. (♪♪♪) hi, my name is jajaida durden and i'm the acting superintendent for the bureau of forestry andk for public works operations. and i'm over the landscaping, the shop and also the arborist crew. and some tree inspectors as well. i have been with the city and county of san francisco for 17 years. and i was a cement mason, that was my first job. when i got here i thought that it was too easy. so i said one day i'll be a supervisor. and when i run this place it will be ran different. and i didn't think that it would happen as fast as it did, but it did. and i came in 2002 and became a supervisor in 2006. and six months later i became the permanent supervisor over the shop. >> with all of those responsibilities and the staff you're also dealing with different attitudes and you have to take off one hat and put on another hat and put on another hat. and she's able -- she's displayed that she can carry the weight with all of these different hats and still maintain the respect of the director, the deputy director and all of the other people that she has to come in contact with. >> she's a

deputy director durden and i were in that contingent along with a number of staff. thanks to everyone who helped make the pride event in the whole month of june a great event. just a notes about the juneteenth celebrations. we had seen them take off since mayor breed made an official city holiday and became a federal holiday in 2021. san franciscans have been celebrating the holiday for years especially in the fillmore with a annual festival. this year san francisco hosted the first juneteenth parade down market street which public works provided clean up services for. our black history month committee also contributed by sending a beautiful and detailed message to the staff a few days before the holiday. you all received in the e-mail. it was a lovely history of the celebration of juneteenth and how juneteenth came to be a holiday. with very cool historic photos that i really enjoyed. moving on to some other important projects we have been working on. you may have heard the mayor announced $77.3 million in state and federal grants to support street resurfacing. we

. (♪♪♪) hi, my name is jajaida durden and i'm the acting superintendent for the bureau of forestry andk for public works operations. and i'm over the landscaping, the shop and also the arborist crew. and some tree inspectors as well. i have been with the city and county of san francisco for 17 years. and i was a cement mason, that was my first job. when i got here i thought that it was too easy. so i said one day i'll be a supervisor. and when i run this place it will be ran different. and i didn't think that it would happen as fast as it did, but it did. and i came in 2002 and became a supervisor in 2006. and six months later i became the permanent supervisor over the shop. >> with all of those responsibilities and the staff you're also dealing with different attitudes and you have to take off one hat and put on another hat and put on another hat. and she's able -- she's displayed that she can carry the weight with all of these different hats and still maintain the respect of the director, the deputy director and all of the other people that she has to come in contact with. >> she's a