mentors to me like senator dianne feinstein and boxing and attorney general and state controller betty yee and others locally we have strong women role molds president london breed breed and supervisor jane kim's and supervisor tang and supervisor cowen and newest supervisor julie christensen in district 3 (clapping) and our nuttiest partner from just across the bay oakland mayor libby shaft (clapping) libby thank you for taking the time to join us this morning i look forward to working with you the entire bay area and now for the first time ever a female editor and chief in san francisco chronicle audrey cooper (clapping) well if we're going to meet the challenges of female equality we need workplace policies that reinforce women in san francisco we've made great progress half of the city's workforce are women and they equal the men outstanding women in our major city departments like our fire chief and public directing director we must do better in areas like information technology public safety and skilled crafts great jobs with great salaries but which are not followed as women's caree