person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all o

you will from them in a little bit but i want to thank carmen chu, city administrator. [applause] >> sheriff paul mijamoto. public defender mano raju. and our other cohost david chiu couldn't be with us here tonight but as many of you know he's everywhere so if he's want here tonight he couldn't really be here tonight and i want to thank the committee for all the work and the apa heritage foundation claudine cheng who does amazing work. thomas lee, al perez and grace. almost grace, almost. i want to also thank our chief of protocol marian and some of our amazing leaders, president of the chinese console baited benevolent association. thank you for being here today and our pair port commissioner representing the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce malcolm young. [applause] >> and congratulations to kevin chang who is the new chaplain for the san francisco sheriff. [applause] >> and i know mary young is also here somewhere. now we have a number of new council generals and i want mention the countries joining us here today, korea singapore, mongoala. welcome to san f

carmen chu. >> thank you so much for bringing us together and for celebrating this occasion. i want to thank so many of the leaders, dennis herrera, so many that were part of this. i would like to share the story that were shared because it matters in people's lives. when i was the recorder, where marriages were allowed and we made the decision as a city to keep our doors open over the weekend so people didn't have to wait a minute longer to get married. people were saying, why is that important, why can't you do this on monday and why do this extra thing? the reason is because people waited too long. there was a couple who were getting married and drove all the way to san francisco to get married over the weekend and they came because one was going to be shipped off to military service. when you think about the impacts people make, it makes a world of difference in the security and the lives and the love that were created. i'm happy to be recognized and to be acknowledged for the work. it is great to see kathleen right now. there are 200 couples who are going to get married

amazing ally on the board of supervisors, >> supervisor myrna melgar: we have our city administrator carmen chuhat led us through the pandemic, dr. colfax. and the fire department, janine nicholson. and when everyone around this country attacked drag queen. who doesn't love drag queen? san francisco said we are going to create the first drag laureate in the world. thank you. [cheers and applause] she will be marrying some lucky couples today. i also want to welcome joaquin torres, and in charge of mta, and our hr director. thank you to the couple we have joining us here today, jeannie and pauly were denied the ability to get their marriage license after we were told by the court we had to stop in san francisco. we went from the 1960 summer of love to the 2000 winter of love. now as we celebrate pride this year, the theme for pride is beacon of love. [cheers and applause] and susan ford, the executive director for pride is here getting married again today. what is the common thread? with all of those things? what is the common thread that has led us here today? it centers around love. it centers

and it is my honor to introduce a sister from another mother to our great city administrator, carmen chu. i always have to remind david he shouldn't say that unless people might confuse us actually, from coming from the same mother of some sort. but what? but thank you, david, for your allyship. um, kim, really thank you so much for your leadership, director ellis, i love the line. not today, patriarchy. you know, you spoke a lot today about the leadership of women. people like our mayor, london breed yourself. others who are in this room all of the people who are in the front line of supporting women on the ground who need help and so much of what people have accomplished, women have accomplished, has been in the face of patriarchy. we have struggled despite stereotypes of what women should do. expectation is a way that we should behave. and despite that, we've continued to prosper and continue to move forward and to lead you would think that at the very least, they'd leave the ability to control our bodies to ourselves. right. and but yet we're not in that situation now, i want to than

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisorh her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualificatio

which in turn brought in a former commissioner of ours, carmen chu. and as a chief administrative officer who handles real estate. i will put a pa rin thet cal statement, that the way, we are sort of corralled in handling our real estate decisions is, is questionable. i mean, we're not masters of our own destiny on our balance sheet. where we have the fiduciary responsibility and that's, that's our destiny. but through all that, there is we bullet a lot of consensus, we worked with the mayor's office. the real estate and i think i'm looking forward to close deal. and i thank everybody including our constituentcy and maybe they will feel better that they will come in and see what decisions we're making on the money. so that's the only comment i want. i really want to thank staff and the hours that have gone into this in terms of doing space bind anding let's keep our fingers crossed if this comes over the goal line. that's it. >> i assume there will be some interior design issues, not now but you'll be open to suggestions? because i've been to a few ot

carmen chu. >> thank you so much for bringing us together and for celebrating this occasion. i want to thank so many of the leaders, dennis herrera, so many that were part of this. i would like to share the story that were shared because it matters in people's lives. when i was the recorder, where marriages were allowed and we made the decision as a city to keep our doors open over the weekend so people didn't have to wait a minute longer to get married. people were saying, why is that important, why can't you do this on monday and why do this extra thing? the reason is because people waited too long. there was a couple who were getting married and drove all the way to san francisco to get married over the weekend and they came because one was going to be shipped off to military service. when you think about the impacts people make, it makes a world of difference in the security and the lives and the love that were created. i'm happy to be recognized and to be acknowledged for the work. it is great to see kathleen right now. there are 200 couples who are going to get married

ladies and gentlemen, welcome our city administrator, carmen chu. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor breed. i think president supervisor peskin thought you might have been tuck burglar him. i was hoping you were. i'm carpen chu the city administrator. i could in the put in more better wourds when the mayor already expressed enthusiasm for the new year. and i will personalize how important the time of year is for many people in the asian american community. lunar new year is a big time important time where we pull together our families. celebrate the year that passd and have hope and joy for the year this is to come. and so will the city upon. dids here are here to celebrate folks here in the community in china town and across the city. there will be lunar new year events across san francisco to celebrate the year of the dragon. we are ready with ambassadors. ocea out on the streets in the community to provide presence. during the time. i want to thank the mayor for commitments to fund and double the amount we put toward parid this is help to acti

and she said, i want you guys to have these a full circle moment also for the one marrying them, carmen chu, current san francisco city administrator and a key player in the battle for same sex marriage. >> and i was the assessor recorder when the same sex marriages resumed in 2008. >> and so i think just being able to continue to celebrate people's love, it couldn't. there couldn't be a more, a bigger honor and a legacy carried on by the current city assessor. >> it's an extraordinary day for us just to celebrate love in the city. >> as to steve and matthew, how does it feel to be married? we've been married since the day we met. >> we kind of have been, you know, like now it's real. >> well, it was always real, but now it's official. >> it's official. and by the way, the marriage licenses issued during the winter of love were ultimately voided by the state supreme court, leading to many legal challenges. eventually the high court legalized marriage for same sex couples in california in june of 2013. in the newsroom luz pena, abc seven news. >> luz thank you. on the peninsula, love was cer

and she said, i want you guys to have these a full circle moment also for the one marrying them, carmen chu, current san francisco city administrator and a key player in the battle for same sex marriage. >> i was the assessor recorder when the same sex marriages resumed in 2008, and so i think just being able to continue to celebrate people's love, it couldn't there couldn't be a more a bigger honor, a legacy carried on by the current city assessor. >> it's an extraordinary day for us just to celebrate love in the city. >> as to steve and matthew, how does it feel to be married? >> we've been married since the day we met. we kind of have been, you know, like now it's real. well, it was always real, but now it's official. sohe official and by the way, the marriage license is issued during the winter of love were ultimately voided by the state supreme court. leading to many legal challenges. >> eventually, the high court's legalize marriage for same sex couples in california. in june of 2013, luz pena abc seven news. all right, happy valentine's day. >> thank you very much, luis. >> all right

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all o

person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisorworked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qu

ladies and gentlemen, welcome our city administrator, carmen chu. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor breed. i think president supervisor peskin thought you might have been tuck burglar him. i was hoping you were. i'm carpen chu the city administrator. i could in the put in more better wourds when the mayor already expressed enthusiasm for the new year. and i will personalize how important the time of year is for many people in the asian american community. lunar new year is a big time important time where we pull together our families. celebrate the year that passd and have hope and joy for the year this is to come. and so will the city upon. dids here are here to celebrate folks here in the community in china town and across the city. there will be lunar new year events across san francisco to celebrate the year of the dragon. we are ready with ambassadors. ocea out on the streets in the community to provide presence. during the time. i want to thank the mayor for commitments to fund and double the amount we put toward parid this is help to acti

it is the city administrator, carmen chu, me as city controller and the director of human resources, carol eisen. um, expand from kind of our initial small wins to kind of a broader kind of multiple front kind of exercise. we'll take work. um, but those are kind of the three, the three offices that i think will be at the heart of a lot of it with, of course, heavy involvement and participation needed from the mayor and the board to really drive some of the harder to tackle issues. there are some good news to end on. director hemminger, thank you so much for that. okay. thank you for the presentation. so i'm going to open up for public comment for anyone in the room on this item. good morning, director cyrus hall. uh, sustainable transportation, an advocate that was bracing. um, all is pleasant to hear. economic news in the city right now. we clearly have a budget emergency. and this is not something, of course, that this board can just declare a city wide budget emergency. but i'd like to suggest that the city is in an emergency, just like we had an emergency during covid and we decl