did the other latin country, celebrating el salvador, nicaragua, who's independence day is also on sunday and chile who is celebrating their on the 15th. honors the battle cry for equity and redistribution of land. and it's a call that would start that long road to independence. our connection to mexico is deeply personal. personal for so many of us and
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to me, with many of you here today, because like many mexican-american families, our stories began with grandparents or parents, who emigrated here to california, seeking a brighter future for their family. for wages to support their dreams. dreams of a home, dreams of opportunity, dreams of raising a family and supporting their loved one, freedom to live a good life. much like the revolutionary so many hundreds of years ago. these aspirations are not achieved alone, they require a partner and power of coalition. they require of partnership of strong leaders and allies. and i know and i believe that san francisco is proud to have a lead and her ally for latino communities in mayor breed. [applause] because of her leadership and her investments, our city
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continues to build affordable housing and because of it, there is so many latino immigrants who have a safe and secure home to call home to raise their families and secure those futures for themselves and the generations who come after them and to know that in san francisco they will and do and always shall have a place called san francisco that is a sanctuary for them. [cheers and applause] mayor breed's investment in our communities, business sxz families and our youth are important to us forever as latino communities who want to see ourselves strengthen and continue in california and here in our city. ensuring that resources are available and accessible and equitably so to encourage latino fulfill those dreams and she also understand that representation matters. not only myself first appointed
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and then elected after mayor breed, serving under her role. and our trustee recently appointed luis samor who who's family is from micuacan. there is a lot of other representatives that the mayor has supported from our community who run departments whether we talk about working around entertainment, or we talk about economy or civic engagement and immigrant affairs and to the department tone sure that our community as a place and person to reach out to because they know and they see them so specifically and they know that we their interest in spanish and cultural competency. you can see also the vibrant contributions from latino
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artist, and activist. [cheers and applause] the murals that are not painted not only by mexicans but central american artist that you city throughout the streets of our communities and la mission and other places, world refound celebrations that we celebrate that make us the icon that we are here in san francisco. of course our city famous lowriders that pop up continuously. muchas gracias roberto hernandez for all the work that you do to make that possible. the representation of our labor leaders who ensure that our people who are doing the work also know that we are representing them with faces and place sxz names that they know and recognize. and we are proud latino and proud san franciscans that are carrying the same volume ooze, same pride, the same love for our cultura, our culture to
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shape better san francisco. to all of you take a moment to think about the family members that you love, who's legacy that you carry to the future that you wish for those who come after us, by the work that we do today. so to all of us, remember the power of what it means to be a mexican, the power of what it means to be a mexican-american, the power of what it means to represent the best of our culture and community give all of you and yourselves a hand to celebrate and the weekend that we all celebrate together. viva mexico. viva mexico, viva mexico. [cheers and applause] and with that, i would like to bring merriam back up with a presentation that we will make, along with our consul general, ana. [applause]
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>> que viva mexico. >> it is now, it is now my on or to welcome our new consul general from mexico and san francisco, ana velejo, brings with her distinguish career in the mexican foreign service. her experience in international cooperation, political affairs and consul services, makes her an invaluable addition to our community here in san francisco and it's been already an absolute pleasure getting to know her and working with her. we are so thrilled to have you, consul general, ana vallejo, please. [applause] >> good afternoon, buenas tardes a todos. thank you for being here with us tonight.
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we are truly honored to have with us joaquin torres as recorder of city of san francisco. and chief of the city of san francisco. today we got to celebrate the rich history of culture of mexico. it is with great pride and joy that i stand before you on this special occasion. mexican national day. a day of independence, unity and resilience. 2014 years ago, mexican declared our independence standing up for our powers of liberty and justice. as we wave our flags and sing our anthem and gather with family and friends, let us remind that mexican national
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day is also a time to reflect on the values that unite us as a people and community. and the believe that together we can overcome any challenge. here in the beautiful city of san francisco, we have unique opportunity to bring that spirit across, celebrating our heritage in this amazing city of diversity. i am also thrilled to be here and to mark this celebration as a beginning of my tenure as consul general. [applause] my vision is to foster a close collaboration with all of you our partners. to enhance mexican art,
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culture, music, community engagement, commerce and innovation. we have a spectacular opportunity to bring altogether the tradition of mexico and innovation that they find in san francisco. may we continue to build bridges between culture creating a space where our stories and contributions are recognized without tradition our owner and our future is brighter than ever. as we shout viva mexico. viva mexico! let it be the reminder that we are part of something greater than ourselves. we are the part of noble history and it's our responsibility to continue to build a future full of hope, opportunity and progress. let us celebrate with joy, with passion, and with pride in who
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we are. viva mexico. viva mexico. viva independenca. viva, viva mexico. [applause] >> viva. >> muchas gracias. thank you so much. let's celebrate. one more, viva mexico. we have one more speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker, please join me in welcoming richard ceo with serving low income communities and collaborating with california's political leaders, we are honored to have him with us today. richard?
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it's always great to be here with joaquin torres, he's the nephew of richard de la torre,. two of the greatest latino politics in history. and we cannot take anything from them. i was honored to know them both but i was just a junior in college when i first met them. it's always good to see my friend and dear brother, joaquin and mnc is grateful to be here. a couple of years, they asked to put together the mayor examine mexican consulate, because the previous a friend in san diego and we did for the first time in 45 years.
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and we're excited to be part of putting it together every year. it's such a pleasure to be with so many community leaders. all of who have done so much in this one of the greatest cities in the world, little mexico san francisco. i think we need a little more love for san francisco. but all of who have done great things and continue to do great things, i applaud you for being here to welcome our consul general and to know that together with a lot of people who are defenders of diversity, the diversity of mexico, united states and all of us here from different parts of the world who make this melting pot what it is. who make this country the greatest country in the world and the success that it's become. again, welcome every one and
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it's such a pleasure to be here as joaquin mentioned, as a grandson of mexican immigrants from four different states, zacatecas, sinalo, my grandfather fought with pancho villa, came here. i've got to mention here, he lead the first-ever, school desegregation in 1930, he never thought document and fought in the mexican consulate helped him at the time. so thank you to every one. muchas gracias. viva mexico y viva la independenca. >> wow that was amazing, i would like to just thank every one first and for most, ana, thank you so much. joaquin torres, richard, that was amazing.
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the entire latin heritage celebration here for bringing us together and helping us bringing the community together. and of course, mayor london breed who will be with us on sunday evening on sunday evening. and to commemorate, city hall will be lit in the wonderful colors of the mexican flag and red, white and green. thank you so much all for being here. viva mexico. viva san francisco, vamos a celebrar, gracias. and also all the sponsors for el grito, including comcast, thank you so much. [applause]book. thank
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years ago and couldn't find pizza i like so one day of saving and trying to figure out what i would like to do to fulfill my dream and to literally must be that i went out on my own toes an interesting things skills i again have to working on the slight changes to find the right product and came up with something i enjoy and continue it. so the positive important thing in years and years and years of trying to get it where i like it is for the sauce i use a unique sauce to bring out the flavors have to mats and capital improvement plan any and using use a high quality of cheese the products work together more important to me have a high
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quality of pizza and made with love and what i try to keep it to be a comfortable foods or food and that's what i try to over and offers so having a really bus illegal day in the community and rile appeal to me and that's what i was trying to accomplish i have thought when i got into pizza the main thing if i can, make a great cheese pizza he can do anything like growing up that's what i brought to to and now called san francisco
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[music] hi. i'm san francisco mayor london breed i want to congratulate sfgovtv on 30 years of dedicated service as a broadcast channel for our vibrant city. you played a critical role during the pan dem and i can worked keep residents informed. adapted to changing situations that allowed our residents to engage and participate in government. thank you for 3 decades of informing and inspiring and connect the people of san >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness.
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i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist.
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i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in
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businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be
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unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train.
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you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people.
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good morning everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the september 16th, 2024 regular meeting of the rules committee. i'm supervisor ahsha safaí, the acting chair of the rules committee. i'm joined by president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin. i'd like to entertain a motion first before we begin to excuse supervisor sherman walton from today's meeting. yes. on a motion to excuse supervisor walton. on that motion, member peskin, a peskin, i, vice chair safaí i safaí i the motion passes with supervisor walton being excused.
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