our fire chief is here, jeanine nicholson. golden gate bridge long time member john mow land is here. former grand marshall of the st. patrick's day parade. good to have you here, john. the first person i get to bring up is our mayor. we will tell you she is having a difficult time today because she is now no longer grand marshall. her term as grand marshall has ended. there have been moments when we had a number of long boring meetings in the office. she gets frustrated and tells us stop telling me mayor, i want to be called grand marshall. she pulls out the sash. here she is for paps th -- perhe last time. grand marshall london breed. >> mayor breed: my merchandising is once a grand marshall always a grand marshall, right, director? that is why i pulled it out today for this special occasion. i want to take this opportunity to also acknowledge the president of the university of san francisco, paul fitzgerald. thank you so much for being with us today. also, just to say charlotte, that is an amazing outfit. thank you so much

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together attation 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helme

i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

[cheering and applause] >> we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, jeanine nicholson and so many other incredible leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldn't take 30 years to have the second female mayor of san francisco. so while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. as emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. it is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. we know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. we know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. just think about it. the fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a woman's right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. it means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. i mean think about what san francisco has done. significant policies that the rest of the coun

[cheering and applause] >> we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, jeanine nicholsone leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldn't take 30 years to have the second female mayor of san francisco. so while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. as emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. it is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. we know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. we know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. just think about it. the fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a woman's right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. it means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. i mean think about what san francisco has done. significant policies that the rest of the country is following, including

[cheering and applause] >> we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, jeanine nicholsonmany other incredible leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldn't take 30 years to have the second female mayor of san francisco. so while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. as emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. it is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. we know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. we know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. just think about it. the fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a woman's right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. it means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. i mean think about what san francisco has done. significant policies that the rest of the country is f

our fire chief is here, jeanine nicholson.bridge long time member john mow land is here. former grand marshall of the st. patrick's day parade. good to have you here, john. the first person i get to bring up is our mayor. we will tell you she is having a difficult time today because she is now no longer grand marshall. her term as grand marshall has ended. there have been moments when we had a number of long boring meetings in the office. she gets frustrated and tells us stop telling me mayor, i want to be called grand marshall. she pulls out the sash. here she is for paps th -- perhe last time. grand marshall london breed. >> mayor breed: my merchandising is once a grand marshall always a grand marshall, right, director? that is why i pulled it out today for this special occasion. i want to take this opportunity to also acknowledge the president of the university of san francisco, paul fitzgerald. thank you so much for being with us today. also, just to say charlotte, that is an amazing outfit. thank you so much for continuin

[cheering and applause] >> we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, jeanine nicholson many other incredible leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldn't take 30 years to have the second female mayor of san francisco. so while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. as emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. it is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. we know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. we know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. just think about it. the fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a woman's right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. it means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. i mean think about what san francisco has done. significant policies that the rest of the country is

[cheering and applause] >> we see members of our board of supervisors, our fire chief, jeanine nicholson so many other incredible leaders who continue to lead this city as the director of departments, commissioners, president of the commissions, and we also know that it shouldn't take 30 years to have the second female mayor of san francisco. so while we come a long way, we know that there is still a long way to go. as emily has said, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving the women the right to vote. it is time ladies that we exercise that right to vote. we know there is power when we serve on boards and commissions. we know there is power when we are at the table making the decisions that impact our lives. just think about it. the fact that we are even discussing in the year 2020 a woman's right to choose and we have to get out there and defend that, even in 2020 is absolutely insane. it means the work that we do now is important, more than it has ever been. i mean think about what san francisco has done. significant policies that the rest of the country