and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has really-it is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational bef

san francisco mayor breed. and we are here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the frustration around the bureaucracy. i gotta admit a lot to do with the laws created at the board of supervisors including i did not create those complicated laws only lus to get rid of bureaucracy and happy top have supervisor engardio joining us here today because he, too, is someone who care busy making things easier for people to do business with the city and county of san francisco. you know what is frustrating is how hard when you have to do thing in a permit center or apply for things and you go through the process and not only does the city make it too difficult for to you go throughout press they make you pay for it. and part of what i wanted to do with a lot of changes to our structure is to the try to clear out the bureaucracy, make it easy approximate simple. i remember when i was on the board of supervisors and every year w

francisco. what was that? thank you. i want to first acknowledge the two amazing women that serve on the board of san francisco here in san francisco. we have with us today supervisor kathrine stefanie and supervisor myrna melbar and our fire chief and a lady who's an institution in san francisco who is a historian. ellen, please stand up and take a bow. and i think i got all the department heads, but there's also a lot of commissioners. so all the women commissioners in the house. please raise your hand. i need a little more enthusiasm from the fact that we have 55% of the commissioners that serve the city and county of san francisco are women. thank you. and today as we really think about how far we've come, we also just have to be reminded that there's so much work to do and we talked that. there was a time when the majority of the women on the board of supervisors were women. there was a time where we had to fight to get to that point and so we want to get back there and, you know, sadly, i'

director of the san francisco chamber of commerce, united way and san francisco good will industries. as a architect he designed and built over 1600 low moderate income units designated specifically for elderly in san francisco. he designated the western park apartments in san francisco which was recognized with national award at the annual design awards by the national american institute of architects in washington dc and also designed and built the mandarin tower on stockton street across from the rose pack china town station. he survived by wife of 63 years janette, sons jackson, franklin, tom and his grandchildren nick, cameron, emma, jack and rider. thoughts are with his family and there will be forthcoming information on his funeral. i will trunicate my remarks and say the rest i submit and know supervisor chan and dorsey will also make remarks. just to say lastly, it is a honor to follow in his footstepsism he was a civic tighten and influenced and had a lot of good results for many people that served in this building and influenced his life and his son and other chief of staff

hello, san francisco.t when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared >> commission meeting. let's go with the "pledge of allegiance". >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god i

san francisco rising. >> hi, you are watching san francisco rising. reimagining our city. he's with us to talk about how our library's economic recover. mr. lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we we

to san francisco to see this show.le who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the m

it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. we expect this kind of antics from the trump administration. i'm really disappointed the biden administration would blackmail us in the same way. you have to change your laws otherwise we won't do what is responsibility to do which is extradite the dangerous individuals. i am really disappointed in the biden administration. i think is very important we send the message we are not going to be blackmailed, we make choices about the laws that we support or oppose here in san francisco based on what is necessary to maintain the public safety here locally, and the sanctuary ordinance is critical to maintaining the safest society we can in our city and we are not going to be blackmailed into weakening those laws when what you should be doing is arresting those accused suspects of the heinous crimes yesterday and extradite them to san francisco to face prosecution tomorrow. so, again colleagues i hope that you will vote in favor of this. i just want to speak-we'll have a lot of time to talk

san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from.l always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one

director of the san francisco chamber of commerce, united way and san francisco good will industries. as a architect he designed and built over 1600 low moderate income units designated specifically for elderly in san francisco. he designated the western park apartments in san francisco which was recognized with national award at the annual design awards by the national american institute of architects in washington dc and also designed and built the mandarin tower on stockton street across from the rose pack china town station. he survived by wife of 63 years janette, sons jackson, franklin, tom and his grandchildren nick, cameron, emma, jack and rider. thoughts are with his family and there will be forthcoming information on his funeral. i will trunicate my remarks and say the rest i submit and know supervisor chan and dorsey will also make remarks. just to say lastly, it is a honor to follow in his footstepsism he was a civic tighten and influenced and had a lot of good results for many people that served in this building and influenced his life and his son and other chief of staff

san francisco. that what makes the city. without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. wow! that's something. can't do that with other historical museums. rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didn't come in and didn't feel better from knowing something about the city. it's a true experience you'll remember. i hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in san francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. it's the heartbeat of san francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in san f

director of the san francisco chamber of commerce, united way and san francisco good will industries. as a architect he designed and built over 1600 low moderate income units designated specifically for elderly in san francisco. he designated the western park apartments in san francisco which was recognized with national award at the annual design awards by the national american institute of architects in washington dc and also designed and built the mandarin tower on stockton street across from the rose pack china town station. he survived by wife of 63 years janette, sons jackson, franklin, tom and his grandchildren nick, cameron, emma, jack and rider. thoughts are with his family and there will be forthcoming information on his funeral. i will trunicate my remarks and say the rest i submit and know supervisor chan and dorsey will also make remarks. just to say lastly, it is a honor to follow in his footstepsism he was a civic tighten and influenced and had a lot of good results for many people that served in this building and influenced his life and his son and other chief of staff

and black san francisco. in order for us to tloif we must keep the dream alive. thank you. >> next speaker, please. we see you. i am the dream that d k i envisioned. i'm a proud product what happens when san francisco financial low partners with the black community in projects. as a graduate hunter's point other bayview and san francisco state i was raised by community elders nowan cestors streets named after this in hunter's point watch them demand their city affording them equal opportunities to realize the black community potential. i with the black fatulty of city college dare to dream to teach black people in the research institute about when we are as african people and black scholars can and do write about research and about that yous help us. i in a virtual pace with 40 people and the living black san francisco dream making possibling by housing collective impact. thank you. thank you. we hear you ma'am we get it. mall evermade yourself clear. next speaker, please. hello i'm is that von hunter know ex

and cultural identity of san francisco. when it started out the focus was really on the buildings, historic landmark listings and really concentrated on downtown area with all the development happening. our organization was raising a reg red flag with historic landmarks in danger and victorian mansions so a hallmark of our organization is moving these victorian mansions in the way of development to inwestern addition neighborhood and other areas to get out of the way of development and preserve them. our organization was around before there was the historic preservation commission of the city so we were at the forefront drawings attention to historic preservation, landmarking and over the last 51 years we have seen how there are more then just buildsings in safeguarding the city cultural resources, there is also small businesses and the different neighborhood icons that make a neighborhood special, so our outreach has really-it is really come full circle in a way because it moved downtown into the neighborhoods and now with

city of san francisco. [applause] and with that, everyone enjoy the festivities, enjoy your city hall but please don't get in trouble. i want to make sure that you all get home stavely as you all have a really good time during this flag raising ceremony and all the other great activities that will exist in san francisco over the next couple of weeks. and we turn it back over to chief joann haze. oh, liam is crashing the ceremony. thank you. >> so last year liam gave me a shamrock crystal, it is absolutely beautiful. this year, it is the american flag. very beautiful, thank you. [applause] all the way from ireland. where waterford crystal is made. so thank you again. thank you deny to dormont or sister city and i know the pandemic stopped me from going to ireland. i cannot be the first mayor in the history 1984 of the sister city relationship to not go to ireland dermont. i'm looking forward to working on a trip sooner than later. thank you all for being here today. [applause] >> thank you so much, mayor bre

i'm the deputy director in san francisco. my background is one in which i have spent the entirety of my life committed to finding solution to poverty and addressing the issues of inequity so people and communities can have accesses to resources and financial freedom. one thing true anode dear to my heart was the power of business ownership in creating pathways to financial freedom. we have still in infancy. we had over 100 entrepreneurs come and start their businesses. some are food trucks. some are restaurants. some are in farmer's markets and so farther. that's an incredible legacy and record to build upon. this was the perfect opportunity for me to come back home, you know, come back to the neighborhood and take my skills and networks and resources and put it backseat in service of the community. given everything with racial reckoning and pandemic it was time for me and everyone else that had the opportunity to leave and get educated to come back home. we have a opportunity to grow our impact in terms of the number of peop

which is rare in san francisco. and also cal-trans study shows car traffic failed to materialize, which it is important to note considering the debate regarding removing the central freeway no increase car traffic but with both embarcadero and octavia we found car drivers looked to streets and navigate without the freeway. i included this picture it is a picture of the embarcadero before the freeway removal. which is crazy because different i looked into the issue i never knew this beautiful space could be a freeway for cars. so then our recommendations are there is already a clause in the san francisco general plan that urges cal-trans to study the removal of the freeway, we urge the board of supervisors to urge cal-trans to complete the study and secondly, we need funding for the study. so we want the board to look into grants in order first study to be completed. and lastly we want to ensure the voices are centered when we talk about freeway removal. we know is a controversial issue. we want to ensure that the bo

and black san francisco. in order for us to tloif we must keep the dream alive. thank you. >> next speaker, please. we see you. i am the dream that d k i envisioned. i'm a proud product what happens when san francisco financial low partners with the black community in projects. as a graduate hunter's point other bayview and san francisco state i was raised by community elders nowan cestors streets named after this in hunter's point watch them demand their city affording them equal opportunities to realize the black community potential. i with the black fatulty of city college dare to dream to teach black people in the research institute about when we are as african people and black scholars can and do write about research and about that yous help us. i in a virtual pace with 40 people and the living black san francisco dream making possibling by housing collective impact. thank you. thank you. we hear you ma'am we get it. mall evermade yourself clear. next speaker, please. hello i'm is that von hunter know ex

with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also. but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater claim and became fully operational bef

anderson a lieutenant with the san francisco fire department born and raised in san francisco, grew up in western addition. both my parents worked for the city. my dad was a custodian with san francisco school district and mom a muni driver. when i grew up in san francisco i never thought of the fire service as a career. not because i didn't want to be a firefighter, i just didn't know anything about it and it was literally the experience of trying to figure what i was going to do with the next part of my life where i decided to go to city college and take a couple classes. that is when i discovered there was actually a fire science program program emt program and paramedic program. if it wasn't for that opportunity to get the education training and meet several mentors that are some of my grood friends today, i don't think i ever would are have pursued this career. i was interested in becoming a paramedic so i did work experience at the ems division when it was actually in the presidio, completed that program, did my paramedic internship at the same time i volunteered with san francis

san francisco mayor breed. and we are here at a building and a place that has been i would say decades in the making. many of us struggle with the bureaucracy of the city and the

it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. we expect this kind of antics from the trump administration. i'm really disappointed the biden administration would blackmail us in the same way. you have to change your laws otherwise we won't do what is responsibility to do which is extradite the dangerous individuals. i am really disappointed in the biden administration. i think is very important we send the message we are not going to be blackmailed, we make choices about the laws that we support or oppose here in san francisco based on what is necessary to maintain the public safety here locally, and the sanctuary ordinance is critical to maintaining the safest society we can in our city and we are not going to be blackmailed into weakening those laws when what you should be doing is arresting those accused suspects of the heinous crimes yesterday and extradite them to san francisco to face prosecution tomorrow. so, again colleagues i hope that you will vote in favor of this. i just want to speak-we'll have a lot of time to talk

hello, san francisco.ove it when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared [bagpipes playing] >> welcome to mayor breed's balcony here at city hall. for those of you who don't know me i'm joann haze-white and i'm happy to be host of flag. the flag has played a role

born and raised in san francisco. cable car equipment, technically i'm a transit operator of 135 and work at the cable car (indiscernible) and been here for 22 years now. i grew up around here when i was a little can i. my mom used to hang in china town with her friends and i would get bored and they would shove me out of the door, go play and find something to do. i ended up wandering down here when i was a kid and found these things. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> fascinated by them and i wanted to be a cable car equipment from the time i was a little kid. i started with the emergency at the end of 1988 and drove a bus for a year and a half and i got lucky with my timing and got here at cable car and at that time, it really took about an average five to maybe seven years on a bus before you could build up your seniority to come over here. basically, this is the 1890s verse ever a bus. this is your basic public transportation and at the time at its height, 1893, there were 20 different routes ask this powerhouse, there -- and th

everybody in san francisco.>> welcome to the 2022 sfmta bus roadeo. today what we will see is competitions of different levels. we will see transit operators through a obstacle course. also see the office rfs maneuver the g4 cars through a course. (inaudible) [beeping] then also have a element of (inaudible) who are doing inspections and repairs and some of the equipment related to our buses. [applause] >> i enjoy coming to the event because of the camaraderie with the staff and seeing the departments and everybody meeting arfbd so the more we can do these things the better we'll be and it helps the agency grow. >> the winner of the local bus roadeo the person goes to the national (inaudible) one additional item we add to the event and call it a fun event where managers at the senior level get to test their skills operating a bus. (inaudible) transfer officers (inaudible) basically maneuver the course and they (inaudible) >> interesting to see some of the main managers run the course out there. they haven't had

i'm born and raised here in san francisco. the child that grew up going to the center around the corner, but that's a street. i have been working with friendship palace for more than 30 years. village sf was the vision of our late founder, helen walk a zoo. who dreamed of a place where native people i would do would not simply survive but thrive. the village itself is that place it's that vision. it's actually a citywide initiative, but it starts with a six story building that's going to go right behind you. that will offer social services, medical, dental behavior, health care. cultural space, youth and elder programming. a women's lodge dedicated to mothers and recovery with their young children. affordable housing and food sovereignty programs throughout the city. the village s f is a place where native peoples displaced from their homelands or far from family. can reclaim a community to call their own. the village will be a place where native peoples can access vital support services. but more than that will be a place whe

here in san francisco. we're surrounded by modern day history makers of all ages, racist places and spaces. and today we honor three of san francisco's finest. today's honorees have committed their time, talent and treasure to lifting up supporting mentoring , nurturing and investing in other women and girls throughout their respective communities for decades. women who, regardless of the many obstacles and challenges, disappointments and setbacks. nevertheless, persistent. these women are profiles in courage and epitomize what it means to despite it all continue to rise. and speaking of rising i am incredibly proud to introduce this next woman leader. who born and raised in san francisco. has herself risen from poverty to greatness. a woman who has dedicated her entire career to helping others through public service. in the black community . we when it comes to demonstrating what you believe in what you stand for and what you value. we have a saying. don't talk about it. be about it. and when it comes to b

hello, san francisco.ross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to the crosswalk, drivers can't see who is about to cross the street. it's a proven way to prevent traffic crashes. which have way too much crashes and fatalities in our city. these updates to the shared spaces program will help to ensure safety and accessibility for everyone so we can all enjoy these public spaces. more information is available at sf dot gov slash shared (music). >> i started the o was with a financing and had a business partner all ended up wanting to start the business and retire and i did was very important to me so i bought them oust and two weeks later the

which is rare in san francisco. and also cal-trans study shows car traffic failed to materialize, which it is important to note considering the debate regarding removing the central freeway no increase car traffic but with both embarcadero and octavia we found car drivers looked to streets and navigate without the freeway. i included this picture it is a picture of the embarcadero before the freeway removal. which is crazy because different i looked into the issue i never knew this beautiful space could be a freeway for cars. so then our recommendations are there is already a clause in the san francisco general plan that urges cal-trans to study the removal of the freeway, we urge the board of supervisors to urge cal-trans to complete the study and secondly, we need funding for the study. so we want the board to look into grants in order first study to be completed. and lastly we want to ensure the voices are centered when we talk about freeway removal. we know is a controversial issue. we want to ensure that the bo

s good afternoon will san francisco. i'm doctor brown a bay area native rot in oak lands, california deep notoriety fillmore and haight/ashbury district i'm a black professional at the homeless children's network. i'm here to talk about the work i do with the a manny program participates have been in and out today. i want to spoke to the impacts that d k i dollars have on the program. the program impacted them both. firms the w they have been doing in community and adds to skill set and increases the capacity to serve the communities using community well of courses interventions wooshgs neil need funds to pick update slack. we fill in the gaps that corporate health systems failed communities like the fill mccormick bayview and hunter's point this . is why i support the d k i funding. thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello is this the first time i have done this i'm going to say quickly so you don't cut my mic off. i'm employed approximate with children's network and support initiate 55 i come to you as a therapist spp

arrived in san francisco as one of the first ship to bring 49ers ashore. legend has it, newcomers would jump ship before it could even drop anchor in san francisco bay. within a few days, most of the nianic crew abandoned her for the gold rush too. so the captain sailed the niantic as close to land as they could get, running her aground on the shore where clay and montgomery streets now meet. there, the niantic became a store, offices and hotel. somebody cut a door in her side and inscribed rest for the weary and storage for trunk, at last, a great fire in 1851 burned much of the niantic so the san franciscoians built the niantic whole known as one of the best in the city. then it too burned down in 1872. the next incarnation, the stone niantic atop the old ship and hotel would not burn, instead, it was toppled by the earthquake of 1906. now surely any rational city would give up at this point, right? no. in fact, you might know where the niantic rest to this day, right at the foot of trans america building, an iconic part of our city where shavo is invest