the ag's office on a number of topics. i'm not going to go into what those are but we certainly have been in communication with our ag. >> and with that unless anyone has any questions appreciate you being here. >> i know there are folks who can do individual interviews. >> thank you so much listen, thank you all for being here. >> i mr. barry bonds it's an honor to have you in the people's house here at city hall. thank you for coming on to 525 day and after last year your godfather we celebrated two for

two for only fitting that we honor you here today. so thank you for coming here. john miller another legend welcome to city hall. we appreciate you being here today. when barry joined in 1993, the san francisco giants san francisco turned into a baseball town again with 762 home runs, seven mvp awards and countless other records including 35 splash hits. barry forever changed the game of baseball, but his legacy in this city goes beyond stats. his charitable work especially with youth in the bay area is a testament to his heart and his commitment to our community. so thank you for that, barry and i want to take a moment to

honor your godfather who we lost last year. not only a mentor but someone not only important to barry but to our entire community. so but take a moment to remember willie. so with that being said, i'm going to be brief. i got a proclamation. barry that's what i get to do now it's weird but i do this now so therefore be it resolved that i daniel lary mayor of the city and county of san francisco do hereby proclaim february 5th 2025 as barry bonds day here in san francisco. >> barry come on up here. let's do this and then you got to talk. yeah. all right, barry, your your

podium. thank you, mr. mayor. appreciated and congratulations to you as well as becoming our city mayor and and good luck and hope you do exactly what we need you to do. yeah, well, we're behind you all the way. first of all, i want to thank god. great honor. unbelievable to be able to have this opportunity and this honor. it's very, very special to me and my family. my family goes back a long way. i'm a godfather to giants. i got to think the giants too basically for coming to san francisco. leaving new york. thank you. come to san francisco with my godfather willie and it's such a great honor to be able to stand up here for 25, 25 and 2424. i, i think i'm going to try not

to cry for that like the godfather like son is great because i've only wanted to have willie be proud of me as a godson and my father as well as my family. i thank my kids for being a part of my life all the time and keeping me in control and my mom and my my dad. thank you very, very much for raising me and my dad teaching me all i ever know about baseball. i don't know really what to say. i'm so in all of this. this day is so special to me and so special being raised here in san francisco and going to run the school and then carry school and sierra high school and then off on my journey over to arizona state and then pittsburgh and then have an opportunity come back home and play for such a great city who took me and my family underneath their their wing and accepted us as one and i will

forever forever ever not take this lightly and thank you so much san francisco. thank you, mayor. thank you to my community. thanks to my friends and family . >> this is a great honor and thank you. congratulations, barry. mr. mayor, thank you and thanks to all those of you for coming today. my name is john miller. i broadcast giants baseball on radio and television and the cool thing about barry is that barry is san francisco. he was born and raised here. the giants came here from new york. willie mays was already a huge star with the new york giants and came to san francisco with them and then years later here was barry bonds growing up he was willie's godson.

his dad was a teammate of the great willie mays and yet it was a natural for barry to come here but he got drafted out of college by pittsburgh so he didn't go to the jazz. he went to the pirates. that's the way baseball works. but when he became a free agent the giants had new ownership was coming in at that time and a lot of other owners sort of felt like maybe they had jumped the gun a little bit because they signed the free agent barry bonds before they been approved as the owners by all the other owners. these owners were a little upset you gave him how much money and so there were a lot of gnashing of teeth and whatnot. but barry bonds came to the giants and the giants that first year won 103 games that season barry's first year here and not much was known about it

at that time but the ball was already rolling there. peter mcgowan and knowing that they had to get out of candlestick park and get a new beautiful new ballpark for the future giants baseball to be secure and that was already starting where they were going to build it themselves and i know barry you said it and we all have said it that well you started in 93 and the interest that you brought to the giants and the giants were getting so good that barry really got that ballpark built and it is oracle park today was packed bell park then it is the house that barry bonds built and as barry said in the parade, a 2010 2012 when those giants won the world series first time that a giants team had won the world series

in san francisco then they won it three times and barry said to us broadcasters he said, you know, i really got that ballpark built and we all should play that. absolutely. but these guys they're the ones who taught us all how to win in that ballpark and coming from you i thought that was that was pretty good. yeah. so anyway, so congratulations to 525 and for barry bonds we all know the numbers and you talked about the great achievements, mr. mayor. for me that was how smart very was as a player are the things that i always remember that barry knew so much about the game that he was such a student of the game. and one of my favorite moments and you may not even remember it because you had a lot of these kind of moments but we were in san diego at the old

ballpark there which barry old talk about. he got our ballpark built but he owned it was qualcomm stadium man. he's the only guy who ever hit a home run to right center field. he hit the scoreboard out there which was on the other side of the bleachers and that was just yeah par for the course for him down there. but barry hit the ball down the left the ally on the left fielder reached out for it almost caught it kicked off his love and rolled in under the bullpen bench which were right along the foul line and barry's raised it around the bases. the left fielder had to go over and dig that ball out from under that bench and barry kept around third and he's heading home and now they get the relay in the relays it to the shortstop and you're thinking oh no, barry is going to be out by 25ft at the plate. this is not going to be close. i don't want to look and the throw came in and it hit you and bounced away and you scored a inside the park home run and after the game the writers were

all like what was barry doing there talking to the manager dusty baker what do you think he was doing? i mean why not just stop at third and he's going to get thrown out? i mean what a lucky break for barry. and dusty looked at him, says you you obviously didn't see what barry saw which barry saw the catcher was going to take this throw and he may take a little peek behind him to see where that little man was and barry veered over and got in the way of that throw. that's the reason he scored. there was not going to be any question about it. that's why he kept going and he made it happen and he said the only other guy i've seen do that on a repeat basis the way barry just did it here today was the great henry aaron dusty's former teammate and one of the greatest to ever play the game. so that's the kind of company that barry's in and for me i

mean we know all the numbers and it's some of the most exciting stuff that any of us should ever seen. but plays like that are the things that stand out for me the smart and the baseball smarts at barry bonds. so it's your day in san francisco and we're all the better here in the city. mr. mayor, congratulations to you and the best for your administration and barry, have a great day here in the city by the bay. >> thank you, john. >> thank you, barry. thank you to your daughter. thank you all for being here on behalf of penny culture and myself, we welcome you up for a reception right over here to our left. so stick around. congratulations on 25. tell you one more thing it's your day. one more thing so i don't get in trouble two 5 to 5 is also happy birthday to daddy loves

you is your birthday i don't want to get in trouble my daughter's birthday today and happy birthday to the great hank aaron and i'm glad my dad is born on your day so that's three to 5 to 5 eight. all right, come on. come on. come join us over here. thank>> let's glow sf is the lt

holiday projection mapping festival. and something this we kicked off around 4 years ago as you know, downtown sf partnership envision how people use downtown san francisco. >> there are 18 projectors for this. 14, 30,000 and 4, 20,000 projectors at different areas. >> we select the building through an interesting process that take in account several factors. things like architectural. the ferry building are a fantastic fit for that.

[♪music♪] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> it is fusion of digital art and dance theatre. which is a tech nobodying my studio specializes in creating dance theatre that interacts with visual animation and digital effects >> the flag performances in the piece a lot of video projection mapping does not have anything live. no human performers or nothing like that. i like bringing that human element in it and bringing real performance in the digital space temperature gives it more life and more and the audience connects in a different

emotional way. [♪music♪] [applause] [♪music♪] >> is a you can see huge future. made of art official material react to the natural light. which means a day when the sun come in, it creates a lot of combination of different court reporters and light, like a living sculptor. and at night we can show it with additional light, which create so many different ambience the idea was to dream. [♪music♪] >> this is our fourth year kwa

let's glow sf we have been involved since inception in 21 and will moving forward. we are see it grow every year with audience daens and artist participation. different level and quality of artists we having access to participate grown every year and the number of locations has grown as well as the footprint well is more to come downtown this is something imperial coming to see and to participate in it it is a health and he fun friends and family activity. we love to see it going for many years to come. [♪music♪]

welcome to san francisco's new revitalized qatar valline this is not just an upgrade is a community transformation. taraval street under a complete make over from 10 feet below the street to 30 feet above. >> it is part of the taraval improve am project to impprove transit performance and make the streets safer for all who use them. completed on time and on budget, this multiagency construction project is a once in a generation investment to bring safer, more reliable train service, increased accessibility. beautiful corridor, refresh roadway and reliable water and sewer systems for decades to

come. >> safety is at the forefront of this transformation. new train boarding platforms are a game changer for safety am before the project 5 people per year were hit by vehicles gettinga or off trains we add 22 new or extended boarding plat forms on the route. riders no long are exit on the street along side traffic. when my kids were young it was heard they want to plunge off the train straight in the street. up on the h stop now we have the platform that is broader when they are excited get off the trin and get home i feel better about them jumping off the train. >> having island where hay step on to is a giant improvement. >> these disability crosswalks look good and improve safety by making it noticeable to drivers.

>> sidewalk extensions at intersection corners shorten the distance needed to cross the street and slow downturning vehicles. these and other safety treatments are proven tools to reduce the risk of collisions make the taraval corridor safer and inviting for people walking and driving. another key part was replace being two miles of train track for thes first time in almost 50 years. the old tie and balist track was built for muni oldt cc streetcars and old are light trail trains not today's modern vehicles and it was noise and he prone to vibration. >> these new rails will make for a smoother, quieter ride and require less maintenance. it is much quieter with the new

impresumes i livid here the entire time and plays earthquake or municipal when he it came by now we don't have to play anymore >> before when the streetcar went by i would stop talk the street cars would rumble past now i share that confirmation. i like the fact well is not a 3.4 quake every time they go by now. it is quiet temperature feels like sliding on glass. >> this project is more than rails and concrete it is people earngaging with their community. >> local residents and merchants have told us when their community need and had than i want in their neighborhood. a quieter reliable train roadway and safer streets for people walk. gi think it is essential. i'm excited and wonderful to have a safe way it get to work i work on embarcadero i take it to the end of the line every day

>> through open house, public meetings and surveys members helped shape where the stops should go to the curb plan and selecting trees and art work for the corridor. >> we relied on community feedback during construction of the project. with voting held to choose where to stow construction materials and how to sekwenls the construction. >> as a result the project was split in two segments to reduce impacts to the community. access ability is at the forefront of the design. new features ensure people all abilities enjoy seamless travel on the taraval. these platforms and key locations have a raised boarding area level with the train to help people with walking aids or strollers board more easily. >> warning lights are flashing. >> pedestrian signal announcements assist with visual

impairment its cross the street. new curb ramps are essential in providing accessible path of trav on to and off of sidewalks. the sunset district has long been shaped by transand i the qatar valcontinues linking past to present. on the heels of a new tunnelful muni tear van line opened as a shuttle from westportal to 33rd avenue in 1919. it was not until a few years later the trains used the tunnel sparking a population boom. previously, riders transfer to the circumstance line to go east of what is today known the westportal neighborhood. by 1923, passengers could catch a one seat read on the taraval between downtown and 48th avenue. for the first time, san

franciscans had a connection from the bay to the ocean tide. the taraval street cars brought development people could access the south western neighborhoods. homes and buildings sprung up from the once empty dunes. this vielth east/west corridor is the spine the neighborhood carrying over 30,000 daily riders when service last ran the route in 2019. today, it is a bustling local business that give this area its flavor fr. cafes to quirky but teaks the taraval connects tout best of san francisco's small business scene. >> i lost fact it is not a money on cultural it is multicult rar. korean, chinese.

vietnamese. french. italian. we got irish. we got a lot of good mix on this street of restaurants and businesses in those cultural veins and good ole american. helping local line help our small businesses because this is again a small community. and the traffic here is not if you have to generate big revenue. with the l train from other parts of the city to this area has help us the small merchants as well to generate more business. >> taraval street is a reflection of the outer sunset's unique character. >> this two mile stretch of transit is not just getting from a to b it is reimagining how we move through our city to shop, dine and experience more in the places we live. >> i live in the suburbs i have to take a car or a bus that was

an experience i never did again as a teen. now my kids can visit their friends cross the establishment it is a huge increase in their freedom and independent. one of the reasons we chose to raise a family in san francisco. >> it is wonderful to have a safe, clean reliable way to get to work for the neighborhood i'm excite body what it means to bring others back to our neighborhood. we have, let of interesting shops and restaurants and i'm excited to see how things become when it is easier to get here. >> a lot know each actively it is a close knit community. in my shop i know customers by name i know what they'll order and i have it ready for them. >> what i'm most excite body the street is now unified, we have new paved roads and new rails. and new lighting. new boarding island.

>> today, your new street features newrism upgrade water and sewer pipes. 5 new priority signals that hold green lights when trains approach. sidewalk extensions to make pedestrian crossing safer. high visibility crosswalks and ramps. safe boarding islands and platforms. new trees, landscaping and art. is it time you responsiblesed this corridor to the end of the line? with great food, walks on the beach and san francisco's new add upon ventures a ride away now the sunset district is more accessible than ever. [♪music♪] ♪♪ ♪♪

or could we have a roll call please here. >> vice president i say here commissioner jammed are here commissioner level running here you have a quorum. >> thank you.