>> recreation supervisor and bay sox coach and manual manny blackwell. we know him as royalty and sean white from the policy and public affairs office. and cindy lou our rec specialist for girls sports. thank you so much, rec and park. all right, so we're gathered here today to celebrate first

the 13 players of our 12u bay sox teams, give it up, give it up. these our mighty minis they're lead bit ever patient coach ana and handro never stop learning, never stop brianeding and finish the tournament with a nail biting traem with the blue crabs and coming up only run short in their final game. give it up for our 12u! and we're also here today to celebrate the 13 players of our 14u bay sox. [cheers and applause] who are lead by our power coaching team of our visionary coach rocky and our bay sox alumn and trailblazer coach justice.

the 14u team was the only bay sox team to qualify for the majors dwi, y'all, they went 4-0 in pool play. finished in fourth place out of 16 teams and scored an impressive 52 runs in only six games. give it up for our 14us. [cheers and applause] and of course, we are gathered here to celebrate the 11 players of our 16u bay sox. [cheers and applause] and their all-star coaches, our baseball brainiac and winning machine, coach burke and freshl off of her own baseball career and our home broen bay sox alumni coach julie, give it up. [cheers and applause] so this is the team who brought back to back national

championships title home to san francisco. and more importantly this is the team that proved that with hard work, dedication and with hard work and dedication that a public program with no try outs, no cuts, who only ever won one game at nationals can go to becoming two-time championship. so one more time for our 16u! [cheers and applause] impressive. all right so what we're witnessing tonight in san francisco is unprecedented record number of girls playing baseball. question for y'all, how many years have played or playing on your middle school or high school teams right now? hold them high. hold them high. give it up. it's hard. so middle school and high

school is where we see the most drop out in baseball. but here in san francisco, we're bucking the trend, we don't only talk the talk, because our rec and park and our mayor puts the resources where their heart is. there is a fund, safe and supportive place to do so. so, all of this incredible success, doesn't happen, you know, by luck. so some thank yous are in order. so thank you coach manny, coach glad, coach dan, coach julie, coach james, coach handro, getting worked autopsy y'all, for always treating our girls as ball players first and for your countless hours braving the fog, the cold, the heat so develop our players so the rest of the world has no choice but to treat them like ball players also. thank you coaches! [cheers and applause]

thank you, families for trusting us with your amazing kids, for believing in your daughter's wildest dreams and for all the stinky sox you wash, the snacks you pack, all the driving, the bracelet making and most importantly the community you build, we're so grateful for you families, thank you, thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] and thank you mayor breed, and the san francisco recreation and parks department for deeply supporting this program because you truly understand that it is so much bigger than baseball and by investing in the bay sox, you're developing the next leaders and showing the girls that women and all women belong in all spaces. thank you. and lastly and most importantly, thank you players. thank you for all of your

incredible head and heart and hustle. thank you for never backing down and for being stronger and braver than you should have to be at your ages. buzz you are all role models for every girl in this city. i really hope that you take all the things that made you all good players into aspects of your life. please always continue to take up space, to be loud, to be aggressive and fearlessly pursue your joy always. you're all amazing and thank you. she is proof that when the city invest in a little girl that

girl can become a baseball player and commissioner and even mayor, help me welcome your mayor, london breed. [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: annie, you were going to make me cry. let's give it up for annie jupiter jones! [cheers and applause] you know, annie, you were giving a lot of credit to a lot of people. but we want to give the credit to you for your amazing, consistent courageous leadership. [cheers and applause] because we know this program is not just a program you managed, it is a part of who you are and we appreciate the fact that you bring that with you every single day, which we know is

what motivates these young players. to be their very best. we know that sports and working with teams, can help build amazing leaders in our city. and i think that girls can do anything boys can do. and sometimes we can do it better! [cheers and applause] but don't worry boys, we love you too. and today is really historic, because as mayor, we honor many teams in this rotunda and often times, they are teams that are mostly boys, mostly football teams and folks who win big trophies and when you talk about winning winning a state championship or national championship, it means something. because when you work hard, and

you earn those slots in those national arenas, you are not only representing your team and your family, you are representing san francisco. [cheers and applause] and you are paving the way for opportunities when young girls, young girls are looking at you and saying if she can do it, i can do it. just like coach alyssa natkin which is the first coach, coaches first women on the mlb teams coaching for the san francisco giants, because she can, you can. shout out to all the bay sox coaches here. and when you think about sports and women, i can't help but get excited about bay fc, this

amazing women's soccer team where their season tickets have sold out and people are so hungry to go watch them play. you are paving the way, and my own god daughter who is in high school, she is being recruited by colleges because she is an amazing baseball pitcher. that is what the new generation of young women who are playing the sport, and loving the sport, and really honing in on their skills, this is what you all represent. so let me give some love and shout out, where is our 12u team? stand up! [cheers and applause] keep working hard. keep doing everything you can to make it to that next level but never ever lose sight of

what is most important, having fun. enjoying the sport, and making sure team work is at the for front of everything you do. let's give it up for 12u sxwlaim. [cheers and applause] all right, you may be seated. where is our 14u team? stand up. 14u! [cheers and applause] you may be a small team, but you're a mighty team. the fact that you made it to a championship you should be proud. and you know what, get ready because i know without a doubt you're coming back next year for that number one spot. thank you and congratulations. you may be seated. [cheers and applause] and to our 16u team, stand up! [cheers and applause] you show the people of this

country what san francisco is made of. what san francisco values mean. it means never ever getting giving up. it means work hard and that hard work has paid off and you are now the national champion. this is extraordinary. we are grateful and congratulations. [cheers and applause] and i want to thank all of our coaches. can our coaches stand up please? [cheers and applause] thank you for committing to working in this industry. and to working with these young people. it means a lot to have your support and your service, and even sometimes when we're like, i don't want to do that, thank you for still saying well you've got to go do it if you want to win.

and we appreciate, you never ever giving up on our young people. thank you. [cheers and applause] and i know, annie, you thanked everybody including the parents with the snacks and you know, i hope the parents aren't out there, don't touch my kid and all the little screams and yells. but the parents are fierce cheerleaders too. so when the parents are out there on the fields and they see their kids or they see their teams, they are the loudest bunches of people that are out there screaming and hollering, giving these young folks the motivation they need to win. so thank you to the parents and family members of all the kids who are joining us. [cheers and applause] i can go on and on and on. but we all know, that we lit up city hall, i hope you had a chance to see it. and bay sox orange on september

7th. it was bright like giants orange except it was not giant orange it was brighter so it was bay sox orange and it was beautiful. and i wanted to ask annie to come up for just one presentation. [cheers and applause] as i said earlier, opportunities like this, don't just happen because you invest resources. opportunities like this don't just happen because the city wants it to happen. it happens because you have people who love this work and who are committed to the next generation of san franciscans that are growing up in this city. this is an extraordinary opportunity. since 2015 when the baseball team for girls, the bay sox first started, some people

might have thought that it may not make it to 2024. yet here you are, creating a bench, creating a opportunity and growing more fierce and strong and winning national championships. so on behalf of city and county of san francisco, we are going to officially declare it, bay sox day in san francisco! [cheers and applause] all right, thank you everybody and congratulations! >> thank you, mayor. all right, those are incredible speeches. but we're not done yet, because we have to hear from the folks on the ground. so i have the pleasure of introducing our coach representative today and i

cannot think of a better coach to represent this program than a player who played with this program, one of the original first bay sox when rocky had this incredible idea to start this program. so i'm going to introduce coach justice, she is not only a bay sox player but played on her own high school in varsity. and she a part of our rec department and rec lead and came back after graduating college to give back. please help me welcome, coach justice. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, mama. look out and seeing a wave of like tiny orange hats chocked me with nothing but pride not

only for this beautiful program but also as this beautiful city. what started as a quad of 14 girls has flourished into expanding program pumping out players, coaches and the next generation of san francisco baseball. i'm constantly amazed by how this program continues to raise the bar for itself. providing equity and an environment where girls are built up as leaders within their communities and trying new things without fear of ridicule or isolation. again, this is so much bigger than baseball. the bay sox community is like no other. taking place in a city like no other in a recreation and parks department like no other. since 2015, i have been lucky enough to grow alongside this program thanks to the talented coach, rocky, coach manny and the man, coach jandro. yes.

all of whom have mentored through my awkward stages as both a player and coach with the bay sox. thanks to the investment of time resource sxz energy of the bay sox players, families and coaches, coo, ceo and annie jones and our pr family, we made history in this city and cemented our place as the largest girl baseball in the united states and i will never stop bragging about it. in resent years we have seen a number of record of middle school and high school playing baseball and i don't know about you all but i feel it has to do with you. every time i take the field with you girls, i'm so proud of what we created together. if you would have told me that i would have a chance to coach my sisters in ten yae,z i probably would have freaked out.

but i'm so proud that my sisters have grown-up with this amazing program with other girls that share the love of the game. with a whole lot of smiles and a big shout out to my first team u team, every single one of you should be extremely proud of yourself. you have truly made a lasting impact on the city and the future of baseball. don't let any coach or teammate tell you what your relationship to baseball should look like. keep playing ball until you decide the journey is over. i now have a pleasure to introduce a member of the payyu, the mother of our two best players, frida 10 and leona 12. they have been with the bay sox programs since 2021. peggy grew up in the bay area.

when not cheering on her daughters, she works with local farmers and ranchers to create a better food system. please help me in welcoming peggy yu. >> good afternoon. as justice said, i'm a lucky parent of leona and frida. i am huge fan of this program. i love the bay sox and long after lea and frida age out, i'll be cheering for the bay sox, just on the sideline saying this is incredible. i'll be honest, i didn't think my girls would be playing baseball today despite how much we love the game. our oldest leo started playing when she was 5 but she had i didn't want to play more. boys started to say, you can't

play and she felt she didn't want and quit. and then we found the bay sox. and we were hooked. it was so inspiring to see a groove of girls here, playing the game with so much heart, commitment and hustle. it reignited a fire in leona and it was the best way that frida could start her own baseball journey. they have built an incredible community of friends here in the city and across the country who share the love of the game. the bay sox, equip them with the skills and knowledge so they can compete and they can compete well. they keep playing the game until they are ready to try something else. every girl should feel this support and know that they are

capable of accomplishing everything. all of us here today to show up for these girls in this day. thank you rocky for your vision to start the program. to annie and to for growing this program. to mayor breed and wreck and park. thank you. i'm also excited to bring up our next speaker who is vicky carrillo, she is our 14u coach captain. fresh manned at saint insus and been with the bay sox for three years. come on up vicky. [cheers and applause]

>> my name is vicky and it's my third with the program. i know i don't only speak for myself when i say that i'm grateful, it will last us a lifetime for our girls and for the opportunity to play the game that we love. i would like to thank my team for your unwaiving support and eagerness to learn and perseverance and for always picking me up when i was down. thank you for the mentors, this includes all the coaches, coach, jandr, coach manny, coach julie, coach justice and like canneddr likes to say, coach jupiter jones the women that does it all.

before nationals, i was thinking of quitting baseball. the opportunity for us to play and being reminded that it was something that i want today do. i could. this is us putting it out there for and you that's when i decided i really love baseball and i was going to play it for as long as i could. we have a motto, which knows how many outs there were and where to go and it reminds us why we love the game and work hard. and overall people. we did our best preparing for the tournament making the best out of every team and putting the work in our own. by being placed in a division. the 12u team also succeeded, still growing and the 16u team is a back to back champions. we hope that in the future we'll be able to continue to attend nationals and place on the podium while representing

our home and our city. these are all things that i love about the program. my favorite thing is the people. we're like a family, we inspire each other and we push each other to be the best we can. i'm personally inspired here by the girls playing baseball in high school that shows me that it's possible and i'm proud to say that those girls are my friends. i hope not only myself but every girl can continue to inspire each other and show that they can play baseball at the level of their choice. thank you every one, words can't describe our gratitude for helping us get this far with goals continue to go thrive with your support and the future. we look back to the task to see how we can improve we appreciate the opportunity and live in the opportunity present. we look for the opportunity to grow. go bay sox! [cheers and applause]

>> all right y'all, thank you for barring with us. we're going to take a picture with the mayor. so we'll all, the bay sox and coaches come up here and join us on the stairs. and we have the photographer from o filler photographer is going to take a picture and then we'll let the parents do it after, but let's let the official photographer do their thing.

>> once i got the hang of it a little bit, you know, like the first time, i never left the court. i just fell in love with it and any opportunity i had to get out there, you know, they didn't have to ask twice. you can always find me on the court. [♪♪♪] >> we have been able to participate in 12 athletics wheelchairs. they provide what is an expensive tool to facilitate basketball specifically.

behind me are the amazing golden state road warriors, which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hill, who was a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening,

from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪]

afternoon and welcome to the meeting of the arts commission on friday, september sixth, 2024. i'm going to call the meeting to order and i'm asking our agency secretary, manraj dhaliwal, to call the roll. president collins, present vice president shioda. present. commissioner beltran is absent. commissioner benavidez is absent. commissioner brunzell here. commissioner carney. present. commissioner ferris here. commissioner hakimi here. commissioner liu. present commissioner mosley. present. commissioner rothschild present. commissioner schnurr is absent. commissioner. shelby. present. ex-officio. so present. we have quorum for today's meeting. also for the record.